Dingle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Dingle
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Kerry
Borough	Dingle
1607 (1607) (1607 (1607))–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Dingle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was based in the town of Dingle in County Kerry.

History

It was incorporated by charter in 1607 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and 150 freemen two resident. It had a corporation, and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 150 freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Dingle was represented with two members.^[1] Following the Acts of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.

Members of Parliament, 1585–1801

• 1585 Thomas Trant and James Trant^[2]
• 1613–1615 Thomas Trant FitzRichard and Michael Hussey^[2]
• 1634–1635 Dominick Rice and James Rice^[2][3]
• 1639–1649 Sir George Blundell, 2nd Baronet and Christopher Roper^[2]
• 1661–1666 Launcelot Sandes and Samuel Bathurst (Bathurst sat for Sligo - replaced 1661 by Robert Fowkes)^[3]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Edward Rice FitzJames			John Hussey
1692		William FitzMaurice			Frederick William Mullins
1695					John Blennerhassett
1703					Francis Brewster
1713		Thomas Crosbie			John Pratt
1727					Sir Maurice Crosbie[note 1]
1728					John FitzGerald
1731		Hon. John Perceval[note 2]
1741					Robert FitzGerald
1749		Sir William Fownes, 2nd Bt
1761		Maurice FitzGerald
1776		Richard Townsend[note 3]
1777		Robert Alexander
1782					Richard Boyle Townsend
1783		Hayes St Leger[note 4]
1783		John Townsend
1795					Bartholomew Hoare
1798		Lodge Evans Morres			Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt[note 5]
1798					William Thomas Monsell
1800					Hon. William Townsend Mullins
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Also elected for County Kerry in 1727, for which he chose to sit
2. Styled as Viscount Perceval from 1733
3. Also elected for County Cork in 1776, for which he chose to sit
4. Also elected for Doneraile in 1783, for which he chose to sit
5. Also elected for Castlemartyr in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
2. McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
3. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

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.
• Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 February 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4, History of the Irish Parliament Online - Ulster Historical Foundation
• T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
• 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.