Drogheda_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)

Drogheda (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Drogheda (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

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

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History

There were originally two boroughs named Drogheda, lying on opposite sides of the River Boyne that forms the boundary between County Meath to the south and County Louth (or Uriel) to the north.[2] Sometimes a writ of election was made to the two boroughs separately (Drogheda versus Uriel and Drogheda versus Midiam)[3] and sometimes to the two jointly (Drogheda ex utraque parte aquae, "on both sides of the water").[1] In 1412, the two boroughs were united and, together with their liberties, formed into the "county of the town of Drogheda" separate from Meath and Louth.[2] The county of the town formed a single county borough constituency.

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Drogheda was represented with two members.[4]

Members of Parliament

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1689–1801

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Expelled in 1717
  2. [N 2]
    Changed surname to Meade-Ogle in 1772

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    "Close Roll 33 Edward III No.27". CIRCLE. Trinity College Dublin. 18 March 1359. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  2. [2]
    Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Municipal Corporations in Ireland (1835). "The County of the Town of Drogheda". Appendix to the First Report, Part II. pp. 801–888 : §§ 2, 5.
  3. [3]
    Clarke 1926, p.117 IV.2 'John Fulpot and Walter Milys were electi milites pro communitate ville de Drogheda ex parte Uriel to attend the parliament at Dublin (15 April 1370)'
  4. [4]
    O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
  5. [5]
    Clarke 1926, p.116 IV.1
  6. [6]
    Clarke 1926, p.119 V.4
  7. [7]
    Clarke 1926, p.119 V.7
  8. [8]
    Clarke 1926, p.117 IV.5
  9. [9]
    McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  10. [10]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 607.
  11. [11]
    Major-General Stubbs (1919). "County Louth Representatives in the Irish Parliament, 1613–1758". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. 4 (4): 311–317. doi:10.2307/27729225. JSTOR 27729225 – via JSTOR.

Sources

  • Clarke, Maude V. (1932–34). "William of Windsor in Ireland, 1369–1376". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature. 41: 55–130. JSTOR 25515963.
  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
  • 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.
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