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Dundalk (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

{{short description|Pre-1801 Irish constituency}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox UK constituency

| name = Dundalk

| type = borough

| borough = Dundalk

| county = County Louth

| region = Ireland

| parliament = ihc

| year = 1264

| abolished = 1801

| seats = 2

| next = 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.{{sfn|O'Hart|2007|p=502}}

Members of Parliament, 1264–1801

  • 1560: Christopher More and Patrick Stanley{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2|page=626}}
  • 1585: Richard Bellew, Thomas Bathe and John Monye
  • 1613–1615: William Cashell and Richard Ellis{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27729225|jstor=27729225|title=County Louth Representatives in the Irish Parliament, 1613-1758|last1=Stubbs|first1=Major-General|journal=Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society|year=1919|volume=4|issue=4|pages=311–317|doi=10.2307/27729225}}
  • 1634–1635: Peter Clynton and Oliver Cashell
  • 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)
  • 1661–1666: Wolstan Dixie{{cite book|title=Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students ..., Volume 1|page=46}} and Nicholas Combes

=1689–1801=

class="wikitable"
Electioncolspan=3|First MPcolspan=3|Second MP
1689

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| Robert Dermott

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| John Dowdall

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1692

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| rowspan="2" | Thomas Perceval

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| William Shaw

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1695

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| Kilner Brasier

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1703

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| rowspan="3" | Henry Bellingham

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| James Somerville

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1707

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| Richard Tisdall

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1713

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| rowspan="4" | Henry Brooke

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1715

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| James Hamilton

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1719

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| Henry Morrison

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1721

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| James Tisdall

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1727

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| rowspan="3" | Thomas Fortescue

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| Hans Hamilton

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1728

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| John Hamilton

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1757

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| James Fortescue

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May 1761

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| James SmythAlso elected for Antrim in 1761, for which he chose to sit

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| rowspan="6" | Robert Waller

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1761

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| David La Touche

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1768

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| William Henry FortescueAlso elected for Monaghan Borough in 1768, for which he chose to sit

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1769

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| James Smyth

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1771

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| James Sheil

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1776

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| rowspan="2" | William Conyngham

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1781

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| Robert Lindsay

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1783

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| Viscount Jocelyn

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| rowspan="2" | Hon. George Jocelyn

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1798

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| rowspan="2" | John Jocelyn

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1799

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| John Straton

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1801

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colspan="5" | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dundalk

=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 = 978-0-7884-1927-0 | date = 2007 }}
  • {{Rayment-hc-ie|date=March 2012}}

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Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)

Category:Dundalk

Category:Historic constituencies in County Louth

Category:1264 establishments in Ireland

Category:1800 disestablishments in Ireland

Category:Constituencies established in 1264

Category:Constituencies disestablished in 1800