County Louth (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

County Louth
County Louth
Former county constituency; for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Louth
–1801
Seats	2
Replaced by	County Louth

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

Members of Parliament

1370:[1] Roger Gernon, Richard Vernon
1420:[1] Bartholomew Vernon, Richard Bagot
1560:[2] Nicholas Taaffe of Ballebragane and Edward Dowdall of Glaspistal
1585:[2] Roger Gerlone (Garland) and William Moore of Barmeath
1613–1315:[2] Christopher Verdon de Clonmore and Richard Gernon de Stabanan
1634–1635:[3] Sir Christopher Bellew and Christopher Dowdall
1639–1642:[2] Christopher Bellew and John Bellew (both expelled)
1642–1644:[4] Philip, Lord Lisle and Col. Lawrence Crawford (both absent in England without leave)
1644–1649:[4] Hon Francis Moore and Gerrard Moore
1659: John Ruxton
1661–1666:[4] Henry Bellingham and Sir Thomas Stanley

Election		First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament		Thomas Bellew	William Talbot
1692		Thomas Bellingham	Sir William Tichborne
1695			Sir Henry Tichborne [5]
1703			Henry Tenison
1710			Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt
1713		Richard Tisdall	Stephen Ludlow
1715		Richard Tisdall	Robert Moore
1727		Faithful Fortescue	William Aston
1741		Henry Bellingham	William Aston
1745		Henry Bellingham	William Henry Fortescue[6]
1755		Thomas Tipping	William Henry Fortescue[6]
1761		Anthony Foster	James Fortescue
1767		Stephen Sibthorpe
1768		John Foster
1782			Thomas James Fortescue
1796			William Fortescue
1801	Replaced by Westminster constituency of County Louth

Smith, Brendan (20 June 2013). Crisis and Survival in Late Medieval Ireland: The English of Louth and Their Neighbours, 1330–1450. Oxford University Press. p. 14. ISBN 9780199594757. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633–1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 225.
Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 626.
from 1697 Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt
At the General Election in 1760, he was also returned for Monaghan, for which he chose to sit

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.

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