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Irish House of Commons

The Irish House of Commons was the lower house

Lower house

A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its theoretical position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power....
of the Parliament of Ireland

Parliament of Ireland

The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. It comprised two chambers: the Irish House of Commons and the Irish House of Lords....
, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords

Irish House of Lords

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The Irish House of Commons was the lower house

Lower house

Parliament of Ireland

Irish House of Lords

The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medi?val times until 1800. It was abolished along with the Irish House of Commons by the Act of Union 1800....
. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive franchise: in counties forty shilling freeholders were enfranchised whilst in most boroughs it was either only the members of self electing corporations or a highly restricted body of freemen that were able to vote for the borough's representatives. Most notably, Roman Catholics were disqualified from sitting in the Irish parliament from 1691, even though they comprised the vast majority of the Irish population. From 1728 until 1793 they were also disenfranchised. Most of the population of all religions had no vote.

The British appointed Irish executive, under the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , also known as the Judiciar in the early mediaeval period and as the Lord Deputy of Ireland as late as the 17th century, was the King's representative and head of the Irish executive during the Lordship of Ireland , the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ....
, was not answerable to the House of Commons but to the British government. However, the Chief Secretary for Ireland

Chief Secretary for Ireland

The Chief Secretary was the key office-holder of state in the United Kingdom administration in Ireland. Towards the end of Crown rule in Ireland, he operated in a manner similar to that of the Prime Minister in the English and later British Parliament....
was usually a member of the Irish parliament. In the Commons, business was presided over by the Speaker

Speaker (politics)

The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like....
who, in the absence of a government chosen from and answerable to the Commons, was the dominant political figure in the parliament. The House of Commons was abolished when the Irish parliament merged with its British

Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
counterpart in 1801 under the Act of Union

Act of Union 1800

The phrase Act of Union 1800 is used to describe two complementary Acts whose official United Kingdom titles are the Union with Ireland Act 1800 , an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and the Act of Union 1800 ,...
.

Famous members

Henry Grattan
Henry Grattan

Henry Grattan was a member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Parliament of Ireland in the late 18th century....
— went on to serve as an Irish member of the United Kingdom House of Commons
British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
.
Boyle Roche
Boyle Roche

Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament was a member of the Irish House of Commons. He is better remembered for the language of his speeches than his politics—they were riddled with mixed metaphors , malapropisms and other unfortunate turns of phrase ....
— the "father" of Irish bull
Irish bull

An Irish bull is a ludicrous, incongruent or logically absurd statement, generally unrecognized as such by its author."Irish bull" originated in this use because such expressions often fall between two different statements, as between the horns of a bull....
s
Hon. Arthur Wellesley
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Order of the Garter, Order of St Patrick, Order of the Bath, Royal Guelphic Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Royal Society , was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century....
— later became Duke of Wellington, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo
Battle of Waterloo

In the Battle of Waterloo forces of the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were defeated by those of the Seventh Coalition, including a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Bl?cher and an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington....
, and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom and the head of government Her Majesty's Government....
. He represented his family borough of Trim, County Meath
Trim, County Meath

Trim is the traditional county town of County Meath in Republic of Ireland, although the county town is now Navan. The town was recorded in the 2006 census to have a population of 6,870....
from 1790-1796.
William Conolly
William Conolly

William Conolly , also known as Speaker Conolly, was an Ireland politician and landowner....
— a past Speaker, Conolly remains today one of the most widely known figures ever to be produced by the Irish parliament. He is famous not just for his role in parliament but also for his great wealth that allowed him to build one of Ireland's greatest Georgian houses, Castletown House
Castletown House

Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland's finest Palladian country house, is an imposing building built in 1722 for William Conolly, the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons....
.
Nathaniel Clements
Nathaniel Clements

Nathaniel Clements was an Ireland politician and financial figure, important in the political and financial administration of Ireland in the mid-18th century....
, 1705-1777 Government and Treasury Official, Managed extensive financial functions from 1720 - 1777 on behalf of the Government, de facto Minister for Finance 1740 - 1777, extensive property owner and developer. major influence on the architecture of Georgian Dublin and the Irish Palladian Country house.
John Philpot Curran
John Philpot Curran

John Philpot Curran was an Irish people orator, politician and wit, born in Newmarket, County Cork, County Cork. He was the son of James and Sarah Curran....
— orator and wit, originator of the quotation "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."

Speakers (1689-1800)

*1557, 1560 & 1568: James Stanyhurst

1661-????: Sir John Temple
John Temple (politician)

Sir John Temple was an Ireland politician, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and Attorney General for Ireland.He was born in England, and educated there as a barrister....
1689-1692: Sir Richard Nagle
1692-1695: Sir Robert Levinge
1695-1703: Robert Rochfort
Robert Rochfort

Robert Rochfort was attorney-general, judge and speaker of the Irish House of Commons.Rochfort was probably born on 9 December 1652. He was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Prime-Iron Rochfort , a Cromwellian soldier....
1703-1710: Alan Brodrick
Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton

Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton was an Irish lawyer and politician.He was the second son of Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan, near Midleton in County Cork, who had had received large land grants during the The Protectorate....
1710-1713: John Forster
John Forster (Chief Justice)

John Forster was an Ireland lawyer and politician.Forster served as Recorder of Dublin from 1701 to 1714, and also as Solicitor General for Ireland in 1709 and Attorney General for Ireland from Christmas Eve 1709 to 1711, before being raised to the Bench as Chief Justice of the Irish Court of Common Pleas on 20 September 1714....
1713-1715: Alan Brodrick
Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton

Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton was an Irish lawyer and politician.He was the second son of Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan, near Midleton in County Cork, who had had received large land grants during the The Protectorate....
1715-1729: William Conolly
William Conolly

William Conolly , also known as Speaker Conolly, was an Ireland politician and landowner....
1729-1733: Sir Ralph Gore
Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet

Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet , was a Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.The Gore Baronets in the County of Donegal, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 2 February 1622 for Paul Gore ....
1733-1756: Henry Boyle
Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon

Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon, Privy Council of Ireland , was a prominent Ireland politician.Boyle was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Boyle, second son of Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery....
1756-1771: John Ponsonby
1771-1785: Edmund Sexton Pery
Edmund Sexton Pery

Edmund Sexton Pery was an Irish politician and member of the Irish House of Commons, serving as Speaker of the House between 1771 and 1785....
1785-1800: John Foster
John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel

John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel was an Ireland politician.He was the son of Anthony Foster of County Louth, an Irish judge . He was elected Member of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons in 1761, and made his mark in financial and commercial questions, being appointed Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1784....

Constituencies

The House was elected in the same way as the British House of Commons. By the time of the Union, the shape of the House had been fixed with two members elected for each of the 32 Counties of Ireland

Counties of Ireland

In a process that began following the Norman invasion, and was completed in 1606, the island of Ireland was divided into thirty-two county ....
, two members for each of 117 Boroughs, and two members for Dublin University, a total of 300 members. The number of Boroughs invited to return members had originally been small (only 55 Boroughs existed in 1603) but was doubled by the Stuart monarchs.

