Editing Irish House of Commons

{{Short description|Lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800}}
{{About||the current house of representatives in Ireland|Dáil Éireann|the body which existed between 1921 and 1922|House of Commons of Southern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name               = Irish House of Commons
| coa_pic            = Arms of Ireland (historical).svg
| coa_res            = 150px
| coa_caption        = 
| house_type         = Lower house
| houses             =
| legislature        =
| established        = 1297
| preceded_by        =
| succeeded_by       = [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]]
| disbanded          = 1 January 1801
| leader1_type       = [[Speaker of the Irish House of Commons|Speaker of the House]]
| leader1            = [[John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel|John Foster]] (1785–1800)
| election1          =
| members            = 300{{efn|group=boxn|In 1800.}}
| house1             =
| house2             =
| house3             =
| voting_system1     = [[Plurality block voting]] with limited suffrage
| session_room       = The_Irish_House_of_Commons_in_1780_by_Francis_Wheatley.jpg
| session_res        = 220px
| meeting_place      = ''[[The Irish House of Commons]]'' (by [[Francis Wheatley (painter)|Francis Wheatley]], 1780)
| footnotes          = {{notelist|group=boxn}}
}}

The '''Irish House of Commons''' was the [[lower house]] of the [[Parliament of Ireland]] that existed from 1297 until the end of 1800. The upper house was the [[Irish House of Lords|House of Lords]]. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive franchise, similar to the [[unreformed House of Commons]] in contemporary Great Britain. [[Catholic Church in Ireland|Catholic]]s were disqualified from sitting in the Irish parliament from 1691, even though they comprised the vast majority of the Irish population.

The Irish executive, known as the [[Dublin Castle administration]], under the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]], was not answerable to the House of Commons but to the British government. However, the [[Chief Secretary for Ireland]] was usually a member of the Irish parliament. In the Commons, business was presided over by the [[Speaker of the Irish House of Commons|Speaker]].

From 1 January 1801, it ceased to exist and was succeeded by the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]].

==Franchise==
The limited franchise was exclusively male. From 1728 until 1793, Catholics were [[Disfranchisement|disfranchised]], as well as being ineligible to sit in the Commons. Most of the population of all religions had no vote. In [[counties of Ireland|counties]], [[forty-shilling freeholders]] were enfranchised while in most [[borough constituency|borough]]s it was either only the members of self-electing [[Municipal corporation|corporation]]s or a highly restricted body of [[Freedom of the City|freemen]] that were eligible to vote for the borough's representatives. The vast majority of parliamentary boroughs were [[pocket borough]]s, the [[private property]] of an aristocratic patron.

==Abolition==
The House of Commons was abolished under the [[Acts of Union 1800]], which merged the Kingdom of Ireland into the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] to form the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] with effect from 1 January 1801. The Irish House of Commons sat for the last time in [[Parliament House, Dublin]] on 2 August 1800. One hundred of its members were [[Members of the 1st UK Parliament from Ireland|designated or co-opted to sit]] with the [[House of Commons of Great Britain]], forming the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]]. The patron of pocket boroughs that were disfranchised under the Act of Union was awarded £15,000 compensation for each.<ref name="Porritt1963">{{cite book|last=Porritt|first=Edward|title=The Unreformed House of Commons. Parliamentary Representation Before 1832|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4LI8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA185|access-date=23 July 2013|year=1963|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=185–187}}</ref>

==Speaker of the Commons==
[[File:GILBERT(1896) p109 PROSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE, DUBLIN.jpg|thumb|Drawing of the front of the Irish [[Parliament House, Dublin|Parliament House]] with the dome, seen from the street-level, in the 18th century]]
{{main article|Speaker of the Irish House of Commons}}
The Speaker of the Irish House of Commons was the presiding officer of the House and its most senior official. The position was one of considerable power and prestige, and in the absence of a government chosen from and answerable to the Commons, he was the dominant political figure in the Parliament. The last Speaker was [[John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel|John Foster]].

==Constituencies==
[[File:Irish Commons.jpg|thumb|Engraving of section of the Irish House of Commons chamber by Peter Mazell based on the drawing by Rowland Omer 1767]]
The number of boroughs invited to return members had originally been small (only 55 Boroughs existed in 1603) but was doubled by the Stuart monarchs. By the time of the Union, there were 150 constituencies, each electing two members by [[plurality block voting]]; an elector could vote for one or two of the candidates, with the two receiving most votes being returned. The constituencies had different franchises as follows: {{sfn|Johnston-Liik|2006|p=222}}
* 32 [[counties of Ireland|county]] constituencies;
* 8 [[county borough]] constituencies;
* 109 borough constituencies, of varying franchises:
* 1 [[university constituency]] ([[Dublin University (constituency)|Dublin University]]).

