County Louth (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

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

County Louth

Former county constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County| County Louth
–1801 (1801)
Seats| 2
Replaced by| County Louth

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

## Members of Parliament

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* 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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Election | First MP | Second MP

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1689 |  | Thomas Bellew |  |  | William Talbot |
1692  |  | Thomas Bellingham |  |  | Sir William Tichborne |
1695  |  | Sir Henry Tichborne [5] |
1703  |  | Henry Tenison |
1710  |  | Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt |
1713 |  | Richard Tisdall |  |  | Stephen Ludlow |
1715  |  | Robert Moore |
1727  |  | Faithful Fortescue |  |  | William Aston |
1741  |  | Henry Bellingham |
1745  |  | William Henry Fortescue[6] |
1755  |  | Thomas Tipping |
1761 |  | Anthony Foster |  |  | James Fortescue |
1767  |  | Stephen Sibthorpe |
1768  |  | John Foster |
1782  |  | Thomas James Fortescue |
1796  |  | William Fortescue |
1801  | Replaced by Westminster constituency of County Louth

### Notes

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1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (PhD thesis). hdl:2262/77206.
3. ^ Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633–1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 225.
4. ^ a b c Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 626.
5. ^ from 1697 Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt
6. ^ At the General Election in 1760, he was also returned for Monaghan, for which he chose to sit

## References

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* 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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Parliamentary constituencies in County Louth

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800|

* Ardee (1378-1800)
* Carlingford (13??-1800)
* Drogheda (1264-1800)
* Dundalk (1264-1800)
* Dunleer (1679-1800)
* Louth (????-1800)

Westminster 1801-1922
and First Dáil 1918|

* Drogheda (1801-1885)
* Dundalk (1801-1885)
* Louth (1801-1885)
* North Louth (1885-1918)
* South Louth (1885-1918)
* Louth (1918-1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present|

| Historic|

* Louth–Meath (1921-1923)

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Current|

* Louth (1923-)

European Parliament
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* Leinster (1979-2004)
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