Constituency	Type	County	Creation	Enfranchised	Fate after the union
Antrim Borough	Borough	County Antrim County Antrim County Antrim is one of six Counties of Northern Ireland that form Northern Ireland, and one of nine counties that historically and geographically constitute the Province of Ulster....	1666	Potwalloper Potwalloper A potwalloper is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the United Kingdom British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act 1832 created a uniform suffrage....	Disfranchised
Antrim County Antrim (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Antrim was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.Following the Act of Union 1800 the constituency became Antrim ....	County	County Antrim County Antrim County Antrim is one of six Counties of Northern Ireland that form Northern Ireland, and one of nine counties that historically and geographically constitute the Province of Ulster....			Two seats
Ardee Ardee (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Ardee was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1378 to 1801....		County Louth County Louth County Louth is a county on the east coast of Ireland, on the border with Northern Ireland. The county town is Dundalk.County Louth is affectionately called "the Wee County" being the smallest county in Ireland having a total area of only 821sq kilometres ....	1378	Corporation	Disfranchised
Ardfert Ardfert (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Ardfert was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons of the Parliament of Ireland until the Act of Union 1800....		County Kerry County Kerry County Kerry is a southwestern county in Republic of Ireland. Informally referred to as The Kingdom, it forms part of the provinces of Ireland of Munster....	1639?	Corporation	Disfranchised
Armagh Borough	Borough	County Armagh County Armagh County Armagh is a counties of Ireland in Ulster in the north east of Ireland. It is the smallest, in area, of the six counties that form Northern Ireland and second smallest in Ulster....	1613	Corporation	One seat
Armagh County Armagh (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Armagh was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....	County	County Armagh County Armagh County Armagh is a counties of Ireland in Ulster in the north east of Ireland. It is the smallest, in area, of the six counties that form Northern Ireland and second smallest in Ulster....			Two seats
Askeaton		County Limerick County Limerick County Limerick is a county in the province of Munster, located in the mid-west of Ireland with County Clare to the north, County Cork to the south, County Kerry to the west and County Tipperary to the east....	1614	Corporation	Disfranchised
Athboy Athboy (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Athboy was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.Members of Parliament1692-1801References...		County Meath County Meath County Meath is a county in Republic of Ireland, often informally called The Royal County. The county town is Navan, where the county hall and government are located, although Trim, County Meath, the former county town, has historical significance and remains a sitting place of the courts of the Republic of Ireland....	1613	Manor	Disfranchised
Athenry		County Galway County Galway County Galway is located on the west coast of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. The county takes its name from the city of Galway....	1310?	Corporation	Disfranchised
Athlone Athlone (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Athlone was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote....		County Westmeath County Westmeath County Westmeath is popularly referred to as the "Lake County". It lies in western part of the province of Leinster in Republic of Ireland. The county was part of the ancient central province of Meath and later of County Meath....	1607	Corporation	One seat
Athy Athy (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Athy was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disfranchised....		County Kildare County Kildare County Kildare is an Republic of Ireland county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. The name comes from the Irish, meaning church of the oaks ....	1614	Corporation	Disfranchised
Augher		County Tyrone County Tyrone County Tyrone is the second largest of the nine Irish county of Ulster and the largest of the six counties of Northern Ireland. It has an area of 3,155 square kilometres ....	1614	Corporation	Disfranchised
Ballynakill (also Ballynakill)		Queen's County County Laois County Laois , formerly also Laoighis or Leix, is a county in the midlands of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland of Leinster.File:ViewFromDunamase.JPG...	1613	Corporation	Disfranchised
Ballyshannon Ballyshannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Ballyshannon was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1613 to 1800....		County Donegal County Donegal County Donegal is a county located in the west of the Province of Ulster, in the northwest of Ireland. It is one of three counties in the Province of Ulster that do not form part of Northern Ireland....	1613	Corporation	Disfranchised
Baltimore Baltimore (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Baltimore was a potwalloper constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1801....		County Cork County Cork County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....	1614	Potwalloper Potwalloper A potwalloper is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the United Kingdom British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act 1832 created a uniform suffrage....	Disfranchised
Baltinglass Baltinglass (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Baltinglass was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.Members of Parliament1692-1801References...		County Wicklow County Wicklow County Wicklow is a Counties of Ireland on the east coast of Republic of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. The county is bordered by the Irish Sea and the counties of County Carlow, County Kildare, County Wexford, as well as two parts of what was County Dublin, County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and County of South Dublin....	1664	Corporation	Disfranchised
Banagher Banagher (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Banagher was a constituency represented represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		King's County County Offaly County Offaly is a county in Leinster, Ireland, bordered by seven other counties: County Galway, County Roscommon, County Westmeath, County Meath, County Kildare, County Laois, and County Tipperary....	1629	Corporation	Disfranchised
Bandonbridge Bandonbridge (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Bandonbridge was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800....		County Cork County Cork County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....	1614	Corporation	One seat
Bangor		County Down County Down County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....	1613	Corporation	Disfranchised
Bannow Bannow (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Bannow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800....		County Wexford County Wexford County Wexford is a maritime county in the southeast of Republic of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. It takes its name from the principal town, Wexford, founded by Vikings and named by them 'Waesfjord', meaning 'inlet or bay of the mud-flats' in the Old Norse language....	?	Corporation	Disfranchised
Belfast		County Antrim County Antrim County Antrim is one of six Counties of Northern Ireland that form Northern Ireland, and one of nine counties that historically and geographically constitute the Province of Ulster....	1613	Corporation	One seat
Belturbet Belturbet (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Belturbet was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote....		County Cavan County Cavan File:Loughter.JPGCounty Cavan is a county in Republic of Ireland....	1614	Corporation	Disfranchised
Blessington Blessington (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Blessington in County Wicklow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1670 in Ireland until 1800 in Ireland....		County Wicklow County Wicklow County Wicklow is a Counties of Ireland on the east coast of Republic of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. The county is bordered by the Irish Sea and the counties of County Carlow, County Kildare, County Wexford, as well as two parts of what was County Dublin, County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and County of South Dublin....	1670	Corporation	Disfranchised
Boyle		County Roscommon County Roscommon County Roscommon is a county located in central Ireland. Area: . Roscommon is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. It is the only county in Connacht that does not have a shoreline....	1614	Corporation	Disfranchised
Callan Callan (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Callan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Kilkenny County Kilkenny County Kilkenny is a landlocked counties of Ireland in Republic of Ireland. The county takes its name from the Cities in Ireland of Kilkenny and has a population of 87,558....	1264	Corporation	Disfranchised
Carlingford Carlingford (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Carlingford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.Members of Parliament1692-1801References...		County Louth County Louth County Louth is a county on the east coast of Ireland, on the border with Northern Ireland. The county town is Dundalk.County Louth is affectionately called "the Wee County" being the smallest county in Ireland having a total area of only 821sq kilometres ....	13??	Corporation	Disfranchised
Carlow Carlow Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Carlow Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons....		County Carlow County Carlow County Carlow is a counties of Ireland in Republic of Ireland located towards the south east of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. It has an overall population of 50,349, as of April 2006....	1613	Corporation	One seat
Carlow County Carlow County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Carlow County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800....	County	County Carlow County Carlow County Carlow is a counties of Ireland in Republic of Ireland located towards the south east of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. It has an overall population of 50,349, as of April 2006....			Two seats
Carrick Carrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Carrick was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800....		County Leitrim County Leitrim County Leitrim is one of the Irish county of Republic of Ireland and is part of the province of Connacht. Its name derives from the Irish , meaning "grey ridge."...	1614	Corporation	Disfranchised
Carrickfergus Carrickfergus (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Carrickfergus was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1326 to 1800....		County Antrim County Antrim County Antrim is one of six Counties of Northern Ireland that form Northern Ireland, and one of nine counties that historically and geographically constitute the Province of Ulster....	1326	Freeholder and householder	One seat
Carysfort Carysfort (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Carysfort was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800....		County Wicklow County Wicklow County Wicklow is a Counties of Ireland on the east coast of Republic of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. The county is bordered by the Irish Sea and the counties of County Carlow, County Kildare, County Wexford, as well as two parts of what was County Dublin, County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and County of South Dublin....	1629	Corporation	Disfranchised
Cashel Cashel (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Cashel was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800....		County Tipperary County Tipperary County Tipperary is a county in Republic of Ireland situated in the province of Munster. Tipperary was one of the first Irish counties to be established in the 13th century....	?	Corporation	One seat
Castlebar Castlebar (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Castlebar was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. The area is in County MayoBetween 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote....		County Mayo	1614	Corporation	Disfranchised
Castlemartyr Castlemartyr (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Castlemartyr was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1676 to 1800....		County Cork County Cork County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....	1676	Corporation	Disfranchised
Cavan Borough Cavan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Cavan Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote....	Borough	County Cavan County Cavan File:Loughter.JPGCounty Cavan is a county in Republic of Ireland....	1611	Corporation	Disfranchised
Cavan County	County	County Cavan County Cavan File:Loughter.JPGCounty Cavan is a county in Republic of Ireland....			Two seats
Charlemont Charlemont (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Charlemont was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Armagh County Armagh County Armagh is a counties of Ireland in Ulster in the north east of Ireland. It is the smallest, in area, of the six counties that form Northern Ireland and second smallest in Ulster....	1613	Corporation	Disfranchised
Charleville Charleville (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Charleville was a constituency in County Cork represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. Charleville, County Cork was named after Charles II of England....		County Cork County Cork County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....	1673	Corporation	Disfranchised
Clare County Clare (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Clare County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....	County	County Clare County Clare County Clare commonly referred to as simply Clare, is a Counties of Ireland of Ireland and part of the wider Provinces of Ireland of Munster....			Two seats
Clogher		County Tyrone County Tyrone County Tyrone is the second largest of the nine Irish county of Ulster and the largest of the six counties of Northern Ireland. It has an area of 3,155 square kilometres ....	1264	Ecclesiastical	Disfranchised
Clonakilty Clonakilty (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Clonakilty was a constituency in County Cork represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. Established by a charter of King James I of England granting it to Sir Richard Boyle, it was purchased from Lord Burlington by Speaker Boyle in 1738 and he nominated the Provost from three burgesses elected by the Corporation and freemen....		County Cork County Cork County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....	1613	Corporation	Disfranchised
Clonmel		County Tipperary County Tipperary County Tipperary is a county in Republic of Ireland situated in the province of Munster. Tipperary was one of the first Irish counties to be established in the 13th century....	?	Corporation	One seat
Clonmines		County Wexford County Wexford County Wexford is a maritime county in the southeast of Republic of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. It takes its name from the principal town, Wexford, founded by Vikings and named by them 'Waesfjord', meaning 'inlet or bay of the mud-flats' in the Old Norse language....	?	Corporation	Disfranchised
Coleraine Coleraine (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Coleraine was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote....		County Londonderry County Londonderry County Londonderry or County Derry is one of the six Counties of Ireland of Northern Ireland in the Provinces of Ireland of Ulster in Ireland....	16??	Corporation Corporation A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate ....	One seat
Cork City Cork City (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Cork City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800....		County Cork County Cork County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....	1264	Freeholder and Freemen	Two seats
Cork County Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Cork County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800....	County	County Cork County Cork County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....			Two seats
Dingle Dingle (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Dingle was a constituency was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disfranchised....		County Kerry County Kerry County Kerry is a southwestern county in Republic of Ireland. Informally referred to as The Kingdom, it forms part of the provinces of Ireland of Munster....	1607	Corporation	Disfranchised
Donegal County		County Donegal County Donegal County Donegal is a county located in the west of the Province of Ulster, in the northwest of Ireland. It is one of three counties in the Province of Ulster that do not form part of Northern Ireland....			Two seats
Donegal Borough Donegal Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Donegal Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It is now represented in the D?il....	Borough	County Donegal County Donegal County Donegal is a county located in the west of the Province of Ulster, in the northwest of Ireland. It is one of three counties in the Province of Ulster that do not form part of Northern Ireland....	1613	Corporation	Disfranchised
Doneraile Doneraile (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Doneraile was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Cork County Cork County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....	1640	Manor	Disfranchised
Down County Down (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Down was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....	County	County Down County Down County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....			Two seats
Downpatrick		County Down County Down County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....	1586	Potwalloper Potwalloper A potwalloper is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the United Kingdom British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act 1832 created a uniform suffrage....	One seat
