Armagh County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

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

History

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

Election	First member	Second member
1612	Tobias Caulfeild	John Bourchier
1613	Tobias Caulfeild	Sir Francis Annesley
1639	Faithful Fortescue	William Brownlow
1661	Hans Hamilton	Edward Richardson
1689 Patriot Parliament	Arthur Brownlow	Walter Hovendon
1692		William Richardson
1695		Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Bt
1703		Sir Hans Hamilton, 2nd Bt
1711	William Brownlow	Sir Hans Hamilton, 2nd Bt
1713		Robert Cope
1715		William Richardson
1727		Robert Cope
1739	William Richardson	Robert Cope
1753	William Richardson	William Brownlow
1758	Francis Caulfeild
1761	Sir Archibald Acheson, 6th Bt
1776	Thomas Dawson
1783	William Richardson
1795	William Richardson	William Brownlow
1798	Hon. Archibald Acheson	Viscount Caulfeild
1799	Hon. Archibald Acheson	Robert Camden Cope
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Armagh County

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

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

Seats taken	(none)

Seats not taken	Mid Armagh North Armagh South Armagh

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

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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