Downpatrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Downpatrick
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Down
Borough	Downpatrick
1586 (1586) (1586 (1586))–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Downpatrick (UKHC)

Downpatrick was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Downpatrick was not represented.

Election	First member	Second member
1689	Downpatrick was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692	James Hamilton	Nicholas Price
1695	Sir John Magill, 1st Bt	Francis Annesley
1703	Mathew Forde	Francis Annesley
1705		Isaac Manley
1713		Francis Annesley
1715	Sir Emanuel Moore, 3rd Bt	Thomas Medlycott
1727	Edward Southwell	Cromwell Price
1755	Bowen Southwell	Cromwell Price
1761	Mathew Forde	Hon. Francis Charles Annesley
1771	Mathew Forde	Clotworthy Rowley
1776	Hon. Robert Henry Southwell
1783	Hon. Hercules Rowley
October 1783	Andrew Caldwell
1790	Jonathan Chetwood
1798	Josias Rowley
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Downpatrick

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
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.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Down

Westminster
1801–present

Historic	Down (1801–85, 1922–50) East Down (1885–1922) Mid Down (1918–22) North Down (1885–1922, 1950–) South Down (1885–1922, 1950–) West Down (1885–1922) Downpatrick (1801–85) Newry (1801–1918)
Current	Belfast South and Mid Down (2024–) Lagan Valley (1983–) Newry & Armagh (1983–) North Down (1983–) South Down (1983–) Strangford (1983–)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–1922

Seats taken	(none)
Seats not taken	East Down Mid Down North Down South Down West Down

One or more seats taken	Down
No seats taken	(none)

Ards (1929–72)
Bangor (1969–72)
Down (1921–29)
East Down (1929–72)
Iveagh (1929–72)
Lagan Valley (1969–72)
Larkfield (1969–72)
Mid Down (1929–72)
Mourne (1929–72)
North Down (1929–72)
South Down (1929–72)
West Down (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	North Down South Down
Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	North Down South Down Lagan Valley Newry & Armagh Strangford Upper Bann

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	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 Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone