Dundalk (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Dundalk
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Louth
Borough	Dundalk
1264 (1264)–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Dundalk

Dundalk was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition in 1801.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Dundalk was represented with two members. ^[1]

Members of Parliament, 1264–1801

• 1560: Christopher More and Patrick Stanley ^[2]
• 1585: Richard Bellew, Thomas Bathe and John Monye ^[2]
• 1613–1615: William Cashell and Richard Ellis ^[3]
• 1634–1635: Peter Clynton and Oliver Cashell ^[3]
• 1639–1649: Oliver Cashell (expelled and replaced 1642 by Francis Moore. Moore died and replaced 1644 by John Hatch) and Nicholas Smyth (died and replaced 1644 by John Stoyte) ^[2]
• 1661–1666: Wolstan Dixie ^[4] and Nicholas Combes ^[2]

1689–1801

Election	First MP			Second MP
1689		Robert Dermott			John Dowdall
1692		Thomas Perceval			William Shaw
1695					Kilner Brasier
1703		Henry Bellingham			James Somerville
1707					Richard Tisdall
1713					Henry Brooke
1715		James Hamilton
1719		Henry Morrison
1721		James Tisdall
1727		Thomas Fortescue			Hans Hamilton
1728					John Hamilton
1757					James Fortescue
May 1761		James Smyth [note 1]			Robert Waller
1761		David La Touche
1768		William Henry Fortescue [note 2]
1769		James Smyth
1771		James Sheil
1776		William Conyngham
1781					Robert Lindsay
1783		Viscount Jocelyn			Hon. George Jocelyn
1798		John Jocelyn
1799					John Straton
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dundalk

Notes

1. Also elected for Antrim in 1761, for which he chose to sit
2. Also elected for Monaghan Borough in 1768, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 626.
3. Stubbs, Major-General (1919). "County Louth Representatives in the Irish Parliament, 1613-1758". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. 4 (4): 311–317. doi:10.2307/27729225. JSTOR   27729225.
4. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students ..., Volume 1. p. 46.

Bibliography

• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN   978-0-7884-1927-0.
• Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons . Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.