Following the Act of Union, from 1801, there were 100 MPs from Ireland in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland|Irish constituencies at Westminster]] were a subset of those in the Irish House of Commons as follows:
* the 32 counties and two most populous county borough constituencies, [[Cork City (UK Parliament constituency)|Cork City]] and [[Dublin City (UK Parliament constituency)|Dublin City]], retained two MPs each;
* the 6 other county boroughs, the university, and the 25 most populous boroughs were reduced to one MP each;
* the 84 least populous Irish parliamentary boroughs were disfranchised after the Union 

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Constituency !! Type !! County !! Creation{{efn|The date of either: the earliest Parliament at which it is known to have received a [[writ of election]] or sent representatives; or else: the earliest charter or statute granting representation. Outside [[the Pale]], places enfranchised after the [[Norman conquest of Ireland|Norman conquest]] often had long periods unrepresented prior to the [[Tudor reconquest of Ireland|Tudor reconquest]].}} !! Franchise !! Fate after the union
|-
|data-sort-value="antrim"| [[County Antrim (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Antrim]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Antrim|Antrim]] || 1570<ref name="Fiants">[https://archive.org/stream/reportofdeputyke1113irel#page/n237/mode/2up '''Fiants Ire. Eliz.''' No 1530]</ref> ||  Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
|-
| [[Antrim (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Antrim]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Antrim|Antrim]] || 1666 || [[Potwalloper]] || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
|-
| [[Ardee (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Ardee]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Louth|Louth]] || 1378 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
|-
| [[Ardfert (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Ardfert]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Kerry|Kerry]] || 1639? || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
|-
| [[Ards (territory)|Ards]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Down|Down]] || data-sort-value="1560"|By 1560<ref name="Hardiman1">{{cite book |last=Hardiman |first=James |author-link=James Hardiman |title=A Statute of the fortieth Year of Edward III., enacted in a Parliament held in Kilkenny, A. D. 1367, before Lionel Duke of Clarence, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Now first printed from a MS.in the Library of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lambeth. With a Translation and Notes |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/tractsrelatingto02irisuoft#page/n316/mode/1up |series=Tracts relating to Ireland|volume=II|year=1842|publisher=Irish Archaeological Society|location=Dublin|chapter=Appendix III: The lordes spirituall and temporall, counties, cytties, and borough-townes, as are answerable to the Parlyament in this realme of Ireland ; and souche as weare sommoned unto the Parlyament holden before the right honorable Sir John Perrot, knyght, Lord Deputie Generall of the realme of Ireland, xxvi. die Aprilis, anno regni Regine nostre Elizabeth, vicesimo septimo. A. D. 1585.}}</ref> || || {{hs|0}}Previously disfranchised{{efn|The territory of Ards, one of the medieval sheriffdoms of the [[Earldom of Ulster]], was included in the reconstituted [[County Down]] in 1570.}}
|-
|data-sort-value="armagh"| [[County Armagh (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Armagh]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Armagh|Armagh]] || 1585 (September)<ref name=EMI>{{Cite book|author=Moody, T.W. |author2=Martin, F.X. |author3=Byrne, F.J.  |title=Early Modern Ireland, 1534-1691 |location=Oxford University Press|year=1991|page=166|isbn=9780198202424 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c8M1p3ySwI4C&q=Armagh+%22shired%22&pg=PA750}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=WUepqE-K4PAC&dq=%22Inquisitionum+in+Officio+Rotulorum+Cancellariae%22&pg=PR54 Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium (Repertory of the Inquisitions of the Chancery of Ireland) Volume II, page xix 'An Order for the division, setting out and appoyntinge of the boundes, lymytts and circuits of sixe severall sheires or countyes within the pvince of Ulster within this realme of Ireland, viz. the countye of Tyron, the countye of Donnyngall, the countye of Fermanaghe, the countye of Colrane, the countye of Armaghe and the countye of Monohon ... the firste of September anno dei 1585, annoque d&#91;omi&#93;n&#91;a&#93;e Regin&#91;a&#93;e Elizabeth', 27mo']</ref> ||  Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
|-
| [[Armagh Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Armagh]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Armagh|Armagh]] || 1613 (26 March) <ref name="Moody">{{cite journal|last=Moody |first=T.W. |title=The Irish Parliament under Elizabeth and James I |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy |volume=45 |year=1939 |number=6 |pages=72–76}}</ref> || Ecclesiastical corporation - [[Bishop's borough]] || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Askeaton (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Askeaton]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Limerick|Limerick]] ||  1613 (30 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Athboy (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Athboy]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Meath|Meath]] || data-sort-value="1560"|By 1560<ref name=Hardiman1 />{{efn|"Athboy was an ancient borough by prescription with a charter dated 1410, 9 Henry IV. There were further charters of 9 Henry VII and 8 James I all confirming the liberties and privileges of the corporate or free borough."<ref>{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=301}}</ref>}} || Manor || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Athenry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Athenry]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Galway|Galway]] || 1310?{{efn|"Athenry was a very old town with writs with grants and charters going back to at least the reign of Edward II. There is one for 14 October 1310 and there are a number for the reign of Richard II in the 1390s."<ref>{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=240}}</ref>}} || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Athlone (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Athlone]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Westmeath|Westmeath]] ||  1606 (10 December)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Athy (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Athy]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Kildare|Kildare]] || data-sort-value="1560"|By 1560<ref name=Hardiman1 /> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Augher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Augher]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]] ||  1613 (15 April)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Ballynakill (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Ballynakill]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Laois|Queen's County]] || 1612 (10 December)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Ballyshannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Ballyshannon]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Donegal|Donegal]] || 1613 (23 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Baltimore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Baltimore]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Cork|Cork]] || 1613 (25 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || [[Potwalloper]] || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Baltinglass (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Baltinglass]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]] || 1664 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Banagher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Banagher]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Offaly|King's County]] || 1629 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Bandonbridge (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Bandonbridge]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Cork|Cork]] || 1613 (30 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Bangor (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Bangor]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Down|Down]] || 1613 (18 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Bannow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Bannow]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Wexford|Wexford]] || data-sort-value="1614"| Between 1614 and 1634{{efn|"Bannow was a borough by prescription, and no charter could be found for it in 1800"<ref name="Johnston-Liik356">{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=356}}</ref>}} || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Belfast (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Belfast]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Antrim|Antrim]] || 1613 (27 April)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Belturbet (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Belturbet]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Cavan|Cavan]] || 1613 (30 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Blessington (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Blessington]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]] || 1670 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Boyle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Boyle]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Roscommon|Roscommon]] || 1613 (25 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Callan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Callan]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]] || By 1585{{efn|"Callan was a medieval borough by prescription, with charters and grants from the reigns of Edward III, Richard II and Henry IV."<ref>{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=253}}</ref>}} || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Carlingford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Carlingford]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Louth|Louth]] ||data-sort-value="1300"|13?{{efn|"Carlingford was another ancient borough, with charters going back to the reign of Edward II."<ref>{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=289}}</ref>}} || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="carlow"|[[County Carlow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Carlow]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Carlow|Carlow]] || 1297<ref name="Betham">{{cite book |last=Betham |first=William |author-link=William Betham (1779–1853) |date=1830 |title=Dignities, Feudal and Parliamentary |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.35112104222106&view=1up&seq=306&skin=2021 |location=London |publisher=Thomas and William Boone |page=262 |isbn=}}</ref>{{efn|name="Liberty"}} || Freeholders  || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Carlow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Carlow]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Carlow|Carlow]] || 1613 (19 April)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
|-
| [[Carrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Carrick]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Leitrim|Leitrim]] || 1613 (30 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Carrickfergus (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Carrickfergus]] || [[County borough constituency|County borough]] || [[County Antrim|Antrim]]{{efn|name="cobo"|A separate [[county corporate]].}} || 1326 || Freeholder and householder || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Carysfort (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Carysfort]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]] || 1629 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Cashel (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Cashel]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]] || By 1585<ref name=Hardiman1 />{{efn|"Cashel was a medieval foundation said to have been established in the year 1216 by Donat, Archbishop of Cashel, and incorporated under his successor, Marianus O'Brien, in 1233. It had various subsequent charters before it emerged in its modern form by a 1585 charter of 26 Eliz. I and a 1638 charter of Charles I."<ref>{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=327}}</ref>}} || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Castlebar (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Castlebar]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Mayo|Mayo]] || 1613 (26 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Castlemartyr (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Castlemartyr]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Cork|Cork]] || 1676 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="cavan"|[[County Cavan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Cavan]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Cavan|Cavan]] ||1579<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/calendarireland02greauoft#page/184/mode/2up "Turlough Lynagh (O'Neill)'s pretence to harm ... the new made county of Cavan" Proceedings and orders of the Chancellor, Council and Gentlemen of Meath and Dublin, August 21 1579, Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth, Volume 2, 1574-1585 page 184]</ref> or 1584<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/calendarireland02greauoft#page/537/mode/2up "O'Reilly's country erected into the County of Cavan" Lord Deputy Perrot to Walsyngham, 16 November 1584, Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth, Volume 2, 1574-1585 page 537]</ref> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
|-
| [[Cavan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Cavan]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Cavan|Cavan]] || 1610 (15 November)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Charlemont (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Charlemont]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Armagh|Armagh]] || 1613 (29 April)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Charleville (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Charleville]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Cork|Cork]] || 1673 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="clare"|[[County Clare (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Clare]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Clare|Clare]] || data-sort-value="1376"|By 1376{{efn|It was represented in the Parliament of 1376}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Richardson |first1=Henry Gerald |author-link1=Henry Gerald Richardson |last2=Sayles |first2=George Osborne |author-link2=G. O. Sayles|date=1952 |title=The Irish Parliament in the Middle Ages |location=Philadelphia |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |page=78, note 29 |isbn=}}</ref> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Clogher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Clogher]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]] || By 1613{{efn|"It was probably a borough by prescription confirmed by a 1630 charter, 5 Chas. I ..."<ref name="Johnston-Liik356"/>}} || Ecclesiastical corporation - [[Bishop's borough]]|| {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Clonakilty (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Clonakilty]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Cork|Cork]] || 1613 (5 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Clonmel (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Clonmel]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]] || data-sort-value="1560"|By 1560<ref name=Hardiman1 /> || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Clonmines (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Clonmines]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Wexford|Wexford]] || data-sort-value="1614"| Between 1614 and 1634{{efn|"Clonmines, like Bannow, was a borough by prescription, and no charter was available"<ref name="Johnston-Liik356"/>}} || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="coleraine"|[[County Coleraine]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]] || 1585 (September)<ref name=EMI /> ||  Freeholders || {{hs|0}}Previously disfranchised
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| [[Coleraine (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Coleraine]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]] || 1613 (25 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || [[Corporation]] || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Connacht]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || Multiple{{efn|name="connacht"}}|| 1297<ref name="Betham"/> || || {{hs|0}}Previously disfranchised{{efn|name="connacht"|The medieval county of Connacht was subdivided in 1570 into the modern counties of [[County Galway|Galway]] and [[County Mayo|Mayo]].}}