Drogheda Drogheda (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Drogheda was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.Members of Parliament1692-1801References...		County Louth County Louth County Louth is a county on the east coast of Ireland, on the border with Northern Ireland. The county town is Dundalk.County Louth is affectionately called "the Wee County" being the smallest county in Ireland having a total area of only 821sq kilometres ....	1264	Freeholders and freemen	One seat
Dublin City Dublin City (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Dublin was a constituency of the Parliament of Ireland....		County Dublin County Dublin County Dublin , or more correctly today the Dublin Region , is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the Capital of Republic of Ireland as well as the largest city on the island of Ireland; and the modern counties of County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, County of Fingal and County of South Dublin....	1264	Freeholders and freemen	Two seats
Dublin County	County	County Dublin County Dublin County Dublin , or more correctly today the Dublin Region , is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the Capital of Republic of Ireland as well as the largest city on the island of Ireland; and the modern counties of County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, County of Fingal and County of South Dublin....			Two seats
Dublin University Dublin University (constituency) Dublin University is a university constituency in Ireland, which has been used to elect members of various legislative bodies including currently Seanad ?ireann....					One seat
Duleek Duleek (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Duleek was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.Members of Parliament1692-1801References...		County Meath County Meath County Meath is a county in Republic of Ireland, often informally called The Royal County. The county town is Navan, where the county hall and government are located, although Trim, County Meath, the former county town, has historical significance and remains a sitting place of the courts of the Republic of Ireland....	1727	Corporation	Disfranchised
Dundalk Dundalk (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Dundalk was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.Members of Parliament1692-1801References...		County Louth County Louth County Louth is a county on the east coast of Ireland, on the border with Northern Ireland. The county town is Dundalk.County Louth is affectionately called "the Wee County" being the smallest county in Ireland having a total area of only 821sq kilometres ....	1264	Corporation	One seat
Dungannon		County Tyrone County Tyrone County Tyrone is the second largest of the nine Irish county of Ulster and the largest of the six counties of Northern Ireland. It has an area of 3,155 square kilometres ....	1613	Corporation	One seat
Dungarvan		County Waterford County Waterford County Waterford is a county in the province of Munster on the south coast of Republic of Ireland. It is the smallest county in Munster in terms of both area and population....	1610	Potwalloper Potwalloper A potwalloper is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the United Kingdom British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act 1832 created a uniform suffrage....	One seat
Dunleer Dunleer (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Dunleer was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801....		County Louth County Louth County Louth is a county on the east coast of Ireland, on the border with Northern Ireland. The county town is Dundalk.County Louth is affectionately called "the Wee County" being the smallest county in Ireland having a total area of only 821sq kilometres ....	1679	Corporation	Disfranchised
Ennis Ennis (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Ennis was a constituency represented represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Clare County Clare County Clare commonly referred to as simply Clare, is a Counties of Ireland of Ireland and part of the wider Provinces of Ireland of Munster....	1613	Corporation	One seat
Enniscorthy		County Wexford County Wexford County Wexford is a maritime county in the southeast of Republic of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. It takes its name from the principal town, Wexford, founded by Vikings and named by them 'Waesfjord', meaning 'inlet or bay of the mud-flats' in the Old Norse language....	1613	Corporation	Disfranchised
Enniskillen Enniskillen (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Enniskillen was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Fermanagh County Fermanagh County Fermanagh , is the westernmost of the six counties that form Northern Ireland, and is part of the Province of Ulster. Fermanagh is often referred to as Ireland's Lake District, together with neighbouring County Cavan....	1613	Corporation	One seat
Fermanagh County Fermanagh (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Fermanagh was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.Members of Parliament1692-1801References...	County	County Fermanagh County Fermanagh County Fermanagh , is the westernmost of the six counties that form Northern Ireland, and is part of the Province of Ulster. Fermanagh is often referred to as Ireland's Lake District, together with neighbouring County Cavan....			Two seats
Fethard Fethard (County Tipperary) (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Elections/MPs*1761,Thomas Mathew, Sir Thomas Maude....		County Tipperary County Tipperary County Tipperary is a county in Republic of Ireland situated in the province of Munster. Tipperary was one of the first Irish counties to be established in the 13th century....	1608	Corporation	Disfranchised
Fethard		County Wexford County Wexford County Wexford is a maritime county in the southeast of Republic of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. It takes its name from the principal town, Wexford, founded by Vikings and named by them 'Waesfjord', meaning 'inlet or bay of the mud-flats' in the Old Norse language....	1613	Corporation	Disfranchised
Fore		County Westmeath County Westmeath County Westmeath is popularly referred to as the "Lake County". It lies in western part of the province of Leinster in Republic of Ireland. The county was part of the ancient central province of Meath and later of County Meath....	?	Corporation	Disfranchised
Galway Borough Galway Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) *Sir Richard Blake, 1640...	Borough	County Galway County Galway County Galway is located on the west coast of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. The county takes its name from the city of Galway....	1264	Freemen	One seat
Galway County Galway (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Galway was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.Following the Act of Union 1800 the constituency became Galway County ....	County	County Galway County Galway County Galway is located on the west coast of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. The county takes its name from the city of Galway....			Two seats
Gorey (also Newburgh)		County Wexford County Wexford County Wexford is a maritime county in the southeast of Republic of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. It takes its name from the principal town, Wexford, founded by Vikings and named by them 'Waesfjord', meaning 'inlet or bay of the mud-flats' in the Old Norse language....	1620	Corporation	Disfranchised
Gowran Gowran (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Gowran was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.Members of Parliament1692-1801References...	Borough	County Kilkenny County Kilkenny County Kilkenny is a landlocked counties of Ireland in Republic of Ireland. The county takes its name from the Cities in Ireland of Kilkenny and has a population of 87,558....	1609	Corporation	Disfranchised
Granard Granard (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Granard was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Longford County Longford Image:Royal Canal Longford long.JPGCounty Longford is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in northwest Leinster. With an area of 1,091 km? and a population of 34,361, it is Ireland's third smallest county....	1679	Manor	Disfranchised
Harristown Harristown (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Harristown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Kildare County Kildare County Kildare is an Republic of Ireland county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. The name comes from the Irish, meaning church of the oaks ....	1684	Corporation	Disfranchised
Hillsborough		County Down County Down County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....	1662	Corporation	Disfranchised
Inistioge Inistioge (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Inistioge was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Kilkenny County Kilkenny County Kilkenny is a landlocked counties of Ireland in Republic of Ireland. The county takes its name from the Cities in Ireland of Kilkenny and has a population of 87,558....	?	Corporation	Disfranchised
Jamestown Jamestown (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Jamestown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Leitrim County Leitrim County Leitrim is one of the Irish county of Republic of Ireland and is part of the province of Connacht. Its name derives from the Irish , meaning "grey ridge."...	1622	Corporation	Disfranchised
Kells Kells (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Kells was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.Members of Parliament1692-1801References...		County Meath County Meath County Meath is a county in Republic of Ireland, often informally called The Royal County. The county town is Navan, where the county hall and government are located, although Trim, County Meath, the former county town, has historical significance and remains a sitting place of the courts of the Republic of Ireland....	1561	Corporation	Disfranchised
Kerry Kerry (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Kerry ...	County	County Kerry County Kerry County Kerry is a southwestern county in Republic of Ireland. Informally referred to as The Kingdom, it forms part of the provinces of Ireland of Munster....			Two seats
Kilbeggan Kilbeggan (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Kilbeggan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1612 to 1800.The borough was incorporated by James I of England by a Charter dated 27 February 1612....		County Westmeath County Westmeath County Westmeath is popularly referred to as the "Lake County". It lies in western part of the province of Leinster in Republic of Ireland. The county was part of the ancient central province of Meath and later of County Meath....	1613	Corporation	Disfranchised
Kildare Borough	Borough	County Kildare County Kildare County Kildare is an Republic of Ireland county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. The name comes from the Irish, meaning church of the oaks ....	15??	Corporation	Disfranchised
Kildare County	County	County Kildare County Kildare County Kildare is an Republic of Ireland county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. The name comes from the Irish, meaning church of the oaks ....			Two seats
Kilkenny Kilkenny City (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Kilkenny City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Kilkenny County Kilkenny County Kilkenny is a landlocked counties of Ireland in Republic of Ireland. The county takes its name from the Cities in Ireland of Kilkenny and has a population of 87,558....	1264?	Freeholders and Freemen	One seat
Kilkenny County Kilkenny County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Kilkenny County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....	County	County Kilkenny County Kilkenny County Kilkenny is a landlocked counties of Ireland in Republic of Ireland. The county takes its name from the Cities in Ireland of Kilkenny and has a population of 87,558....			Two seats
Killybegs Killybegs (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Killybegs was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Donegal County Donegal County Donegal is a county located in the west of the Province of Ulster, in the northwest of Ireland. It is one of three counties in the Province of Ulster that do not form part of Northern Ireland....	1616	Corporation	Disfranchised
Killyleagh		County Down County Down County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....	1613	Corporation	Disfranchised
Kilmallock		County Limerick County Limerick County Limerick is a county in the province of Munster, located in the mid-west of Ireland with County Clare to the north, County Cork to the south, County Kerry to the west and County Tipperary to the east....	15??	Corporation	Disfranchised
King's County King's County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) King's County was a constituency represented represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.Members of Parliament1692-1801...	County	King's County County Offaly County Offaly is a county in Leinster, Ireland, bordered by seven other counties: County Galway, County Roscommon, County Westmeath, County Meath, County Kildare, County Laois, and County Tipperary....			Two seats
Kinsale Kinsale (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Kinsale was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Cork County Cork County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....	1334?	Corporation and Freemen	One seat
Knocktopher Knocktopher (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Knocktopher was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Kilkenny County Kilkenny County Kilkenny is a landlocked counties of Ireland in Republic of Ireland. The county takes its name from the Cities in Ireland of Kilkenny and has a population of 87,558....	1690?	Potwalloper Potwalloper A potwalloper is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the United Kingdom British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act 1832 created a uniform suffrage....	Disfranchised
Lanesborough Lanesborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Lanesborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Longford County Longford Image:Royal Canal Longford long.JPGCounty Longford is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in northwest Leinster. With an area of 1,091 km? and a population of 34,361, it is Ireland's third smallest county....	1642	Corporation	Disfranchised
Leitrim County	County	County Leitrim County Leitrim County Leitrim is one of the Irish county of Republic of Ireland and is part of the province of Connacht. Its name derives from the Irish , meaning "grey ridge."...			Two seats
Lifford Lifford (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Lifford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Donegal County Donegal County Donegal is a county located in the west of the Province of Ulster, in the northwest of Ireland. It is one of three counties in the Province of Ulster that do not form part of Northern Ireland....	1613	Corporation	Disfranchised
Limerick City		County Limerick County Limerick County Limerick is a county in the province of Munster, located in the mid-west of Ireland with County Clare to the north, County Cork to the south, County Kerry to the west and County Tipperary to the east....	1264	Freeholders and Freemen	One seat
Limerick County	County	County Limerick County Limerick County Limerick is a county in the province of Munster, located in the mid-west of Ireland with County Clare to the north, County Cork to the south, County Kerry to the west and County Tipperary to the east....			Two seats
Lisburn		County Antrim County Antrim County Antrim is one of six Counties of Northern Ireland that form Northern Ireland, and one of nine counties that historically and geographically constitute the Province of Ulster....	1661	Potwalloper Potwalloper A potwalloper is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the United Kingdom British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act 1832 created a uniform suffrage....	One seat
Lismore Lismore (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Lismore was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Waterford County Waterford County Waterford is a county in the province of Munster on the south coast of Republic of Ireland. It is the smallest county in Munster in terms of both area and population....	1614	Manor	Disfranchised
Londonderry City		County Londonderry County Londonderry County Londonderry or County Derry is one of the six Counties of Ireland of Northern Ireland in the Provinces of Ireland of Ulster in Ireland....	16??	Corporation	One seat
Londonderry County	County	County Londonderry County Londonderry County Londonderry or County Derry is one of the six Counties of Ireland of Northern Ireland in the Provinces of Ireland of Ulster in Ireland....			Two seats
Longford Borough Longford Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Longford Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....	Borough	County Longford County Longford Image:Royal Canal Longford long.JPGCounty Longford is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in northwest Leinster. With an area of 1,091 km? and a population of 34,361, it is Ireland's third smallest county....	1669	Corporation	Disfranchised
Longfort County Longfort (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Longford County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. The area is in County Longford. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote....	County	County Longford County Longford Image:Royal Canal Longford long.JPGCounty Longford is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in northwest Leinster. With an area of 1,091 km? and a population of 34,361, it is Ireland's third smallest county....			Two seats
Louth County Louth (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Louth was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.Members of Parliament1692-1801References...	County	County Louth County Louth County Louth is a county on the east coast of Ireland, on the border with Northern Ireland. The county town is Dundalk.County Louth is affectionately called "the Wee County" being the smallest county in Ireland having a total area of only 821sq kilometres ....			Two seats
Mallow Mallow (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Mallow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800 and was incorporated by Charter of 1613, with a further charter of 1689....		County Cork County Cork County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....	1613	Manor	One seat
