- Dingle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Dingle
Former Corporation constituencyCreated 1607 Post-Union Disenfranchised Type Irish House of Commons Dingle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.
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Boundaries and Boundary Changes
This constituency was based in the town of Dingle in County Kerry.
History
It was incorporated by charter in 1607 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and 150 freemen two resident. It had a Corporation, and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 150 freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dingle was represented with two members.[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disfranchised.
Members of Parliament, 1607–1801
1689–1801
Election First member First party Second member Second party 1689 Patriot Parliament Edward Rice FitzJames John Hussey 1692 William FitzMaurice Frederick William Mullins 1695 John Blennerhassett 1703 Francis Brewster 1713 Thomas Crosbie John Pratt 1727 Sir Maurice Crosbie [note 1] 1728 John FitzGerald 1731 Hon. John Perceval [note 2] 1741 Robert FitzGerald 1749 Sir William Fownes, 2nd Bt 1761 Maurice FitzGerald 1776 Richard Townsend [note 3] 1777 Robert Alexander 1782 Richard Boyle Townsend 1783 Hayes St Leger [note 4] 1783 John Townsend 1795 Bartholomew Hoare 1798 Lodge Evans Morres Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt [note 5] 1798 William Thomas Monsell 1800 Hon. William Townsend Mullins 1801 Disenfranchised Notes
- ^ Also elected for Kerry in 1727, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Styled as Viscount Perceval from 1733
- ^ Also elected for Cork County in 1776, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Doneraile in 1783, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Castlemartyr in 1798, for which he chose to sit
References
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 502
Bibliography
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0788419277.
- Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4, [1]
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons
Parliamentary constituencies in County Kerry Parliament of Ireland
to 1800Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918Kerry (1801–1885) · Tralee (1801–1885) · East Kerry (1885–1922) · North Kerry (1885–1922) · South Kerry (1885–1922) · West Kerry (1885–1922)
Dáil Éireann
1921–presentKerry–Limerick West (1921–1923) · Kerry (1923–1937) · Kerry North (1937– 2011) · Kerry South (1937– ) · Kerry North–West Limerick (2011– )
European Parliament
1979–presentIrish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · WicklowCategories:- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Dingle
- Historic constituencies in County Kerry
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