Carrickfergus (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Carrickfergus
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1326 (1326)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Carrickfergus

Carrickfergus was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1326 to 1800.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough of Carrickfergus in County Antrim. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Carrickfergus was not represented.^[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough retained one parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

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Election	First member	First party	Second member
1585	Edward Waterhouse
1640	Sir William Sambach
1654–1660	Commonwealth - See Carrickfergus and Belfast (constituency)
1660	Sir Hercules Davys
1689	Carrickfergus was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692	Henry Clements		Henry Davis
1695	Hercules Davys
1703	Edward Lyndon
1709	Edward Lyndon		Alexander Denton
1713	John Davys		Arthur Davys
1715	Alexander Dalway		Archibald Edmonstone
1719	Edward Lyndon		Archibald Edmonstone
1727	Arthur Dobbs		John Lyndon
October 1741			Francis Clements ^{[note 1]}
December 1741			Arthur Upton
1761	Marriot Dalway		Arthur Upton
1768	John Chichester		Conway Richard Dobbs
1776	Barry Yelverton	Patriot
1784	Waddell Cunningham ^{[note 2]}
1785	Ezekiel Davys Wilson
1790			Alexander Hamilton
1797			Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester ^{[note 3]}
1798			Earl of Belfast
1799			Noah Dalway
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Carrickfergus

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 Antrim and the city of Belfast

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Antrim (1801–85, 1922–50) Mid Antrim (1885–1922) Belfast (1801–85) Belfast Cromac (1918–22) Belfast Duncairn (1918–22) Belfast Falls (1918–22) Belfast Ormeau (1918–22) Belfast Pottinger (1918–22) Belfast Shankill (1918–22) Belfast St Anne's (1918–22) Belfast Victoria (1918–22) Belfast Woodvale (1918–22) Carrickfergus (1801–85) Lisburn (1801–85) Queen's University of Belfast (1918–50)

Current	East Antrim (1885–1922, 1983—) North Antrim (1885–1922, 1950—) South Antrim (1885–1922, 1950—) Belfast East (1885–1918, 1922—) Belfast North (1885–1918, 1922—) Belfast South (1885–1918, 1922—) Belfast West (1885–1918, 1922—) Lagan Valley 1983—

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–1922

Seats taken	(none)

Seats not taken	East Antrim Mid Antrim North Antrim South Antrim Belfast Cromac Belfast Duncairn Belfast Falls Belfast Ormeau Belfast Pottinger Belfast St Anne's Belfast Shankill Belfast Victoria Belfast Woodvale Queen's University of Belfast

One or more seats taken	(none)

No seats taken	Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West Queen's University of Belfast

1921–29	Antrim (1921–29) Belfast East (1921–29) Belfast North (1921–29) Belfast South (1921–29) West Belfast (1921–29) Queen's University of Belfast (1921–69)

1929–72	Bannside (1929–72) Belfast Ballynafeigh (1929–72) Belfast Bloomfield (1929–72) Belfast Central (1929–72) Belfast Clifton (1929–72) Belfast Cromac (1929–72) Belfast Dock (1929–72) Belfast Duncairn (1929–72) Belfast Falls (1929–72) Belfast Oldpark (1929–72) Belfast Pottinger (1929–72) Belfast Shankill (1929–72) Belfast St Annes (1929–72) Belfast Victoria (1929–72) Belfast Willowfield (1929–72) Belfast Windsor (1929–72) Belfast Woodvale (1929–72) Carrick (1929–72) Larkfield (1929–72) Larne (1929–72) Mid Antrim (1929–72) Newtownabbey (1969–72) North Antrim (1929–72) Queen's University of Belfast (1921–69) South Antrim (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	North Antrim South Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	East Antrim North Antrim South Antrim Belfast East Belfast North Belfast South Belfast West Lagan Valley

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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