Maryborough Maryborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Maryborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		Queen's County County Laois County Laois , formerly also Laoighis or Leix, is a county in the midlands of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland of Leinster.File:ViewFromDunamase.JPG...	1571	Corporation	Disfranchised
Mayo County	County	County Mayo			Two seats
Meath County Meath (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Meath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....	County	County Meath County Meath County Meath is a county in Republic of Ireland, often informally called The Royal County. The county town is Navan, where the county hall and government are located, although Trim, County Meath, the former county town, has historical significance and remains a sitting place of the courts of the Republic of Ireland....			Two seats
Midleton Midleton (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Midleton was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Incorporated by Charter, 1671 whereby it was granted to Sir John Brodrick with a Corporation sovereign, two bailiffs and 12 burgesses....		County Cork County Cork County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....	1671	Corporation	Disfranchised
Monaghan Borough Monaghan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Monaghan Borough was a constituency within the Parliament of Ireland.Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote....	Borough	County Monaghan County Monaghan County Monaghan is a county in Ireland. It is one of three counties situated in the Province of Ulster which are in the Republic of Ireland. The name comes from the Irish, derived from Muine Cheain meaning the Land of the little hills....	1613	Corporation	Disfranchised
Monaghan County	County	County Monaghan County Monaghan County Monaghan is a county in Ireland. It is one of three counties situated in the Province of Ulster which are in the Republic of Ireland. The name comes from the Irish, derived from Muine Cheain meaning the Land of the little hills....			Two seats
Mullingar		County Westmeath County Westmeath County Westmeath is popularly referred to as the "Lake County". It lies in western part of the province of Leinster in Republic of Ireland. The county was part of the ancient central province of Meath and later of County Meath....	1583	Manor	Disfranchised
Naas Naas (Parliament of Ireland constituency) This is a list of Member of Parliament who represented the parliamentary borough of Naas in the Irish House of Commons of the Parliament of Ireland. The Parliament of Ireland merged with the Parliament of Great Britain to form the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801....		County Kildare County Kildare County Kildare is an Republic of Ireland county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. The name comes from the Irish, meaning church of the oaks ....	1570	Corporation	Disfranchised
Navan Navan (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Navan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Meath County Meath County Meath is a county in Republic of Ireland, often informally called The Royal County. The county town is Navan, where the county hall and government are located, although Trim, County Meath, the former county town, has historical significance and remains a sitting place of the courts of the Republic of Ireland....	1469	Corporation	Disfranchised
New Ross		County Wexford County Wexford County Wexford is a maritime county in the southeast of Republic of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. It takes its name from the principal town, Wexford, founded by Vikings and named by them 'Waesfjord', meaning 'inlet or bay of the mud-flats' in the Old Norse language....	?	Corporation	One seat
Newcastle		County Dublin County Dublin County Dublin , or more correctly today the Dublin Region , is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the Capital of Republic of Ireland as well as the largest city on the island of Ireland; and the modern counties of County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, County of Fingal and County of South Dublin....	c. 1613	Corporation	Disfranchised
Newry Newry (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Robert Clements, 1715/1722, father of Nathaniel Clements and Theophilus Clements, 1664-29 December 1722Isaac Corry, 1780s...		County Down County Down County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....	1612	Potwalloper Potwalloper A potwalloper is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the United Kingdom British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act 1832 created a uniform suffrage....	One seat
Newtown Limavady Newtown Limavady (Parliament of Ireland constituency) 1736-1760: Alexander Nesbitt, uncle of Crosby Nesbitt1761 - William Burton Conyngham*1777-1783: John Browne, 1st Baron Kilmaine...		County Londonderry County Londonderry County Londonderry or County Derry is one of the six Counties of Ireland of Northern Ireland in the Provinces of Ireland of Ulster in Ireland....	16??	Corporation	Disfranchised
Newtownards		County Down County Down County Down is one of the nine Counties of Ireland that form the province of Ulster and one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. The county forms an area of ....	1614	Corporation	Disfranchised
Old Leighlin Old Leighlin (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Old Leighlin was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disfranchised....	Borough	County Carlow County Carlow County Carlow is a counties of Ireland in Republic of Ireland located towards the south east of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. It has an overall population of 50,349, as of April 2006....	?	Ecclesiastical corporation	Disfranchised
Philipstown Philipstown (King's County) (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Philipstown in County Offaly was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		King's County County Offaly County Offaly is a county in Leinster, Ireland, bordered by seven other counties: County Galway, County Roscommon, County Westmeath, County Meath, County Kildare, County Laois, and County Tipperary....	1571	Corporation	Disfranchised
Philipstown		County Louth County Louth County Louth is a county on the east coast of Ireland, on the border with Northern Ireland. The county town is Dundalk.County Louth is affectionately called "the Wee County" being the smallest county in Ireland having a total area of only 821sq kilometres ....			Disfranchised
Portarlington Portarlington (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Portarlington was a parliamentary borough partly in County Offaly but mostly in County Laois , Ireland. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland, from 1692 until the Union of Ireland and Great Britain on 1 January 1801....	Borough	Queen's County County Laois County Laois , formerly also Laoighis or Leix, is a county in the midlands of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland of Leinster.File:ViewFromDunamase.JPG...	1668	Corporation	One seat
Queen's County Queen's County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Queen's County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....	County	Queen's County County Laois County Laois , formerly also Laoighis or Leix, is a county in the midlands of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland of Leinster.File:ViewFromDunamase.JPG...			Two seats
Randalstown		County Antrim County Antrim County Antrim is one of six Counties of Northern Ireland that form Northern Ireland, and one of nine counties that historically and geographically constitute the Province of Ulster....	1683	Freeman / Potwalloper Potwalloper A potwalloper is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the United Kingdom British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act 1832 created a uniform suffrage....	Disfranchised
Rathcormack Rathcormack (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Rathcormack was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. It was a mix of Potwalloping and a Manor Borough established by Charter and remained tied to the borough and surrounding area....		County Cork County Cork County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....	c. 1611	Potwalloper Potwalloper A potwalloper is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the United Kingdom British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act 1832 created a uniform suffrage.... / Manor	Disfranchised
Ratoath Ratoath (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Ratoath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons....		County Meath County Meath County Meath is a county in Republic of Ireland, often informally called The Royal County. The county town is Navan, where the county hall and government are located, although Trim, County Meath, the former county town, has historical significance and remains a sitting place of the courts of the Republic of Ireland....	?	Manor	Disfranchised
Roscommon Borough Roscommon Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Roscommon Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote....		County Roscommon County Roscommon County Roscommon is a county located in central Ireland. Area: . Roscommon is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. It is the only county in Connacht that does not have a shoreline....	?	Corporation	Disfranchised
Roscommon County	County	County Roscommon County Roscommon County Roscommon is a county located in central Ireland. Area: . Roscommon is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. It is the only county in Connacht that does not have a shoreline....			Two seats
St Canice/Irishtown		County Kilkenny County Kilkenny County Kilkenny is a landlocked counties of Ireland in Republic of Ireland. The county takes its name from the Cities in Ireland of Kilkenny and has a population of 87,558....	1264?	Corporation	Disfranchised
St Johnstown St Johnstown (County Donegal) (Parliament of Ireland constituency) St Johnstown was a constituency in County Donegal represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Donegal County Donegal County Donegal is a county located in the west of the Province of Ulster, in the northwest of Ireland. It is one of three counties in the Province of Ulster that do not form part of Northern Ireland....	1618	Corporation	Disfranchised
St Johnstown St Johnstown (County Longford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency) St Johnstown was a constituency in County Longford represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Longford County Longford Image:Royal Canal Longford long.JPGCounty Longford is a county situated in the Irish Midlands, in northwest Leinster. With an area of 1,091 km? and a population of 34,361, it is Ireland's third smallest county....	1628	Corporation	Disfranchised
Sligo Borough		County Sligo County Sligo County Sligo is a county in the provinces of Ireland of Connacht in the west of Republic of Ireland....	1614	Corporation	One seat
Sligo County	County	County Sligo County Sligo County Sligo is a county in the provinces of Ireland of Connacht in the west of Republic of Ireland....			Two seats
Strabane Strabane (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Richard Fitzgerald, 1634George Montgomery, 1765-...		County Tyrone County Tyrone County Tyrone is the second largest of the nine Irish county of Ulster and the largest of the six counties of Northern Ireland. It has an area of 3,155 square kilometres ....	1613	Corporation	Disfranchised
Swords		County Dublin County Dublin County Dublin , or more correctly today the Dublin Region , is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the Capital of Republic of Ireland as well as the largest city on the island of Ireland; and the modern counties of County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, County of Fingal and County of South Dublin....	?	Potwalloper Potwalloper A potwalloper is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the United Kingdom British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act 1832 created a uniform suffrage....	Disfranchised
Taghmon		County Wexford County Wexford County Wexford is a maritime county in the southeast of Republic of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. It takes its name from the principal town, Wexford, founded by Vikings and named by them 'Waesfjord', meaning 'inlet or bay of the mud-flats' in the Old Norse language....	bef. 1642	Corporation	Disfranchised
Tallow		County Waterford County Waterford County Waterford is a county in the province of Munster on the south coast of Republic of Ireland. It is the smallest county in Munster in terms of both area and population....	?	Manor / Potwalloper Potwalloper A potwalloper is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the United Kingdom British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act 1832 created a uniform suffrage....	Disfranchised
Thomastown Thomastown (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Thomastown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disfranchised....		County Kilkenny County Kilkenny County Kilkenny is a landlocked counties of Ireland in Republic of Ireland. The county takes its name from the Cities in Ireland of Kilkenny and has a population of 87,558....	1541	Corporation	Disfranchised
Tipperary County	County	County Tipperary County Tipperary County Tipperary is a county in Republic of Ireland situated in the province of Munster. Tipperary was one of the first Irish counties to be established in the 13th century....			Two seats
Tralee Tralee (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Tralee was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons....	Borough	County Kerry County Kerry County Kerry is a southwestern county in Republic of Ireland. Informally referred to as The Kingdom, it forms part of the provinces of Ireland of Munster....	1613	Corporation	One seat
Trim Trim (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Trim was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....		County Meath County Meath County Meath is a county in Republic of Ireland, often informally called The Royal County. The county town is Navan, where the county hall and government are located, although Trim, County Meath, the former county town, has historical significance and remains a sitting place of the courts of the Republic of Ireland....	1572	Corporation	Disfranchised
Tuam		County Galway County Galway County Galway is located on the west coast of Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. The county takes its name from the city of Galway....	1614	Corporation	Disfranchised
Tulsk		County Roscommon County Roscommon County Roscommon is a county located in central Ireland. Area: . Roscommon is in the Provinces of Ireland of Connacht. It is the only county in Connacht that does not have a shoreline....	1663	Corporation	Disfranchised
Tyrone County	County	County Tyrone County Tyrone County Tyrone is the second largest of the nine Irish county of Ulster and the largest of the six counties of Northern Ireland. It has an area of 3,155 square kilometres ....			Two seats
Waterford City Waterford City (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Waterford City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1264 to 1800.Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough retained one seat....		County Waterford County Waterford County Waterford is a county in the province of Munster on the south coast of Republic of Ireland. It is the smallest county in Munster in terms of both area and population....	1264	Freemen and freeholders	One seat
Waterford County	County	County Waterford County Waterford County Waterford is a county in the province of Munster on the south coast of Republic of Ireland. It is the smallest county in Munster in terms of both area and population....			Two seats
Westmeath County Westmeath (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Westmeath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote....	County	County Westmeath County Westmeath County Westmeath is popularly referred to as the "Lake County". It lies in western part of the province of Leinster in Republic of Ireland. The county was part of the ancient central province of Meath and later of County Meath....			Two seats
Wexford Borough		County Wexford County Wexford County Wexford is a maritime county in the southeast of Republic of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. It takes its name from the principal town, Wexford, founded by Vikings and named by them 'Waesfjord', meaning 'inlet or bay of the mud-flats' in the Old Norse language....	?	Freemen	One seat
Wexford County	County	County Wexford County Wexford County Wexford is a maritime county in the southeast of Republic of Ireland, in the province of Leinster. It takes its name from the principal town, Wexford, founded by Vikings and named by them 'Waesfjord', meaning 'inlet or bay of the mud-flats' in the Old Norse language....			Two seats
Wicklow Borough		County Wicklow County Wicklow County Wicklow is a Counties of Ireland on the east coast of Republic of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. The county is bordered by the Irish Sea and the counties of County Carlow, County Kildare, County Wexford, as well as two parts of what was County Dublin, County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and County of South Dublin....	1614	Corporation	Disfranchised
Wicklow County Wicklow (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Wicklow County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800....	County	County Wicklow County Wicklow County Wicklow is a Counties of Ireland on the east coast of Republic of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. The county is bordered by the Irish Sea and the counties of County Carlow, County Kildare, County Wexford, as well as two parts of what was County Dublin, County of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and County of South Dublin....			Two seats
Youghal Youghal (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Youghal was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. It was a corporation with burgesses and freemen under the patronage of the Earl of Shannon....		County Cork County Cork County Cork is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Republic of Ireland. Cork is nicknamed "The Rebel County", as a result of the support of the townsmen of Cork in 1491 for Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the throne of England during the Wars of the Roses....	?	Corporation and Freemen	One seat

