County Louth (Parliament of Ireland 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; 223 years ago (1801) (1801; 223 years ago (1801))
Seats	2
Replaced by	County Louth

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

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

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		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

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. 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. Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633–1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 225.
4. 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

• 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.