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The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive franchise, similar to the unreformed House of Commons in contemporary England and Great Britain. Catholics were disqualified from sitting in the Irish parliament from 1691, even though they comprised the vast majority of the Irish population.
Cork City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
Tralee was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons.
Baltimore was a potwalloper constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1801.
Carrick was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. It returned two members.
Castlemartyr was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1676 to 1800.
Ratoath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons.
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. It was disenfranchised at the Act of Union and compensation of £15,000 paid to Viscount Midleton.
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. The franchise was vested in the £5 and until 1793, Protestant freeholders and after 1782 a year's residence was necessary. It was disenfranchised on the 1 January 1801 on the coming into force of the Acts of Union 1800 and compensation of £15,000 was paid to the representatives of the Tonson family.
Doneraile was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Doneraile is in County Cork, Republic of Ireland.
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. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough became the Westminster constituency of Athlone.
Waterford City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1264 to 1800. Following the Act of Union of 1800 the borough retained one seat.
County Galway was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
County Cork was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
Queen's County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. The county was known as County Laois from 1922.
St Canice, also called Irishtown, was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from the 1661 until 1800. Irishtown was a borough within the parish of St Canice in the county of the city of Kilkenny. The borough was separate from the city itself, which was represented by Kilkenny City constituency.
St Johnstown was a borough constituency for Ballinalee or Saintjohnstown County Longford represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
Newcastle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
Tuam was a borough constituency which elected two MPs representing Tuam, County Galway, to the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland. It was incorporated by a 1614 charter of James I. It originally belonged to the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Tuam, before later passing into the control of the Clanmorris branch of the Bingham family. It was disenfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800.
County Waterford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
References
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons . Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.