Dungannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Dungannon
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1613 (1613)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Dungannon

Dungannon was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dungannon was represented with two members.^[1]

Election	First member	First party	Second member
1613	Sir Garret Moore		Sir Hugh Pollerde
1634	Sir Faithful Fortescue		John Perkins
1639	John Chichester		Thomas Madden. died and repl. 1640 by Sir Phelim O'Neill
1661	Sir Arthur Chichester		Sir Thomas Bramhall, Bt
1689 Patriot Parliament	Arthur O'Neill		Patrick Donnelly
1692	John Hamilton		Sir Robert Staples, 4th Bt
1695	John Hamilton		Thomas Knox
September 1703	Oliver St George ^{[note 1]}
1703	Edward Brice
1713	Oliver St George
1727	Oliver St George		Charles Echlin
1731	Thomas Knox		Charles Echlin
1755	Thomas Knox		Thomas Knox
1769	John Knox
1776	Charles O'Hara
1781	Charles O'Hara		William Eden
October 1783	Edmund Sexton Pery ^{[note 2]}	Patriot	Hon. Thomas Knox
1783	Lorenzo Moore		Hon. Thomas Knox
1790	Hon. John Knox		Hon. George Knox
1794	James Verner		Hon. George Knox
1798			Hon. Charles Knox
1799			Richard Fortescue Sharkey
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dungannon

↑ Also elected for Carrick in 1703, for which he chose to sit. Replaced by Edward Brice
↑ Also elected for Limerick City in 1783, for which he chose to sit

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.
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 Tyrone

Westminster
1801–present

Historic	Dungannon (1801–85) Fermanagh & Tyrone (1922–50) Tyrone (1801–1885) East Tyrone (1885–1918) Mid Tyrone (1885–1918) North Tyrone (1885–1918) North-East Tyrone (1918–22) North-West Tyrone (1918–22) South Tyrone (1885–1922)

Current	Fermanagh & South Tyrone (1950—) West Tyrone (1997—) Mid Ulster (1950—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

Seats taken	(none)

Seats not taken	North East Tyrone South Tyrone

East Tyrone (1929–72)
Mid Tyrone (1929–72)
North Tyrone (1929–72)
South Tyrone (1929–72)
West Tyrone (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Fermanagh & South Tyrone Mid Ulster

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Fermanagh & South Tyrone Mid Ulster West Tyrone

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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