Carlingford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Carlingford
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1801
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Carlingford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

History

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

Members of Parliament

1559 Sir Henry Radclyffe

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Christopher Peppard FitzIgnatius	Bryan Dermod
1692	Elnathan Lum	Zaccheus Sedgwick
August 1695	Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Bt	Zaccheus Sedgwick
1695	Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Bt	Elnathan Lum
1703	Charles Dering	Arthur Hill
1705	Charles Dering	William Balfour
1713	Sir Hans Hamilton, 2nd Bt	James Stannus
1715	Blayney Townley	James Stannus
1721	Blayney Townley	William Stannus
1723	Robert Ross	William Stannus
1727		Harry Townley
1741		John Macarell
1757		William Townley-Balfour
1760		Blayney Townley-Balfour
1768	Robert Ross	Blayney Townley-Balfour
1776	Thomas Knox ^{[note 1]}	Theophilus Blakeney
1783	Sir John Blaquiere ^{[note 2]}	Thomas Coghlan
1790	Sir Charles des Voeux, 1st Bt	James Blaquiere
January 1798	Robert Ross ^{[note 3]}	Robert Johnson ^{[note 4]}
1798	Richard Magenis	Sir Thomas Lighton, 1st Bt
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Styled as The Honourable from 1781
↑ Created a baronet in 1784
↑ Also elected for Newry in 1798, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Hillsborough in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 502

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.
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.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Louth

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Ardee (1378–1800) Carlingford (13??–1800) Drogheda (1264–1800) Dundalk (1264–1800) Dunleer (1679–1800) Louth (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Drogheda (1801–85) Dundalk (1801–85) Louth (1801–85) North Louth (1885–1918) South Louth (1885–1918) Louth (1918–22)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Louth–Meath (1921–23) Louth (1923–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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