Sessions

Parliaments of Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lordship of Ireland and claimant to the Early Modern France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII of England....

Parliament 1536-1537

Parliament 1541-1543

Trim Session 1542

Parliaments of Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was List of English monarchs and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the House of Tudor....

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
1	12 January 1559	1 February 1559		?
2	17 January 1568	25 April 1571		?

Members:

Sir Edmond Butler
Sir Christopher Barnwall

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
3	26 April 1585	14 May 1586	Nicholas Walsh Nicholas Walsh Nicolas E. Walsh MD is a noted United States physical medicine and rehabilitation. Dr. Walsh is currently a professor and chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio....	?

Members:

Sir Richard Bingham
Richard Bingham

Sir Richard Bingham was an English soldier and naval commander, who served in Ireland under Queen Elizabeth I during the Tudor re-conquest of Ireland and was appointed governor of Connacht....
Sir Warham St. Ledger

Parliaments of James I
James I of England

James VI and I was List of monarchs of Scotland as James VI, and List of English monarchs and King of Ireland as James I. He ruled in Kingdom of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567, when he was only one year old, succeeding his mother Mary I of Scotland....

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
?	18 May 1613	24 October 1615		?

Members:

Sir John Davies
John Davies (poet)

Sir John Davies was an England poet and lawyer, who became attorney general in Ireland and formulated many of the legal principles that underpinned the British Empire....
Sir John Everard
John Everard

John Everard was a notable British photographer of nudes from the late 1920s until the early 1960s. Numerous collections of these black-and-white photographs were published in thin hard bound volumes....
, (Catholic d. 1624)
Sir James Gough, Waterford
Waterford

Waterford is the primary city of the South East region. Founded in 914 in Ireland AD, by the Vikings, it is Ireland's oldest city. It is the fifth largest city in the country of Republic of Ireland....

Parliaments of Charles I
Charles I of England

Charles I was List of English monarchs, List of monarchs of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his capital punishment on 30 January 1649....

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
1	14 July 1634	18 April 1635		?

Members:

John Clotworthy
Patrick Darcy
Patrick Darcy

Patrick Darcy is the name of:* Patrick D'Arcy , Irish nationalist* Pat Darcy , American baseball player...
Sir Edward Fitzharris
Maurice Fitzgerald
Maurice Fitzgerald

Maurice Fitzgerald may refer to:*Maurice FitzGerald, Lord of Lanstephan was a major figure in the Norman conquest of Ireland*Maurice Fitzgerald, Baron of Offaly , Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, founder of Sligo Abbey...
Sir Henry Lynch
Sir Thomas Luttrell
Richard Martin
Richard Martin fitz Oliver

Richard Martyn was a Galway lawyer and member of the Confederate Ireland. He was of the senior line of the Martyn family, one of the Tribes of Galway....
Nicholas Plunkett
Nicholas Plunkett

Sir Nicholas Plunkett was the son of Christopher Plunkett, 2nd Earl of Fingall, Lord Killeen, and Jane Dillon. At the age of twenty Plunkett traveled to London to receive training as a lawyer at Gray's Inn in London, and later at King's Inn in Dublin....
Sir William Sarsfield
Sir Nicholas White
Nicholas White

Sir Nicholas White was an Ireland lawyer and government official during the reign of Elizabeth I of England.Background and early career...

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
2	16 March 1639 (prorogued 1641)	30 January 1649		?

Members:

Nicholas Barnewall, Catholic
Patrick Barnewall,Trim
John Bellew
Sir Richard Blake, Galway
Sir Piers Crosby
Geoffrey Browne, Catholic
Thomas Burke
Thomas Burke

Thomas Burke or Tom Burke is a name shared by the following individuals:...
, Catholic, Mayo
Oliver Cashell, Louth
William Cole
William Cole

William Cole may refer to:*William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen , known as Viscount Cole* William Cole , Dean of Lincoln Cathedral and President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford...
, Protestant, Fermanagh, d. 1653
Simon Digby
Simon Digby

Simon Digby was an England antiquary and Constable of Coleshill, Warwickshire, in Warwickshire in the 15th century.Simon de Montford was executed in 1495 for contributing to the fund of Perkin Warbeck, who was plotting to oust King Henry VII of England from the throne....
, Protestant
Sir Maurice Eustace
Maurice Eustace

Maurice Eustace was an Irish soldier, secretly ordained a Roman Catholic priest, and hanged as a traitor....
, Speaker, Protestant
Richard Fitzgerald, Protestant, Strabane
Sir Roebuck Lynch
Donagh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry
Donagh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry

Donagh [Donough] MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry and Earl of Clancarty was an Irish noble and served as a Munster general during the Irish Confederate Wars.He was one of the ten named in Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 as leaders of the Royalist forces in Ireland....
, Catholic
Richard Bellings
Richard Bellings

Richard Bellings was a lawyer and political figure in 17th century Ireland and in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. He is best known for his participation in Confederate Ireland a short-lived independent Irish state, in which he served on the governing body called the Supreme Council....
, Catholic
Sir Phelim O'Neill, Catholic
James Montgomery
James Montgomery

James Montgomery was a United Kingdom editing and poet.Montgomery, poet, son of a pastor and missionary of the Moravian Church, was born at Irvine, North Ayrshire in Ayrshire, and educated at the Moravian School at Fulneck school, near Pudsey in Leeds....
, Protestant
Nicholas Plunkett
Nicholas Plunkett

Sir Nicholas Plunkett was the son of Christopher Plunkett, 2nd Earl of Fingall, Lord Killeen, and Jane Dillon. At the age of twenty Plunkett traveled to London to receive training as a lawyer at Gray's Inn in London, and later at King's Inn in Dublin....
, Catholic, Meath
Edward Rowley, Protestant
Hardress Waller
Hardress Waller

Sir Hardress Waller , cousin of Sir William Waller, was also an England parliamentarian of note.Born in Groombridge, Kent, and descendant of Sir Richard Waller of Groombridge Place, Waller was knighted by Charles I of England in 1629....
, Protestant
John Walsh
John Walsh

John Walsh is the host of the television program America's Most Wanted. Walsh is known for his anti-crime activism, in which he became involved following the murder of Adam Walsh, in 1981....
, Catholic

Parliament of Charles II
Charles II of England

Charles II was the Monarchy of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland.His father Charles I of England Regicide#The regicide of Charles I of England at Palace of Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War....

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
1	8 May 1661	7 August 1666		?

Members:

Nicholas Plunkett
Nicholas Plunkett

Sir Nicholas Plunkett was the son of Christopher Plunkett, 2nd Earl of Fingall, Lord Killeen, and Jane Dillon. At the age of twenty Plunkett traveled to London to receive training as a lawyer at Gray's Inn in London, and later at King's Inn in Dublin....
, Meath
Sir Audley Mervyn, Tyrone
Sir Maurice Eustace
Maurice Eustace

Maurice Eustace was an Irish soldier, secretly ordained a Roman Catholic priest, and hanged as a traitor....
, Speaker

Parliaments of James II
James II of England

James II and VII was List of English monarchs, List of Scottish monarchs, and King of Ireland from 6 February 1685. He was the last Roman Catholic Church monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland....

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
1	7 May 1689	20 July 1689		?

Members:

Parliaments of William III
William III of England

William III was a Prince of Orange by birth. From 1672 onwards, he governed as List_of_stadtholders_for_the_Low_Countries_provinces William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic....
and Mary II
Mary II of England

Mary II reigned as List of English monarchs, List of Scottish monarchs, and King of Ireland from 1689 until her death. Mary, a Protestantism, came to the thrones following the Glorious Revolution, which resulted in the deposition of her Roman Catholic father, James II of England....

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
1	5 October 1692	26 June 1693	Sir Robert Levinge	1

Members:

Richard Aldworth
Francis Annesley( brother of Maurice)
Maurice Annesley (brother of Francis)
Thomas Beecher
Henry Boyle
Henry Boyle

Henry Boyle may refer to:* Henry Boyle , American baseball player* Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle, British anaesthetist, inventor of the Boyle's Machine...
Alan Brodrick
Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton

Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton was an Irish lawyer and politician.He was the second son of Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan, near Midleton in County Cork, who had had received large land grants during the The Protectorate....
St. John Brodrick
Sir Francis Brewster, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Randall Brice
Alan Broderick (brother of Thomas)
Thomas Broderick (brother of Alan)
Joseph Coghlan
Joseph Coghlan

Rear Admiral Joseph Bulloch Coghlan was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War.Born at Frankfort, Kentucky, Coghlan graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1863....
Sir Richard Levinge, Speaker
Stephen Ludlow
Robert Molesworth
Neave
William Ponsonby
William Ponsonby

Major-General Sir William Ponsonby was a British soldier who served in the Peninsula War and was killed at the Battle of Waterloo. He was the second son of William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly and Hon....
Brigadier Rawdon
John Reading
John Reading

John Reading may refer to:*John Reading *John Reading *Colonel John Reading, father of John Reading *John Reading , Acting Colonial Governor of New Jersey, 1747-48, 1757-58....
Edward Richardson
Rochfort (Speaker)
Philip Savage
Edward Singleton
James Sloane
Richard Warburton
Brigadier William Wolsely

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
2	27 August 1695	14 June 1699	Robert Rochford	2

Members:

Thomas Beecher
Francis Bernard
Francis Bernard

Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet was a Great Britain colonial administrator who served as Governor in New Jersey and Massachusetts.Francis was born in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire, England to the Rev....
Charles Boyle
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery

Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery Order of the Thistle Privy Council of Great Britain Fellow of the Royal Society was an England nobleman, the second son of Roger Boyle, 2nd Earl of Orrery....
St. John Brodrick
Thomas Brodrick
Edward Richardson
Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Baronet

Parliaments of Anne
Anne of Great Britain

Anne became Queen of England, Queen of Scots and Kingdom of Ireland on 8 March 1702, succeeding her brother-in-law, William III of England. Her Roman Catholic father, James II of England, was Glorious Revolution in 1688/9; her brother-in-law and her sister then became joint monarchs as William III & II and Mary II of England, the only such c...

