Dingle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
{{Short description|Pre-1801 Irish constituency}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox UK constituency
| name = Dingle
| type = borough
| borough = Dingle
| county = County Kerry
| region = Ireland
| parliament = ihc
| year = 1607
| abolished = 1801
| seats = 2
| next = Disfranchised
}}
Dingle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
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 James II, Dingle was represented with two members.{{sfn|O'Hart|2007|p=502}} Following the Acts of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.
Members of Parliament, 1585–1801
- 1585 Thomas Trant and James Trant{{Cite web|url=http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206|title=A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641|first=Brid|last=McGrath|date=24 October 1998}}
- 1613–1615 Thomas Trant FitzRichard and Michael Hussey
- 1634–1635 Dominick Rice and James Rice
- 1639–1649 Sir George Blundell, 2nd Baronet and Christopher Roper
- 1661–1666 Launcelot Sandes and Samuel Bathurst (Bathurst sat for Sligo - replaced 1661 by Robert Fowkes){{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=618}}
=1689–1801=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Election | colspan=3|First MP | colspan=3|Second MP |
|---|---|---|
| 1689
| style="background-color: white" | | | style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1692
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="3" | William FitzMaurice | rowspan="3" | | style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1695
| style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1703
| style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1713
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="3" | Thomas Crosbie | rowspan="3" | | style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1727
| style="background-color: white" | | Sir Maurice CrosbieAlso elected for County Kerry in 1727, for which he chose to sit | | ||
| 1728
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="2" | John FitzGerald | rowspan="2" | | ||
| 1731
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="2" | Hon. John PercevalStyled as Viscount Perceval from 1733 | rowspan="2" | | ||
| 1741
| rowspan="5" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="5" | Robert FitzGerald | rowspan="5" | | ||
| 1749
| style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1761
| style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1776
| style="background-color: white" | | Richard TownsendAlso elected for County Cork in 1776, for which he chose to sit | | ||
| 1777
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="2" | Robert Alexander | rowspan="2" | | ||
| 1782
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="3" | Richard Boyle Townsend | rowspan="3" | | ||
| 1783
| style="background-color: white" | | Hayes St LegerAlso elected for Doneraile in 1783, for which he chose to sit | | ||
| 1783
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="2" | John Townsend | rowspan="2" | | ||
| 1795
| style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1798
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="3" | Lodge Evans Morres | rowspan="3" | | style="background-color: white" | | Sir James Cotter, 2nd BtAlso elected for Castlemartyr in 1798, for which he chose to sit | | ||
| 1798
| style="background-color: white" | | | ||
| 1800
| style="background-color: white" | | Hon. William Townsend Mullins | | ||
| 1801
| | colspan="5" | Disenfranchised |
=Notes=
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References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | last = O'Hart | first = John | title = The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland | publisher = Heritage Books | volume = II | ISBN = 0-7884-1927-7 | date = 2007 }}
- Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 February 2002), {{ISBN|1-903688-09-4}}, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070517213525/http://www.ancestryireland.com/hip_constituencies.php?filename=constituencies History of the Irish Parliament Online - Ulster Historical Foundation]
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- {{Rayment-hc-ie|date=March 2012}}
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{{Coord missing|County Kerry}}
Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
Category:Historic constituencies in County Kerry
Category:1607 establishments in Ireland
Category:1800 disestablishments in Ireland