Louth_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)

County Louth (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

County Louth (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

For other parliamentary constituencies called Louth, see Louth (disambiguation).

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

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Members of Parliament

  • 1370:[1] Roger Gernon, Richard Vernon
  • 1420:[1] Bartholomew Vernon, Richard Bagot
  • 1560:[2] Nicholas Taaffe of Ballebragane and Edward Dowdall of Glaspistal
  • 1585:[2] Roger Gerlone (Garland) and William Moore of Barmeath
  • 1613–1315:[2] Christopher Verdon de Clonmore and Richard Gernon de Stabanan
  • 1634–1635:[3] Sir Christopher Bellew and Christopher Dowdall
  • 1639–1642:[2] Christopher Bellew and John Bellew (both expelled)
  • 1642–1644:[4] Philip, Lord Lisle and Col. Lawrence Crawford (both absent in England without leave)
  • 1644–1649:[4] Hon Francis Moore and Gerrard Moore
  • 1659: John Ruxton
  • 1661–1666:[4] Henry Bellingham and Sir Thomas Stanley

1689–1801

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Smith, Brendan (20 June 2013). Crisis and Survival in Late Medieval Ireland: The English of Louth and Their Neighbours, 1330–1450. Oxford University Press. p. 14. ISBN 9780199594757. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. [2]
    McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  3. [3]
    Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633–1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 225.
  4. [4]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 626.
  5. [5]
    from 1697 Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt
  6. [6]
    At the General Election in 1760, he was also returned for Monaghan, for which he chose to sit

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