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
3	21 September 1703	6 May 1713	Alan Brodrick Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton was an Irish lawyer and politician.He was the second son of Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan, near Midleton in County Cork, who had had received large land grants during the The Protectorate....	6

Members:

Thomas Beecher
Francis Bernard
Francis Bernard

Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet was a Great Britain colonial administrator who served as Governor in New Jersey and Massachusetts.Francis was born in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire, England to the Rev....
Henry Boyle
Henry Boyle

Henry Boyle may refer to:* Henry Boyle , American baseball player* Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle, British anaesthetist, inventor of the Boyle's Machine...
Alan Brodrick
Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton

Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton was an Irish lawyer and politician.He was the second son of Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan, near Midleton in County Cork, who had had received large land grants during the The Protectorate....
, Whig, Speaker
Thomas Brodrick
Sir Toby Butler
Percy Freke
Francis Langston
Sir John Perceval
Edward Riggs
Edward Riggs

Edward Riggs was a political reporter for the The Sun . His full name was Edward Gridley Riggs. After retiring from The Sun in 1913 Riggs became an executive assistant to the president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad....
Henry Tenison, Tory

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
4	25 November 1713	1 August 1714 on death of Queen Anne Anne of Great Britain Anne became Queen of England, Queen of Scots and Kingdom of Ireland on 8 March 1702, succeeding her brother-in-law, William III of England. Her Roman Catholic father, James II of England, was Glorious Revolution in 1688/9; her brother-in-law and her sister then became joint monarchs as William III & II and Mary II of England, the only such c...	Alan Brodrick Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton was an Irish lawyer and politician.He was the second son of Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan, near Midleton in County Cork, who had had received large land grants during the The Protectorate....	1

Members:

Alan Brodrick
Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton

Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton was an Irish lawyer and politician.He was the second son of Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan, near Midleton in County Cork, who had had received large land grants during the The Protectorate....
, Whig, Speaker
Richard Barry
Richard Barry

Richard Barry is a former Republic of Ireland Fine Gael politician.A publican before entering politics, he first stood for election in the Cork East constituency in a Irish general election, 1951, but was unsuccessful....
Michael Beecher
Michael Beecher

Michael Beecher was an Australian-based model and actor. He was the son of Rear Admiral Otto Humphrey Becher and Valerie Chisholme Baird.Beecher's highest-profile role was as debonair hospital superintendent Dr Brian Denham in Australian soap opera The Young Doctors, a role he played from the programme's inception in 1976 until leavin...
Arthur Bernard
Francis Bernard
Francis Bernard

Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet was a Great Britain colonial administrator who served as Governor in New Jersey and Massachusetts.Francis was born in Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire, England to the Rev....
Sir John Perceval

Parliament of George I

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
1	12 November 1715	11 June 1727	William Conolly William Conolly William Conolly , also known as Speaker Conolly, was an Ireland politician and landowner....	6

Members:

St John Brodrick
Henry Boyle
Henry Boyle

Henry Boyle may refer to:* Henry Boyle , American baseball player* Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle, British anaesthetist, inventor of the Boyle's Machine...

Parliament of George II

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
1	28 November 1727	25 November 1760 on death of King George II George II of Great Britain George II was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-L?neburg and Prince-elector#High Offices and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death....	Sir Ralph Gore Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet , was a Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.The Gore Baronets in the County of Donegal, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 2 February 1622 for Paul Gore .... , Chancellor of the Exchequer Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer The Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland was a member of the government of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under the Kingdom of Ireland. He headed the Irish Exchequer and sat as an Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons....	17

Members: (elected 1727)

St John Brodrick
Henry Boyle
Henry Boyle

Henry Boyle may refer to:* Henry Boyle , American baseball player* Henry Edmund Gaskin Boyle, British anaesthetist, inventor of the Boyle's Machine...
Sir Richard Cox
Richard Cox

Richard Cox may refer to:*Richard Cox , American actor*Richard Cox , English clergyman, Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Ely*Richard Cox , British horticulturist, created Cox's Orange Pippin apple...
Sir Matthew Deane
Charles Viscount Dungarvan
Anthony Malone, Westmeath (married Speaker Ralph Gore's daughter),
Thomas Carter
Thomas Carter

Thomas Carter may refer to:*Thomas Carter *Thomas Carter , British politician and Member of Parliament for Tamworth *Thomas Carter , Irish Sinn F?in/Cumann na nGaedhael/Fianna F?il politician...
Luke Gardiner
Luke Gardiner

The Right Honourable Luke Gardiner was an Irish property developer and politician.In the Irish House of Commons he represented Tralee from 1725 until 1727 and Thomastown from 1727 until his death....
, Tralee Thomastown to 1755
Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet, for Mullinger
Edward Lovett Pearce
Edward Lovett Pearce

Sir Edward Lovett Pearce was an Irish people architect, and the chief exponent of palladianism in Ireland. A cousin of Sir John Vanbrugh, under whom he is thought to have studied, his principal works include the Irish Houses of Parliament in Dublin....

Members: (elected 1728/29)

Members: (elected 1739)

John Ponsonby

Members: (in 1747)

Henry Gore, Tulsk
Frederick Gore
Frederick Gore

Frederick John Pym Gore, RA, CBE, , is a painter. Frederick Gore was born into the world of art; his mother, Mary Joanna Kerr, was a dancer from Edinburgh, and his father, Spencer Gore , a painter, President of the Camden Town Group until his early death in March 1914....
, Killybegs
Sir Ralph Gore, Donegal County
Arthur Hyde

John Macarell, Carlingford
Henry Mitchell, Castlebar

Members: (elected 1751/1752)

Thomas Newenham, Cork
Sir Richard Cox
Richard Cox

Richard Cox may refer to:*Richard Cox , American actor*Richard Cox , English clergyman, Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Ely*Richard Cox , British horticulturist, created Cox's Orange Pippin apple...
, Cork
Cosby Nesbitt, Cavan
Frederick Gore
Frederick Gore

Frederick John Pym Gore, RA, CBE, , is a painter. Frederick Gore was born into the world of art; his mother, Mary Joanna Kerr, was a dancer from Edinburgh, and his father, Spencer Gore , a painter, President of the Camden Town Group until his early death in March 1914....
, Killybegs
Henry Gore, Tulsk
Sir Ralph Gore, Donegal County
John Macarell, Carlingford
Henry Mitchell, Castlebar

Members: (elected 1753/1754)

Francis Pierpoint Burton, Killybegs
Robert Fitzgerald
Robert Fitzgerald

Robert Stuart Fitzgerald was a poet, critic and translator whose renderings of the Greek classics "became standard works for a generation of scholars and students." He was best known as a translator of ancient Greek language and Latin....
, Kerry
Henry Gore, Tulsk
Frederick Gore
Frederick Gore

Frederick John Pym Gore, RA, CBE, , is a painter. Frederick Gore was born into the world of art; his mother, Mary Joanna Kerr, was a dancer from Edinburgh, and his father, Spencer Gore , a painter, President of the Camden Town Group until his early death in March 1914....
, Killybegs
Sir Ralph Gore, Donegal County
John Macarell, Carlingford
Henry Mitchell, Castlebar
Cosby Nesbitt, Cavan County

Mervyn Archdall
Mervyn Archdall

Mervyn Archdall was an Irish antiquary and clergyman of the Church of Ireland....
William Brownlow, Armagh, Independent
Francis Pierpoint Burton, Killybegs
Charles Viscount Dungarvan
Robert French
Robert French

Robert Shenton French is Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.Although two other Western Australians, Sir Ronald Wilson and John Toohey, have been High Court judges, Robert French is the first Chief Justice from that state....
John Gore
John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly

John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly Privy Council of Ireland was an Ireland politician and peer.The son of George Gore and Bridget Sankey, and grandson of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet, he was called to the Bar by King's Inns and worked as Barrister-at-Law....
Henry Gore, Tulsk
Frederick Gore
Frederick Gore

Frederick John Pym Gore, RA, CBE, , is a painter. Frederick Gore was born into the world of art; his mother, Mary Joanna Kerr, was a dancer from Edinburgh, and his father, Spencer Gore , a painter, President of the Camden Town Group until his early death in March 1914....
, Killybegs
Sir Ralph Gore, Donegal County
Anthony Malone
John Macarell, Carlingford
Henry Mitchell
Henry Mitchell

Henry Mitchell is the name of:* Henry L. Mitchell , sixteenth Governor of Florida* Henry Mitchell , American politician* Henry Mitchell , American rower and Olympic medalist...
, Castlebar
Edmund Pery, Independent
John Ponsonby
Abel Ram (Committee of Commons unseated Robert Leigh
Robert Leigh

Robert Leigh is a physicist working on string theory. His contributions to theoretical physics include D-branes and the discovery, with Matthew Strassler, of Conformal field theory in dimensions higher than two....
), Wexford

Members:

Sir Archibold Acheson
John Bowes
John Bowes

John Bowes was an England art collector and thoroughbred horse racing owner who founded the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, Teesdale. Born at into the wealthy coal mining descendants of George Bowes, he was the child of John Lyon-Bowes, 10th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his mistress or common-law wife Mary Milner, later wife of Wil...
Benjamin Burton
Sir Charles Burton
Charles Burton

Charles Burton may refer to:* Charles E. Burton , Irish astronomer* Charles Germman Burton , U.S. Representative from Missouri* Charles A. Burton, Texas state representative, 1915?1919...
, Dublin
Francis Pierpoint Burton, Killybegs
Nathaniel Clements
Nathaniel Clements

Nathaniel Clements was an Ireland politician and financial figure, important in the political and financial administration of Ireland in the mid-18th century....
Cunninghame
James Dunn, Dublin
Sir William Fownes
John Gore
John Gore

John Gore may refer to:*John Gore , American sailor in the 18th century who accompanied James Cook*John Gore , British naval commander of the 18th and 19th centuries...
Henry Gore
Frederick Gore
Frederick Gore

Frederick John Pym Gore, RA, CBE, , is a painter. Frederick Gore was born into the world of art; his mother, Mary Joanna Kerr, was a dancer from Edinburgh, and his father, Spencer Gore , a painter, President of the Camden Town Group until his early death in March 1914....
John Hely-Hutchinson, Cork
Henry Lyons
Henry Lyons

The Reverend Henry Lyons is a former President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. who was jailed on a series of federal charges....
Anthony Malone
Cosby Nesbitt, Cavan County
Charles O'Hara
Charles O'Hara

General Charles O'Hara was a United Kingdom military officer who served in the Seven Years War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary War....
Edmond Pery, Independent
Sir Thomas Prendergast
Thomas Prendergast

Thomas Prendergast , East India Company servant and writer on language learning, inventor of the ?mastery? system of learning languages....
Stone
Philip Tisdall

