County Dublin was a constituency represented in the

Irish House of Commons 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, ...

until its abolition in 1801.

History

County Dublin County Dublin ( or ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, and holds its capital city, Dublin. It is located on the island's east coast, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Until 1994, County Dubli ...

was represented by two MPs in the

. It had a comparatively low electorate of 1,200 to 1,500 voters around the time of the Union. The

parliamentary borough A borough is an administrative division in various English language, English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History ...

s of Dublin City, Newcastle and Swords had separate representation, as did Dublin University, which was located in the city. The Irish House of Commons was abolished on 1 January 1801 under the Acts of Union 1800. The constituency was succeeded by the Westminster constituency of

, remaining as a two-seat constituency.

Members of Parliament

Parliaments of Henry VIII

*1536 Patrick Barnewall

Parliaments of Elizabeth I

*1568 Sir Christopher Barnewall *1585 Richard Netterville *1585 Henry Burnell *1585 Nicholas Ball

Parliaments of James I

*1613 Sir Christopher Plunket *1613 Thomas Luttrell of Luttrellstown

Parliaments of Charles I

*1634 Nicholas Barnewall and Thomas Luttrell (died and replaced by Peter Barnewall) *1639 Nicholas Barnewall (ennobled 1647 and replaced by Sir Thomas Armstrong) and Peter Barnewall (expelled for non-attendance - replaced 1642 by Sir John Sherlock)

Protectorate Parliament

* 1654–55: John Hewson * 1656–58: John Bysse * 1659: Sir Theophilus Jones

Charles II

*1661 Sir

William Domville William Domville (or Domvile) (1609–1689) was a leading Irish politician, barrister and Constitutional writer of the Restoration era. Due to the great trust which the English Crown had in him, he served as Attorney General for Ireland throug ...

and Sir William Ussher

1692–1801

Notes

References

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