County Louth | |
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Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Louth |
() ( ())–1801; 223 years ago (1801) (1801; 223 years ago (1801)) | |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | County Louth |
County Louth was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
Members of Parliament
- 1370: Roger Gernon, Richard Vernon
- 1420: Bartholomew Vernon, Richard Bagot
- 1560: Nicholas Taaffe of Ballebragane and Edward Dowdall of Glaspistal
- 1585: Roger Gerlone (Garland) and William Moore of Barmeath
- 1613–1315: Christopher Verdon de Clonmore and Richard Gernon de Stabanan
- 1634–1635: Sir Christopher Bellew and Christopher Dowdall
- 1639–1642: Christopher Bellew and John Bellew (both expelled)
- 1642–1644: Philip, Lord Lisle and Col. Lawrence Crawford (both absent in England without leave)
- 1644–1649: Hon Francis Moore and Gerrard Moore
- 1659: John Ruxton
- 1661–1666: Henry Bellingham and Sir Thomas Stanley
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Thomas Bellew | William Talbot | ||||
1692 | Thomas Bellingham | Sir William Tichborne | ||||
1695 | Sir Henry Tichborne | |||||
1703 | Henry Tenison | |||||
1710 | Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt | |||||
1713 | Richard Tisdall | Stephen Ludlow | ||||
1715 | Robert Moore | |||||
1727 | Faithful Fortescue | William Aston | ||||
1741 | Henry Bellingham | |||||
1745 | William Henry Fortescue | |||||
1755 | Thomas Tipping | |||||
1761 | Anthony Foster | James Fortescue | ||||
1767 | Stephen Sibthorpe | |||||
1768 | John Foster | |||||
1782 | Thomas James Fortescue | |||||
1796 | William Fortescue | |||||
1801 | Replaced by Westminster constituency of County Louth |
Notes
- ^ Smith, Brendan (20 June 2013). Crisis and Survival in Late Medieval Ireland: The English of Louth and Their Neighbours, 1330–1450. Oxford University Press. p. 14. ISBN 9780199594757. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633–1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 225.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 626.
- from 1697 Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt
- At the General Election in 1760, he was also returned for Monaghan, for which he chose to sit
References
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
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Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918 |
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Dáil Éireann 1918–present |
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European Parliament 1979–present |
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