Monaghan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Monaghan Borough
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Monaghan Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

Members of Parliament

1692–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1692		Charles Dering			Edward Forde
1695					Robert Echlin
1703		Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Bt			Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Bt
1710		Sir Alexander Cairnes, 1st Bt
1713		Francis Lucas			Richard Pockrich
1715					Hugh Willoughby
1727					Sir Alexander Cairnes, 1st Bt
1733					Sir Henry Cairnes, 2nd Bt
1743					John Dawson
1747		William Blair			Baptist Johnston
1753					Oliver Anketell
1761		William Henry Fortescue			Richard Dawson
1767					Richard Power
1768					Robert Cuninghame
1771		Henry Westenra
1776		James Fortescue
1777		Robert Dobson
October 1783		Thomas James Fortescue
1783		Theophilus Jones
1791		Cromwell Price
1796					Henry Westenra
January 1798		William Charles Fortescue
1798		William Fortescue
1800		Faithful William Fortescue
1801		Constituency disenfranchised

References

• 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.