Dunleer (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Dunleer
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1679 (1679)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

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

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dunleer was not represented.^[1]

Members of Parliament, 1679–1801

John Foster of Dunleer

1692–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689	Dunleer was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692	Robert Aylway	Blayney Townley
1703	Stephen Ludlow
1713	Peter Ludlow
1715	Stephen Ludlow	Richard Tenison
1721	William Aston	Richard Tenison
1725	William Aston	Edward Moore
1727	Francis North	William Tenison
1728	Francis North	Thomas Tennison
1738	Anthony Foster
1761	John Foster ^{[note 1]}
1762	John Foster ^{[note 1]}	Dixie Coddington
1769	Robert Sibthorpe	Dixie Coddington
1776	John Thomas Foster	William Thomas Monsell
1783	John William Foster	Henry Coddington
1790	Nicholas Coddington	Hon. John Foster
1793	Nicholas Coddington	Hon. Thomas Henry Foster
1798	Henry Coddington
1800	Quintin Dick
1801	Disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Also elected for Louth in 1768, 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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