Armagh Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Armagh Borough (also known as Armagh City) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1613 to 1800.

History

This constituency was the borough of Armagh in County Armagh.

During the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland the borough was not represented in the Protectorate Parliaments (1654-1659), except as a small part of the Down, Antrim and Armagh county constituency.

After the restoration, in 1660, the Parliament of Ireland was revived with the borough again represented. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Armagh Borough was represented with two members.^[1]

Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough retained one parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Parliaments of Charles I

1634 George Radcliffe

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Francis Stafford	Constantine O'Neale
1692	Marmaduke Coghill	Edward Lyndon
1695	Marmaduke Coghill	Samuel Dopping ^{[note 1]}
1713	Epaphroditus Marsh	Samuel Dopping ^{[note 1]}
1715	Silvester Crosse	Charles Bourchier
1716	Silvester Crosse	John Eyre
1727	Edward Knatchbull	Ambrose Philips
1749		Philip Bragg
1759		Marquess of Tavistock
May 1761	Robert Cuninghame	Hon. John Ponsonby ^{[note 2]}
1761	Robert Cuninghame	Hon. Barry Maxwell
1768	George Macartney	Philip Tisdall ^{[note 3]}
1769	George Macartney	Charles O'Hara
1776	Philip Tisdall	Henry Meredyth
1777	George Rawson	Henry Meredyth
January 1790		Henry Duquerry
May 1790		Robert Hobart ^{[note 4]}
1796	Sackville Hamilton	Robert Hobart ^{[note 4]}
1798	Hon. Thomas Pelham	Patrick Duigenan
1799	Gerard Lake	Patrick Duigenan
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Armagh City

Notes

↑ Also elected for Dublin University in 1715, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Kilkenny County in 1761, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Dublin University in 1768, for which he chose to sit
↑ Styled as Lord Hobart from 1793

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 500

Bibliography

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 Armagh

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Armagh Borough (1613–1800)
Armagh County (???–1800)
Charlemont (1613–1800)
Newry (???–1800)

Westminster 1801–present

Armagh (1801–85, 1922–83)
Armagh City (1801–85)
Mid Armagh (1885–1922)
North Armagh (1885–1922)
South Armagh (1885–1922)
Newry & Armagh (1983—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)

Seats not taken	Mid Armagh North Armagh South Armagh

Second Dáil
1921–22

One or more seats taken	Armagh

No seats taken	(none)

Parliament of Northern Ireland 1921–72

Armagh (1921–29)
Central Armagh (1929–72)
Mid Armagh (1929–72)
North Armagh (1929–72)
South Armagh (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Armagh

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Newry & Armagh Upper Bann

European Parliament
1979–present

Northern Ireland (1979—)

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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