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| [[County Cork (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Cork]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Cork|Cork]] || 1297<ref name="Betham"/> ||  Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Cork City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Cork City]] || [[County borough constituency|County borough]] || [[County Cork|Cork]]{{efn|name="cobo"}}|| 1299 || Freeholder and Freemen || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Dingle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Dingle]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Kerry|Kerry]] || By 1585<ref name=Hardiman1 />{{efn|Then called Dengenechoyshe.}} || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="donegal"|[[County Donegal (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Donegal]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Donegal|Donegal]] || 1585 (September)<ref name=EMI /> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Donegal Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Donegal Borough]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Donegal|Donegal]] || 1613 (27 February)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Doneraile (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Doneraile]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Cork|Cork]] || 1640 || Manor || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="down"|[[County Down (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Down]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Down|Down]] || 1570<ref name="Fiants"/> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Downpatrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Downpatrick]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Down|Down]] || By 1585<ref name=Hardiman1 />{{efn|"Downpatrick was recognised as early as the reign of Henry IV, when letters of protection were granted to the inhabitants. No charter of incorporation is extant, but it returned two MPs to the 1586-7 parliament of Elizabeth I"<ref>{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=221}}</ref>}} || [[Potwalloper]] || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Drogheda (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Drogheda]] || [[County borough constituency|County borough]] || [[County Louth|Louth]]{{efn|name="cobo"}} || 1299 || Freeholders and freemen || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| data-sort-value="dublin"|[[County Dublin (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Dublin]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Dublin|Dublin]] || 1297<ref name="Betham"/> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Dublin City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Dublin City]] || [[County borough constituency|County borough]] || [[County Dublin|Dublin]]{{efn|name="cobo"}} || 1299 || Freeholders and freemen || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Dublin University (constituency)|Dublin University]] || [[University constituency|University]] || [[County Dublin|Dublin]]{{efn|The University was in the [[county corporate|county of the city]] of Dublin. The electorate was its provost, fellows and scholars.}} || 1613{{efn|"[I]n 1613 [James I] granted the University a further charter enabling it to return two members of parliament."<ref>{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=231}}</ref>}} || Graduates || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Duleek (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Duleek]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Meath|Meath]] || data-sort-value="1615"| Between 1614 and 1661{{efn|"Duleek was [an] ancient borough with a charter of Edward IV."<ref>{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=303}}</ref>}} || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Dundalk (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Dundalk]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Louth|Louth]] || data-sort-value="1560"|By 1560<ref name=Hardiman1 /> || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Dungannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Dungannon]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]] || 1612 (27 November)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Dungarvan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Dungarvan]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Waterford|Waterford]] || data-sort-value="1560"|By 1560<ref name=Hardiman1 /> || [[Potwalloper]] || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Dunleer (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Dunleer]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Louth|Louth]] || 1679 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Ennis (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Ennis]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Clare|Clare]] || 1613 (27 February)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Enniscorthy (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Enniscorthy]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Wexford|Wexford]] || 1613 (25 May)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Enniskillen (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Enniskillen]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]] || 1613 (27 February)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| data-sort-value="fermanagh"|[[County Fermanagh (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Fermanagh]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Fermanagh|Fermanagh]] || 1585 (September)<ref name=EMI /> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Ferns, County Wexford|Ferns]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Wexford|Wexford]] || By 1579<ref>{{Cite book|author=Moody, T.W. |author2=Martin, F.X. |author3=Byrne, F.J.  |title=A New History of Ireland, Vol IX, Maps, Genealogies, Lists|location=Oxford University Press|year=1984|page=108}}</ref> || Freeholders || {{hs|0}}Previously disfranchised{{efn|The area of Ferns, corresponding to the northern part of [[County Wexford]], was briefly made a separate shire between the 1570s before merging back into Wexford in the 1600s.}}
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| [[Fethard (County Tipperary) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Fethard]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]] || data-sort-value="1560"|By 1560<ref>{{harv|House of Lords|1878|loc=[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=RWMUAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PA632&printsec=frontcover p. 632]}}</ref> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Fethard (County Wexford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Fethard]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Wexford|Wexford]] || 1613 (15 April)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Fore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Fore]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Westmeath|Westmeath]] || data-sort-value="1614"| Between 1614 and 1634{{efn|"Fore appears to have been a borough by prescription: the Rolls Office issued a negative certificate to the Commissioners for Union Compensation."<ref>{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=352}}, citing [https://archive.org/details/op1242624-1001/page/n49/mode/2up?view=theater Report of the Commissioners of Union Compensation - Cities, Towns and Boroughs, p. 47]</ref>}}|| Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="galway"|[[County Galway (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Galway]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Galway|Galway]] || By 1579 <ref name="Hardiman">[https://archive.org/stream/achorographical00oflgoog#page/n321/mode/2up "Orders to be observed by Sir Nicholas Malby, Knight, for the better government of the Province of Connaght" Printed in O'Flaherty's ''Chorographical Description of West Or H-Iar Connaught: Written A.D. 1684'' ed. Hardiman, P. 304]</ref>|| Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Galway Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Galway Borough]] || [[County borough constituency|County borough]] || [[County Galway|Galway]]{{efn|name="cobo"}} || data-sort-value="1400"|By 1400{{efn|name="14thC"|It was represented in the parliaments in the late 14th century}}<ref name=14thC>{{cite book |last1=Richardson |first1=Henry Gerald |author-link1=Henry Gerald Richardson |last2=Sayles |first2=George Osborne |author-link2=G. O. Sayles|date=1952 |title=The Irish Parliament in the Middle Ages |location=Philadelphia |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |page=78, note 31 |isbn=}}</ref> || Freemen || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Gorey (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Gorey]] (also Newburgh) || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Wexford|Wexford]] || 1620 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Gowran (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Gowran]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]] || 1608 (15 September)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Granard (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Granard]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Longford|Longford]] || 1679 || Manor || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Harristown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Harristown]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Kildare|Kildare]] || 1684 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Hillsborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Hillsborough]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Down|Down]] || 1662 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Inistioge (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Inistioge]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]] || By 1585<ref name=Hardiman1 /> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Jamestown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Jamestown]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Leitrim|Leitrim]] || 1622 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Kells (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Kells]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Meath|Meath]] || data-sort-value="1560"|By 1560<ref name=Hardiman1 /> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="kerry"|[[County Kerry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Kerry]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Kerry|Kerry]] || 1297<ref name="Betham"/> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Kilbeggan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Kilbeggan]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Westmeath|Westmeath]] || 1613 (27 February)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="kildare"|[[County Kildare (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Kildare]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Kildare|Kildare]] || 1297<ref name="Betham"/> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Kildare Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Kildare]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Kildare|Kildare]] || data-sort-value="1560"|By 1560<ref name=Hardiman1 /> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Kilkenny City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Kilkenny City]] || [[County borough constituency|County borough]] || [[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]]{{efn|name="cobo"}} || 1299? || Freeholders and Freemen || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| data-sort-value="kilkenny"|[[County Kilkenny (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Kilkenny]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]] || 1297<ref name="Betham"/>{{efn|name="Liberty"}} || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Killybegs (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Killybegs]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Donegal|Donegal]] || 1616 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Killyleagh (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Killyleagh]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Down|Down]] || 1613 (10 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Kilmallock (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Kilmallock]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Limerick|Limerick]] || data-sort-value="1560"|By 1560<ref name=Hardiman1 /> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[King's County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|King's County]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Offaly|King's County]] || 1556<ref name="1556Act">[https://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900041.pdf An Act "whereby the King and Queen's Majesties, and the Heires and Successors of the Queen, be entituled to the Counties of Leix, Slewmarge, Irry, Glinmaliry, and Offaily, and for making the same Countries Shire Grounds."] 303/554 - 3 & 4 Phil & Mar, c.2 (1556). The Act was [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1962/act/29/schedule/enacted/en/html repealed in 1962].</ref><ref name="Falkiner118">”{{cite book
 | last = Falkiner
 | first = Caesar Litton
 | title = Illustrations of Irish history and topography, mainly of the seventeenth century
 | url = https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsir00jouvgoog#page/n147/mode/2up
 | year = 1904
 | publisher = [[Longman|Longmans, Green, & Co]]
 | location = London
 | pages = 118–9
 | isbn = 1-144-76601-X
}}</ref> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Kinsale (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Kinsale]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Cork|Cork]] || 1334?{{efn|"Kinsale was a medieval borough. The earliest charter extant is that of 1589, 31 Eliz. I, which refers to a 1334 charter of 7 Edw. III"<ref>{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=209}}</ref>}} || Corporation and Freemen || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Knocktopher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Knocktopher]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]] || 1665 || [[Potwalloper]] || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Lanesborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Lanesborough]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Longford|Longford]] || 1642 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[County Leitrim (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Leitrim]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Leitrim|Leitrim]] || 1583 || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Lifford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Lifford]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Donegal|Donegal]] || 1613 (27 February)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="limerick"|[[County Limerick (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Limerick]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Limerick|Limerick]] || 1297<ref name="Betham"/> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Limerick City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Limerick City]] || [[County borough constituency|County borough]]  || [[County Limerick|Limerick]]{{efn|name="cobo"}} || 1299 || Freeholders and Freemen || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Lisburn (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Lisburn]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Antrim|Antrim]] || 1661 || [[Potwalloper]] || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Lismore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Lismore]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Waterford|Waterford]] || 1613 (6 May)<ref name="Moody"/> || Manor || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[County Londonderry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Londonderry]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]] || 1613 || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Londonderry City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Londonderry City]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]] || 1613 (29 March)<ref name="Moody"/>{{efn|Previously incorporated as Derry, 11 July 1604.}} || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| data-sort-value="longford"|[[County Longford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Longford]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Longford|Longford]] || 1571<ref>[https://archive.org/details/reportofdeputyke1113irel/page/n229/mode/2up?view=theater '''Fiants Ire. Eliz.''' No 1486]</ref><ref> {{Cite book|author=Maginn, Christopher|title=William Cecil, Ireland, and the Tudor State |location=Oxford|year=2012|page=194|isbn=978-0-19-969715-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nw37dKDJdlcC&dq=%22Fiants+Ire+Eliz%22&pg=PA199}}</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/stream/calendarireland01greauoft#page/440/mode/2up "The Annaley, formerly governed by O’Farrale Bane and O’Farrale Boy, is erected into a shire called Longford." Lord Chancellor and Council to the Queen, March 23, 1571,Calendar of the State Papers relating to Ireland, of the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth, Volume 1, 1509-1573, page 440]</ref> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Longford Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Longford]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Longford|Longford]] || 1669 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="louth"|[[County Louth (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Louth]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Louth|Louth]] || 1297<ref name="Betham"/> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Mallow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Mallow]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Cork|Cork]] || 1613 (27 February)<ref name="Moody"/> || Manor || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Maryborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Maryborough]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Laois|Queen's County]] || 1571 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="mayo"|[[County Mayo (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Mayo]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Mayo|Mayo]] || By 1579<ref name=Hardiman /> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| data-sort-value="meath"|[[County Meath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Meath]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Meath|Meath]] || 1297<ref name="Betham"/>{{efn|name="Liberty"|created as a [[Liberty (division)#Ireland|Liberty]]}} || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Midleton (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Midleton]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Cork|Cork]] || 1671 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="monaghan"|[[County Monaghan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Monaghan]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Monaghan|Monaghan]] || 1585 (September)<ref name=EMI /> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Monaghan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Monaghan]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Monaghan|Monaghan]] || 1613 (26 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Mullingar (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Mullingar]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Westmeath|Westmeath]] || data-sort-value="1560"|By 1560<ref name=Hardiman1 /> || Manor || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Naas (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Naas]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Kildare|Kildare]] || data-sort-value="1560"|By 1560<ref name=Hardiman1 /> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Navan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Navan]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Meath|Meath]] || 1469 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[New Ross (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|New Ross]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Wexford|Wexford]] || data-sort-value="1400"|By 1400{{efn|name=14thC}}<ref name=14thC/> || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Newcastle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Newcastle]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Dublin|Dublin]] || 1613 (30 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Newry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Newry]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Down|Down]] || 1613 (27 February)<ref name="Moody"/> || [[Potwalloper]] || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Newtown Limavady (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Newtown Limavady]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]] || 1613 (30 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Newtownards (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Newtownards]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Down|Down]] || 1613 (25 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Old Leighlin (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Old Leighlin]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Carlow|Carlow]] || data-sort-value="1614"| Between 1614 and 1634 || Ecclesiastical corporation - [[Bishop's borough]]|| {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Philipstown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Philipstown]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Offaly|King's County]] || 1571 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Portarlington (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Portarlington]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Laois|Queen's County]] || 1668 || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Queen's County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Queen's County]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Laois|Queen's County]] || 1556 <ref name="1556Act" /><ref name="Falkiner118" /> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Randalstown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Randalstown]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Antrim|Antrim]] || 1683 || Freeman / [[Potwalloper]] || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Rathcormack (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Rathcormack]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Cork|Cork]] || data-sort-value="1615.5"| Between 1614 and 1692{{efn|"Rathcormack was ... incorporated by charter, which was produced at the Union. Some boroughs, particularly those incorporated before or during the early years of the seventeenth century ... "<ref>{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=305}}</ref>}} || [[Potwalloper]] / Manor || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Ratoath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Ratoath]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Meath|Meath]] || data-sort-value="1615"| Between 1614 and 1661{{efn|"No charter is extant for this borough"<ref>{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=211}}</ref>}} || Manor || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="roscommon"|[[County Roscommon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Roscommon]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Roscommon|Roscommon]] ||  1297<ref name="Betham"/> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Roscommon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Roscommon]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Roscommon|Roscommon]] || 1613 (27 February)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[St Canice (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|St Canice]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]]{{efn|In the [[county of the city]] of Kilkenny rather than county Kilkenny.}} || data-sort-value="1615"| Between 1614 and 1661{{efn|"St Canice was a very ancient borough and thought to have been from remote antiquity part of the See of Ossory. In 1606 a patent appears to have been granted by James I, whereby Irishtown was to be a corporation ..., but, the muniments of the temporalities of the Bishops of Ossory having been lost during the troubles, in 1678 Charles II made a new grant of a corporation" "<ref>{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=259}}</ref>}} || Ecclesiastical corporation - [[Bishop's borough]] || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[St Johnstown (County Donegal) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|St Johnstown]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Donegal|Donegal]] || 1618 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[St Johnstown (County Longford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|St Johnstown]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Longford|Longford]] || 1628 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="sligo"|[[County Sligo (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Sligo]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Sligo|Sligo]] || By 1579<ref name=Hardiman /> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Sligo Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Sligo]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Sligo|Sligo]] || 1613 (30 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Strabane (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Strabane]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]] || 1613 (18 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Swords (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Swords]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Dublin|Dublin]] || By 1585<ref name=Hardiman1 />{{efn|"Swords had the distinction of being the most notorious borough in the Irish Parliament. Its charter was lost. The memorial presented by [[John Beresford (Waterford MP)|John Beresford]] and Francis Synge declared that it was 'an ancient borough by prescription'; another memorial declared that it had been enfranchised from 'time immemorial'. The portreeve, James Stewart, said 'that the said corporation is an open borough by Charter' dated 11 April, 5 James II - i.e. 1690! Most memorialists simply stressed that it was of great antiquity."<ref>{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=235}}</ref>}} || [[Potwalloper]] || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Taghmon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Taghmon]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Wexford|Wexford]] || data-sort-value="1614"| Between 1614 and 1634{{efn|"Taghmon was a borough by prescription; no charter could be found for it in 1800. It is mentioned in 1642, so it must have existed before then."<ref name="Johnston-Liik">{{harv|Johnston-Liik|2002|p=360}}</ref>}}{{efn|It did not return members in 1613 and returned two members in 1634.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c047928783&view=1up&seq=646&skin=2021 Members of Parliament - Return (in part) to an Order of the House of Lords, dated 13th July 1877]</ref>}} || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Tallow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Tallow]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Waterford|Waterford]] || 1613 (1 May)<ref name="Moody"/> || Manor / [[Potwalloper]] || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Thomastown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Thomastown]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Kilkenny|Kilkenny]] || 1541 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="tipperary"|[[County Tipperary (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Tipperary]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]] || 1297<ref name="Betham"/> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Cross Tipperary]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]] || By 1585 || Freeholders || {{hs|0}}Previously disfranchised{{efn|Cross Tipperary last returned MPs in 1634, and was definitively merged with Tipperary in 1716.}}
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| [[Tralee (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Tralee]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Kerry|Kerry]] || 1613 (31 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| [[Trim (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Trim]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Meath|Meath]] || data-sort-value="1560"|By 1560<ref name=Hardiman1 /> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Tuam (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Tuam]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Galway|Galway]] || 1613 (30 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Tulsk (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Tulsk]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Roscommon|Roscommon]] || 1663 || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| data-sort-value="tyrone"|[[County Tyrone (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Tyrone]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]] || 1585 (September)<ref name=EMI /> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Earldom of Ulster|Liberty of Ulster]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || Multiple{{efn|name="ulster"}}|| 1297<ref name="Betham"/>{{efn|name="Liberty"}} || || {{hs|0}}Previously disfranchised{{efn|name="ulster"|The medieval liberty of Ulster was subdivided in 1570 into the modern counties of [[County Antrim|Antrim]] and [[County Down|Down]].}}
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| data-sort-value="Waterford"|[[County Waterford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Waterford]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Waterford|Waterford]] || 1297<ref name="Betham"/> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Waterford City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Waterford City]] || [[County borough constituency|County borough]] || [[County Waterford|Waterford]]{{efn|name="cobo"}} || 1299 || Freemen and freeholders || {{hs|1}}One seat
|-
| data-sort-value="westmeath"|[[County Westmeath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Westmeath]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Westmeath|Westmeath]] || 1543<ref>''[https://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900041.pdf Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543]'' (294/554) 34 Hen. 8. c. 1 (I) ''An Act for the division of Methe into two shires''.</ref><ref>{{cite book
 | last = Falkiner
 | first = Caesar Litton
 | title = Illustrations of Irish history and topography, mainly of the seventeenth century
 | url = https://archive.org/stream/illustrationsir00jouvgoog#page/n145/mode/2up
 | year = 1904
 | publisher = [[Longman|Longmans, Green, & Co]]
 | location = London
 | pages = 117
 | isbn = 1-144-76601-X
}}</ref> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
|-
| data-sort-value="wexford"|[[County Wexford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Wexford]] ||  [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Wexford|Wexford]] || 1297<ref name="Betham"/>{{efn|name="Liberty"}} || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
|-
| [[Wexford Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Wexford]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Wexford|Wexford]] || data-sort-value="1400"|By 1400{{efn|name=14thC}}<ref name=14thC/> || Freemen || {{hs|1}}One seat
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| data-sort-value="wicklow"|[[County Wicklow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|County Wicklow]] || [[County constituency|County]] || [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]] || 1577;<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/reportofdeputyke1113irel#page/26/mode/2up/search/Wicklowe '''Fiants Ire. Eliz.''' No 3003, 22 March 1577]</ref>{{efn|The county of Wicklow created in 1577 seems not to have functioned and ceased to exist some time after 1586<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Moody|first1=T. W.|author-link1=Theodore William Moody|last2=Martin|first2=F. X. |author-link2=F. X. Martin|last3=Byrne|first3=F. J.|author-link3=Francis John Byrne|title=A New History of Ireland, Vol IX, Maps, Genealogies, Lists|location=Oxford University Press|year=1984|page=108}}</ref>}} 1606<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Moody|first1=T. W.|author-link1=Theodore William Moody|last2=Martin|first2=F. X. |author-link2=F. X. Martin|last3=Byrne|first3=F. J. |author-link3=Francis John Byrne|title=Early Modern Ireland, 1534-1691 |location=Oxford University Press|year=1991|page=166|isbn=9780198202424 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c8M1p3ySwI4C&q=Armagh+%22shired%22&pg=PA750}}</ref> || Freeholders || {{hs|2}}Two seats
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| [[Wicklow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Wicklow]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Wicklow|Wicklow]] || 1613 (30 March)<ref name="Moody"/> || Corporation || {{hs|0}}Disfranchised
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| [[Youghal (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Youghal]] || [[Borough constituency|Borough]] || [[County Cork|Cork]] || 1374|| Corporation and Freemen || {{hs|1}}One seat
|}

