Drogheda (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Drogheda
Drogheda
Former borough constituency; for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Louth
Borough	Drogheda
by 1359–1801
Seats	2
Replaced by	Drogheda (UKHC)

Drogheda was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

History

There were originally two boroughs named Drogheda, lying on opposite sides of the River Boyne that forms the boundary between County Meath to the south and County Louth (or Uriel) to the north.^[2] Sometimes a writ of election was made to the two boroughs separately (Drogheda versus Uriel and Drogheda versus Midiam)^[3] and sometimes to the two jointly (Drogheda ex utraque parte aquae, "on both sides of the water").^[1] In 1412, the two boroughs were united and, together with their liberties, formed into the "county of the town of Drogheda" separate from Meath and Louth.^[2] The county of the town formed a single county borough constituency.

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Drogheda was represented with two members.^[4]

Members of Parliament

Date	Met at	Members	Representing	Ref
1369	Dublin	Walter Miles	versus Uriel	^[5]
1370	Dublin	John Fulpot and Walter Milys	versus Uriel	^[3]
1370	Dublin	John Asshewell and John Stamen	versus Meath	^[6]
January 1371	Kilkenny	Simon Tyrry and Richard Spes	versus Meath	^[7]
June 1371	Ballydoyle	Adam FitzSymond and others		^[8]
1560		John Weston and Robert Burnell		^[9]
1585	Dublin	John Barnewall and Peter Nugent	County of the town	^[10]
1613	Dublin	John Blakeney and Roger Bealinge		^[11]
1635		Thomas Pippard and Richard Brice		^[11]
1639	Dublin	Thomas Pippard (died and replaced 1640 by John Stanley. Stanley expelled 1642) and Richard Brice (expelled 1642 for non-attendance)	County of the town	^[10]
1642	Dublin	Sir Thomas Lucas and Worseley Batten	County of the town	^[10]
1661	Dublin	Moyses Hill and William Toxteth	County of the town	^[10]

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Henry Dowdall	Christopher Peppard FitzGeorge
1692	Charles Moore, Lord Moore	Edward Singleton
1710	Charles Moore, Lord Moore	John Graham
1713	Henry Singleton	John Graham
August 1717		John Leigh^{[note 1]}
1717		Edward Singleton
1727		William Graham
1741	Francis Leigh	William Graham
1749		John Graham
1768		William Meade^{[note 2]}
1776	Sydenham Singleton	William Meade^{[note 2]}
1783	Henry Meade-Ogle	John Forbes
1790	William Meade-Ogle	John Forbes
1796	William Meade-Ogle	John Ball
1798	Edward Hardman	John Ball
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Drogheda

Notes

^ Expelled in 1717
^ Changed surname to Meade-Ogle in 1772

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b "Close Roll 33 Edward III No.27". CIRCLE. Trinity College Dublin. 18 March 1359. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
^ ^a ^b Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Municipal Corporations in Ireland (1835). "The County of the Town of Drogheda". Appendix to the First Report, Part II. pp. 801–888 : §§ 2, 5.
^ ^a ^b Clarke 1926, p.117 IV.2 'John Fulpot and Walter Milys were electi milites pro communitate ville de Drogheda ex parte Uriel to attend the parliament at Dublin (15 April 1370)'
^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
^ Clarke 1926, p.116 IV.1
^ Clarke 1926, p.119 V.4
^ Clarke 1926, p.119 V.7
^ Clarke 1926, p.117 IV.5
^ McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 607.
^ ^a ^b Major-General Stubbs (1919). "County Louth Representatives in the Irish Parliament, 1613–1758". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. 4 (4): 311–317. doi:10.2307/27729225. JSTOR 27729225 – via JSTOR.

Sources

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.
O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
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.

[12] Expelled in 1717

[13] Changed surname to Meade-Ogle in 1772

[close1359-1] "Close Roll 33 Edward III No.27". CIRCLE. Trinity College Dublin. 18 March 1359. Retrieved 25 May 2017.

[mci-2] Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Municipal Corporations in Ireland (1835). "The County of the Town of Drogheda". Appendix to the First Report, Part II. pp. 801–888 : §§ 2, 5.

[clarke117s2-3] Clarke 1926, p.117 IV.2 'John Fulpot and Walter Milys were electi milites pro communitate ville de Drogheda ex parte Uriel to attend the parliament at Dublin (15 April 1370)'

[FOOTNOTEO'Hart2007502-4] O'Hart 2007, p. 502.

[5] Clarke 1926, p.116 IV.1

[6] Clarke 1926, p.119 V.4

[7] Clarke 1926, p.119 V.7

[8] Clarke 1926, p.117 IV.5

[9] McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.

[PP-10] Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 607.

[jstor-11] Major-General Stubbs (1919). "County Louth Representatives in the Irish Parliament, 1613–1758". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. 4 (4): 311–317. doi:10.2307/27729225. JSTOR 27729225 – via JSTOR.

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