Fore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Fore was a constituency in County Westmeath represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1612 to 1800.

History

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

Members of Parliament

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	John Nugent	Christopher Nugent
1692	John Adams	James Nugent
1695	Walter Pollard	Thomas Smith
1713	Viscount Tamworth	Denis Kelly
1715	William Smyth	Patrick Fox
November 1727	Robert Perceval	Walter Nugent
December 1727		William Handcock
1741		Richard Malone
1759		Lord Delvin
1761	Godfrey Lill	John Newenham
1768	Thomas Eyre	John Armstrong
1772	Benjamin Chapman	John Armstrong
1776	James FitzGerald	Cornelius O'Keefe
1780	James FitzGerald	Lord Delvin
1783	Gervase Parker Bushe
1790	Stephen Francis William Fremantle
1792	Stephen Francis William Fremantle	John Macartney
1794	Richard Magenis	John Macartney
January 1798	Robert Ross ^{[note 1]}	Hon. Richard Annesley ^{[note 2]}
March 1798	Cromwell Price	Sir John Tydd, 1st Bt
1798	John Staunton Rochfort	Sir John Tydd, 1st Bt
1800	John Staunton Rochfort	Thomas Burgh
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Also elected for Old Newry in 1798, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Blessington in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 504

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 Westmeath

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athlone (1607–1800) Fore (???–1800) Kilbeggan (1613–1800) Mullingar (1583–1800) Westmeath (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Athlone (1801–85) Westmeath (1801–85) North Westmeath (1885–1922) South Westmeath (1885–1922) Westmeath (1918–22)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Longford–Westmeath (1921–37) Meath–Westmeath (1937–48) Longford–Westmeath (1948–92) Westmeath (1992–2007) Longford–Westmeath (2007–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–09) North-West (2009–14) 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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