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[[File:Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon|Henry Boyle]], speaker between 1733 and 1756]]

[[File:John Ponsonby P5215.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Ponsonby (politician)|John Ponsonby]], speaker between 1756 and 1771]]

[[File:GILBERT(1896) p101 EDMOND SEXTON PERY - SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Edmund Pery, 1st Viscount Pery|Edmund Perry]], speaker between 1771 and 1785]]

[[File:The Right Honorable John Foster by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1790-1791 - Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art - DSC09033.JPG|thumb|upright|[[John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel|John Foster]], last speaker of the Irish House of Commons (1785–1800)]]

==Means of resignation==
Until 1793 members could not resign their seats. They could cease to be a member of the House in one of four ways:
* death,
* expulsion,
* taking [[Holy Orders]], or
* being awarded a peerage and so a seat in the [[Irish House of Lords]].
* Standing down at election to the House.

In 1793 a means for resignation was created, equivalent to the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the [[Chiltern Hundreds]] or the [[Manor of Northstead]] as a means of [[resignation from the British House of Commons]]. From that date, Irish members could be appointed to the [[List of Escheators of Munster|Escheatorship of Munster]], the [[List of Escheators of Leinster|Escheatorship of Leinster]], the [[List of Escheators of Connaught|Escheatorship of Connaught]] or the Escheatorship of Ulster. Possession of one of these Crown offices, "[[office of profit]] under [[the Crown]]" with a 30-[[shilling]] salary, terminated one's membership of the House of Commons.

==Notable members==
*[[Henry Grattan]]: leader of the [[Irish Patriot Party]].
*[[Boyle Roche]]: The "father" of [[Irish bull]]s
*[[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Hon. Arthur Wellesley]]: Later became Duke of Wellington, defeated [[Napoleon]] at [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]], and served as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]. He represented his family borough of [[Trim (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Trim]] from 1790 to 1798.
*[[William Conolly]]: Speaker from 1715 to 1729. Conolly was notable not just for his role in parliament but also for his great wealth that allowed him to build one of Ireland's greatest Georgian houses, [[Castletown House]].
*[[Nathaniel Clements]]: 1705–77 Government and Treasury Official, Managed extensive financial functions from 1720 to 1777{{dubious|date=December 2018}} on behalf of the government, {{lang|la|de facto}} minister for finance 1740–77, extensive property owner and developer. A major influence on the architecture of [[Georgian Dublin]] and the Irish [[Palladian]] country house.
*[[John Philpot Curran]]: Orator and wit, originator of the phrase "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty".

==See also==
*[[List of parliaments of Ireland]]
*[[History of Ireland]]

==References==
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==Sources==
* Mary Frances Cusack, ''Illustrated History of Ireland'', Project Gutenberg
* {{cite book |title=History of the Irish parliament, 1692–1800 |editor-first=Edith Mary|editor-last=Johnston-Liik |publisher=Ulster Historical Foundation |year=2002 |location=Belfast }}
* {{cite book |title=MPs in Dublin: Companion to the History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 |first=Edith Mary|last=Johnston-Liik |publisher=Ulster Historical Foundation |year=2006|location=Belfast|isbn=1903688604}}
* {{cite book|first=Charles Ivar|last=McGrath|title=The making of the 18th century Irish Constitution: Government, Parliament and the Revenue, 1692-1714|location=Dublin|publisher=Four Courts Press|year=2000|isbn=1-85182-554-1}}
* {{cite book|first=Eoin|last=Magennis|title=The Irish Political System 1740-1765|location=Dublin|publisher=Four Courts Press|year=2000|isbn=1-85182-484-7}}
* Moody/Vaughan, ''A new history of Ireland'', Oxford, 1986, {{ISBN|0-19-821742-0}} and {{ISBN|0-19-821739-0}}
* {{cite book |last=House of Lords|title=Return of the name of every member of the lower house of parliament of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with name of constituency represented, and date of return, from 1213 to 1874 |series=C. |volume=69-I |year=1878 |publisher=HMSO }}

==External links==
* [http://www.qub.ac.uk/ild/?func=browse&area=names Members Name Search (Commons and Lords, 1692–1800)] Irish Legislation Database, Queen's University Belfast
* [http://www.ancestryireland.com/history-of-the-irish-parliament/constituencies/  History of the Irish Parliament: Constituencies] Ulster Historical Foundation
* Journals of the House of Commons of Ireland (proceedings from 1613)
** [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011570754 Index page] for 14 volumes at [[HathiTrust]]
** large (~1 GB) PDF scans of 21 volumes from [[Oireachtas]] library) [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900069.pdf Index Vol.1] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900070.pdf Index Vol.2] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900079.pdf Vol.2] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900081.pdf Vol.3] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900080.pdf Vol.4] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900082.pdf Vol.5] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900071.pdf Vol.6] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900073.pdf Vol.7] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900072.pdf Vol.8] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900074.pdf Vol.9] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900077.pdf Vol.10] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900078.pdf Vol.11] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900075.pdf Vol.12] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900076.pdf Vol.13] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900062.pdf Vol.14] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900061.pdf Vol.15] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900063.pdf Vol.16] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900064.pdf Vol.17] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900068.pdf Vol.17 (Appendix)] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900065.pdf Vol.18] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900066.pdf Vol.19] [http://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library7/Library1/DC900067.pdf Vol.19 (Appendix)]

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