Limerick City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Pre-1801 Irish constituency
| Limerick City | |
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| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Limerick |
| Borough | Limerick |
| –1801 (1801) | |
| Replaced by | Limerick City |
Limerick City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
1689–1801
- 1376:[1] Henry Bercley and Thomas Kildare were elected to come to England to consult with the king and council about the government of Ireland and about an aid for the king.
- 1559 Edward Arthur and Clement Fanning[2]
- 1585 Thomas Arthur and Stephen White[2]
- 1613 Sir Nicholas Arthur and James Galway[2]
- 1634 Sir Geffrey Galwey, 1st Baronet and Dominick White[2]
- 1639 Peter FitzAndrew Creagh and Dr Dominick FitzDavid White[2]
- 1654 Protectorate Parliament - (Limerick City and Kilmallock) William Purefoy and Walter Waller
- 1658 Protectorate Parliament - (Limerick City and Kilmallock) Sir George Ingoldsby and Standish Hartstonge
- 1661 Sir Standish Hartstonge, 1st Baronet and Gerald Fitzgerald[2]
| Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||
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| 1689 | Nicholas Arthur | Thomas Harold | ||||
| 1692 | Joseph Coghlan | Sir Charles Feilding | ||||
| 1695 | Sir Joseph Williamson | |||||
| 1703 | Robert Blennerhassett | Richard Ingoldsby | ||||
| 1713 | Henry Ingoldsby | George Roche | ||||
| 1715 | William Foord | |||||
| 1727 | Thomas Pearce | Henry Ingoldsby | ||||
| 1731 | Charles Smyth | |||||
| 1739 | William Wilson | |||||
| 1741 | Richard Maunsell | |||||
| May 1761 | Edmund Sexton Pery | Patriot | Hugh Dillon Massy[3] | |||
| 1761 | Charles Smyth | |||||
| 1776 | Thomas Smyth | |||||
| 1785 | John Prendergast Smyth | |||||
| 1786 | Edmund Henry Pery[4] | |||||
| 1794 | Charles Vereker | |||||
| 1798 | Henry Deane Grady | |||||
| 1801 | Replaced by Westminster constituency of Limerick City | |||||
Notes
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.
- Clarke, Maude V. (1932–34). "William of Windsor in Ireland, 1369-1376". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature. 41: 55–130. JSTOR 25515963.
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| Parliament of Ireland to 1800 |
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| Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918 |
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| Dáil Éireann 1918–present |
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| European Parliament 1979–present | |||||||
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