Dingle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Dingle
Former Corporation constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1607 (1607)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Dingle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

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 King James II, Dingle was represented with two members.^[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disfranchised.

Members of Parliament, 1607–1801

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
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]}	John FitzGerald
1741	Hon. John Perceval ^{[note 2]}	Robert FitzGerald
1749	Sir William Fownes, 2nd Bt
1761	Maurice FitzGerald
1776	Richard Townsend ^{[note 3]}
1777	Robert Alexander
1782	Robert Alexander	Richard Boyle Townsend
1783	Hayes St Leger ^{[note 4]}
1783	John Townsend
1795	John Townsend	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

↑ Also elected for Kerry in 1727, for which he chose to sit
↑ Styled as Viscount Perceval from 1733
↑ Also elected for Cork County in 1776, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Doneraile in 1783, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Castlemartyr in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 502

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,
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 Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Kerry

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Ardfert (1639–1800)
Dingle (1607–1800)
Kerry (????–1800)
Tralee (1613–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Kerry (1801–85)
Tralee (1801–85)
East Kerry (1885–1922)
North Kerry (1885–1922)
South Kerry (1885–1922)
West Kerry (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1921–present

Historic	Kerry–Limerick West (1921–23) Kerry North (1937–2011) Kerry South (1937–2016) Kerry North–West Limerick (2011–16)

Current	Kerry (1923–37, 2016–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Munster (1979–2004)
South (2004–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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