Sligo County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Sligo County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Members of Parliament

1692–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1692	Hugh Morgan	Edward Wingfield
1713	Chidley Coote	William Ormsby
1719	Joshua Cooper I	William Ormsby
1727		Owen Wynne
1737		James Wynne
1749		Owen Wynne
1757	Benjamin Burton
1761	Sir Edward King, 5th Bt
1765	Paul Annesley Gore
1768	Joshua Cooper II
1778	Joshua Cooper II	Owen Wynne
1783	Charles O'Hara	Owen Wynne
1790	Charles O'Hara	Joshua Edward Cooper
1801	Succeeded by Westminster constituency of Sligo County

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.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Sligo and Borough

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Sligo Borough (1614–1800) Sligo County (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Sligo County (1801–85) Sligo Borough (1801–70) North Sligo (1885–1922) South Sligo (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Sligo–Mayo East (1921–23) Leitrim–Sligo (1923–37) Sligo (1937–48) Sligo–Leitrim (1948–2007, 2016–) Sligo–North Leitrim (2007–16)

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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