Dingle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Dingle | |
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Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1607 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Dingle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.
Boundaries and Boundary Changes[]
This constituency was based in the town of Dingle in County Kerry.
History[]
It was incorporated by charter in 1607 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and 150 freemen two resident. It had a Corporation, and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 150 freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dingle was represented with two members.[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.
Members of Parliament, 1585–1801[]
- 1585 Thomas Trant and James Trant [2]
- 1613–1615 Thomas Trant FitzRichard and Michael Hussey [2]
- 1634–1635 Dominick Rice and James Rice [2][3]
- 1639–1649 and Christopher Roper [2]
- 1661–1666 Launcelot Sandes and Samuel Bathurst (Bathurst sat for Sligo - replaced 1661 by Robert Fowkes)[3]
1689–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | ||||||
1692 | ||||||
1695 | John Blennerhassett | |||||
1703 | Francis Brewster | |||||
1713 | ||||||
1727 | Sir Maurice Crosbie [note 1] | |||||
1728 | John FitzGerald | |||||
1731 | Hon. John Perceval[note 2] | |||||
1741 | Robert FitzGerald | |||||
1749 | ||||||
1761 | Maurice FitzGerald | |||||
1776 | Richard Townsend[note 3] | |||||
1777 | ||||||
1782 | Richard Boyle Townsend | |||||
1783 | Hayes St Leger[note 4] | |||||
1783 | John Townsend | |||||
1795 | ||||||
1798 | Lodge Evans Morres | [note 5] | ||||
1798 | ||||||
1800 | Hon. William Townsend Mullins | |||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |
Notes[]
- ^ Also elected for Kerry in 1727, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Styled as Viscount Perceval from 1733
- ^ Also elected for Cork County in 1776, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Doneraile in 1783, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Castlemartyr in 1798, for which he chose to sit
References[]
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 502
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
- ^ Jump up to: a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.
Bibliography[]
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
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has extra text (help) - Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 February 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4, [1]
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
Categories:
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Dingle
- Historic constituencies in County Kerry
- 1607 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1607
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800