County Dublin (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

County Dublin was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1801.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Dublin was represented by two members.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Parliaments of Henry VIII

• 1536 Patrick Barnewall

Parliaments of Elizabeth I

• 1568 Sir Christopher Barnewall
• 1585 Richard Netterville
• 1585 Henry Burnell
• 1585 Nicholas Ball

Parliaments of James I

• 1613 Sir Christopher Plunket
• 1613 Thomas Luttrell of Luttrellstown

Parliaments of Charles I

• 1634 Nicholas Barnewall and Thomas Luttrell (died and replaced by Peter Barnewall)
• 1639 Nicholas Barnewall (ennobled 1647 and replaced by Sir Thomas Armstrong) and Peter Barnewall (expelled for non-attendance - replaced 1642 by Sir John Sherlock)

Protectorate Parliament

• 1654–55: John Hewson
• 1656–58: John Bysse
• 1659: Sir Theophilus Jones

Charles II

• 1661 Sir William Domville and Sir William Ussher

1692–1801

Notes

1. Styled as Lord Ardee from 1763
2. Declared not duly elected in 1790

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
2. County Dublin Elections (1790), Eugene A. Coyle

Bibliography

• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
• 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.