Donegal County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Donegal
Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Donegal

Donegal County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. The county received two seats at Westminster thereafter.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Donegal County was not represented.^[1] Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

Members of Parliament

1639–1648 Sir Ralph Gore

1689–1801

Election	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1689	Donegal County was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692	Charles Hamilton		Gustavus Hamilton
1695	Henry Conyngham
1707	Frederick Hamilton ^{[note 1]}	Whig
1713	Frederick Hamilton ^{[note 1]}	Whig	Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt	Whig
1716	Hon. Gustavus Hamilton		Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt	Whig
1727			Alexander Montgomery
1730			Hon. Henry Hamilton
1735	George Knox
1741	Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt
1743	Sir St George Gore-St George, 5th Bt		Andrew Knox
1747	Sir Ralph Gore, 6th Bt
1765	Robert Clements
1768	John McCausland		Alexander Montgomery
1776	Robert Clements
1783	Henry Vaughan Brooke
1800	Henry Vaughan Brooke		Viscount Sudley
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Donegal

Notes

↑ Styled as The Honourable from 1715

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 501

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 Donegal

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Ballyshannon (1613–1800) Donegal Borough (1613–1800) Donegal County (1613–1800) Killybegs (1613–1800) Lifford (1613–1800) St Johnstown (1618–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Donegal (1801–85) East Donegal (1885–1922) North Donegal (1885–1922) South Donegal (1885–1922) West Donegal (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Donegal (1921–37, 1977–81, 2016–) Donegal East (1937–61) Donegal West (1937–61) Donegal–Leitrim (1969–77) Donegal North–East (1961–77, 1981–2016) Donegal South–West (1961–69, 1981–2016)

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) North-West (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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