Athboy (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Athboy
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1613 (1613)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Athboy was a constituency in County Meath represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Athboy was represented with two members.^[1]

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	John Trinder	Robert Longfield
1692	Thomas Bligh	Peter Westenra
1695	Garret Wesley	James Napper
1703	Robert Johnson	John Wade
1705	Robert Johnson
1713	John Bligh
1715	John Bligh	Thomas Bligh
1721	Richard Ashe ^{[note 1]}
1727	Robert Napper
1739	Hon. John Bligh
1748	William Napper
1761	William Tighe
1775	William Tighe	Hon. John Crosbie ^{[note 2]}
1776	Edward Tighe	William Chapman
1783	Hugh Howard	Thomas Cherburgh Bligh
1800	Hon. Edward Bligh	Thomas Cherburgh Bligh
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

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 Meath

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Louth–Meath (1921–23) Meath (1923–37, 1948–2007) Meath–Westmeath (1937–48)

Current	Meath East (2007–) Meath West (2007–)

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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