Drogheda was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.
| Drogheda | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Louth |
| Borough | Drogheda |
| by 1359[1]–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Drogheda (UKHC) |
History
editThere 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
edit| Date | Met at | Members | Representing | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1369 | Dublin | Walter Miles | versus Uriel | [5] |
| 1370 | Dublin | John Fulpot and Walter Milys | versus Uriel | [3] |
| John Asshewell and John Stamen | versus Meath | [6] | ||
| January 1371 | Kilkenny | Simon Tyrry and Richard Spes | versus Meath | [7] |
| June 1371 | Ballydoyle | Adam FitzSymond and others | [8] | |
| 1560 | John Weston and Robert Burnell | [9] | ||
| 1585 | Dublin | John Barnewall and Peter Nugent | County of the town | [10] |
| 1613 | Dublin | John Blakeney and Roger Bealinge | [11] | |
| 1635 | Thomas Pippard and Richard Brice | [11] | ||
| 1639 | Dublin | Thomas Pippard (died and replaced 1640 by John Stanley. Stanley expelled 1642) and Richard Brice (expelled 1642 for non-attendance) | County of the town | [10] |
| 1642 | Sir Thomas Lucas and Worseley Batten | [10] | ||
| 1661 | Dublin | Moyses Hill and William Toxteth | County of the town | [10] |
1689–1801
edit| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Henry Dowdall | Christopher Peppard FitzGeorge | ||||
| 1692 | Charles Moore, Lord Moore | Edward Singleton | ||||
| 1710 | John Graham | |||||
| 1713 | Henry Singleton | |||||
| August 1717 | John Leigh[note 1] | |||||
| 1717 | Edward Singleton | |||||
| 1727 | William Graham | |||||
| 1741 | Francis Leigh | |||||
| 1749 | John Graham | |||||
| 1768 | William Meade[note 2] | |||||
| 1776 | Sydenham Singleton | |||||
| 1783 | Henry Meade-Ogle | John Forbes | ||||
| 1790 | William Meade-Ogle | |||||
| 1796 | John Ball | |||||
| 1798 | Edward Hardman | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Drogheda | |||||
Notes
editReferences
editCitations
edit- ^ a b "Close Roll 33 Edward III No.27". CIRCLE. Trinity College Dublin. 18 March 1359. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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)'
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
- ^ Clarke 1926, p.116 IV.1
- ^ Clarke 1926, p.119 V.4
- ^ Clarke 1926, p.119 V.7
- ^ Clarke 1926, p.117 IV.5
- ^ McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ a b c d Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 607.
- ^ a b 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
edit- 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.