Parliaments of George III

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
1	22 October 1761	28 May 1768 Octennial Act	John Ponsonby	4

Members:

William Brabazon Ponsonby
John Foster
John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel

John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel was an Ireland politician.He was the son of Anthony Foster of County Louth, an Irish judge . He was elected Member of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons in 1761, and made his mark in financial and commercial questions, being appointed Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1784....
Sir John Freke
John Hely Hutchinson
John Lysaght
Charles Lucas
Charles Lucas (politician)

Charles Lucas , was an Irish apothecary, radical protestant politician, and physician....
Edmund Sexton Pery
Edmund Sexton Pery

Edmund Sexton Pery was an Irish politician and member of the Irish House of Commons, serving as Speaker of the House between 1771 and 1785....
Thomas Waite
Thomas Waite

Thomas Waite was an England Member of Parliament and one of the regicides of King Charles I of England.He was born in Leicestershire and was trained as a lawyer at Gray's Inn before siding with Roundheads on the outbreak of the English Civil War....
Andrews
Beauchamp
Bowes
Henry Flood
Henry Flood

Henry Flood , Irish statesman, son of Warden Flood, chief justice of the kings bench in Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he became proficient in the classics....
, Kilkenny
Lucas
Cosby Nesbitt, Cavan County
Richard Townsend
Richard Townsend

Richard Townesend was a soldier and politician in England. He was born in 1618 or 1619. Much research has been undertaken by various members of the Townsend family to trace Richard's origins but nothing is known about him before 1643 when he was appointed to command a company, as a Captain , in Colonel Ceely's Regiment, which had been raise...
Sir Lucius O'Brien
Lucius O'Brien

Lucius O'Brien can refer to:*Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Baronet , Member of the Parliament of Ireland*Lucius O'Brien, 13th Baron Inchiquin , Irish politician and nobleman...
, Clare County

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
2	17 October 1769	5 April 1776	John Ponsonby to 4 March 1771, Edmond Pery Sexton	5

Members:

Robert Clements, Donegal County
John Hely Hutchinson
Colonel Alexander Montgomery
Alexander Montgomery

Alexander Montgomery may refer to:* Alexander B. Montgomery , U.S. Representative from Kentucky.* Alexander Montgomerie , Scottish poet....
, Donegal County
James Agar
James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden

Sir James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden, Member of Parliament , was a member of the Irish House of Commons. He was the second son of Henry Agar, MP for Gowran, Co....
, Tralee
Tralee (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Tralee was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons....
(replaced by Sir Boyle Roche
Boyle Roche

Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament was a member of the Irish House of Commons. He is better remembered for the language of his speeches than his politics—they were riddled with mixed metaphors , malapropisms and other unfortunate turns of phrase ....
)

Grattan's Parliament

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
3	18 June 1776	25 July 1783	Edmond Sexton Pery	4

Members:

Henry Grattan
Henry Grattan

Henry Grattan was a member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Parliament of Ireland in the late 18th century....
Richard Longfield
John Hely Hutchinson
Sir R.T. Meade
Sir Edward Newenham, Independent
Sir Boyle Roche
Boyle Roche

Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament was a member of the Irish House of Commons. He is better remembered for the language of his speeches than his politics—they were riddled with mixed metaphors , malapropisms and other unfortunate turns of phrase ....
, Gowran
Gowran

Gowran is a village and former town in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland. Gowran Park race course is located nearby. Gowran is located on the N9 road national primary road where it is crossed by the R702 road regional road....
Sir John Dillon, 1st Baronet
Benjamin Caldwell
Benjamin Caldwell

Admiral Sir Benjamin Caldwell, Order of the Bath was a senior and highly experienced British Royal Navy officer of the eighteenth century whose many victories and achievements were overshadowed by his acrimonious departure from the Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars after highly publicised disputes with Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe and...

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
4	14 October 1783	8 April 1790	Edmond Sexton Pery	7

Members:

Welbore Agar, Kilkenny
Isaac Corry
Isaac Corry

Isaac Corry was an Kingdom of Ireland and Great Britain Member of Parliament....
Thomas Coughlan, Carlingford
Henry Flood
Henry Flood

Henry Flood , Irish statesman, son of Warden Flood, chief justice of the kings bench in Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he became proficient in the classics....
Sir William Godfrey, Tralee
Henry Grattan
Henry Grattan

Henry Grattan was a member of the Irish House of Commons and a campaigner for legislative freedom for the Parliament of Ireland in the late 18th century....
, Independent
Robert Jephson
Robert Jephson

Robert Jephson , was an Ireland dramatist.He was born in Ireland. After serving for some years in the British army, he retired with the rank of captain, and lived in England where he was the friend of David Garrick, Joshua Reynolds, Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Charles Burney and Charles Townshend....
, Granard
Sir Richard Johnstone, Blessington
John Hely Hutchinson
Sir James May, Waterford
James Carrique Ponsonby, Tralee
Ponsoy
Augustine Warren
Nathaniel Warren (possibly a member of the 5th session)
Sir Boyle Roche
Boyle Roche

Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament was a member of the Irish House of Commons. He is better remembered for the language of his speeches than his politics—they were riddled with mixed metaphors , malapropisms and other unfortunate turns of phrase ....
, Portarlington
Portarlington

Portarlington is the name of several places,*Portarlington, County Laois, Ireland*Portarlington, Victoria, Australia*Portarlington , a constituency from 1801 until 1885 in Ireland...
Benjamin Caldwell
Benjamin Caldwell

Admiral Sir Benjamin Caldwell, Order of the Bath was a senior and highly experienced British Royal Navy officer of the eighteenth century whose many victories and achievements were overshadowed by his acrimonious departure from the Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars after highly publicised disputes with Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe and...

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
5	2 July 1790	11 July 1797	John Foster John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel was an Ireland politician.He was the son of Anthony Foster of County Louth, an Irish judge . He was elected Member of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons in 1761, and made his mark in financial and commercial questions, being appointed Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1784....	8

Members:

Denis Browne, Mayo County
Peter Burrows
Todd Jones
John Beresford
Sir Boyle Roche
Boyle Roche

Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament was a member of the Irish House of Commons. He is better remembered for the language of his speeches than his politics—they were riddled with mixed metaphors , malapropisms and other unfortunate turns of phrase ....
, Tralee
Tralee (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Tralee was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons....

Number	Opened	Dismissed	Speaker	Sessions
6	9 January 1798	31 December 1800	John Foster John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel was an Ireland politician.He was the son of Anthony Foster of County Louth, an Irish judge . He was elected Member of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons in 1761, and made his mark in financial and commercial questions, being appointed Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1784....	3

Members:

Charles O'Hara
Charles O'Hara

General Charles O'Hara was a United Kingdom military officer who served in the Seven Years War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary War....
Lucius O'Brien
Lucius O'Brien

Lucius O'Brien can refer to:*Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Baronet , Member of the Parliament of Ireland*Lucius O'Brien, 13th Baron Inchiquin , Irish politician and nobleman...
Edmond Sexton Pery
Sir Boyle Roche
Boyle Roche

Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament was a member of the Irish House of Commons. He is better remembered for the language of his speeches than his politics—they were riddled with mixed metaphors , malapropisms and other unfortunate turns of phrase ....
, Old Leighlin
Old Leighlin

Old Leighlin is a small town in County Carlow, Republic of Ireland, 3.5 km west of Leighlinbridge. Molaise Cathedral, one of the smallest Irish Middle Ages cathedrals, was built on the site of an old monastic church founded here in 632 AD....

Resignation

Until 1793 members could not resign their seats. They could cease to be a member of the House only by one of four ways:

death
expulsion
taking Holy Orders
Ordination

In general religious use, ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration, that is, set apart as clergy to perform various religious rites and ceremonies....
being awarded a peerage and so a seat in the Irish House of Lords
Irish House of Lords

The Irish House of Lords was the upper house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from medi?val times until 1800. It was abolished along with the Irish House of Commons by the Act of Union 1800....
.

In 1793 a methodology for resignation was created, equivalent to the Chiltern Hundreds

Chiltern Hundreds

Appointment to the office of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham is a sinecure appointment which is used as a device allowing a Member of Parliament to resign his or her seat....
in the British House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the British monarchy and the House of Lords ....
. Irish members could now be appointed to either the Escheatorship of Munster, the Escheatorship of Leinster, the Escheatorship of Connaught or the Escheatorship of Ulster. Possession of one of these Crown offices, with entailed a 30/ (30 shilling

Shilling

The shilling is a unit of currency used in current and former Commonwealth of Nations countries, and continued to be used in countries that left the commonwealth, such as Republic of Ireland and Tanzania....
) salary, automatically terminated one's membership of the House of Commons.

Irish House of Commons

Famous members

Speakers (1689-1800)

Constituencies

Sessions

Parliaments of Henry VIIIHenry VIII of EnglandHenry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lordship of Ireland and claimant to the Early Modern France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII of England....

Parliament 1536-1537

Parliament 1541-1543

Parliaments of Elizabeth IElizabeth I of EnglandElizabeth I was List of English monarchs and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the House of Tudor....

Parliaments of Charles ICharles I of EnglandCharles I was List of English monarchs, List of monarchs of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his capital punishment on 30 January 1649....

Parliament of George I

Parliament of George II

Parliaments of George III

Grattan's Parliament

Resignation

See also

Parliaments of Henry VIII
Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lordship of Ireland and claimant to the Early Modern France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII of England....

Parliaments of Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was List of English monarchs and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the House of Tudor....

Parliaments of Charles I
Charles I of England

Charles I was List of English monarchs, List of monarchs of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his capital punishment on 30 January 1649....