County Donegal was a constituency represented in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fra ...

until its abolition on 1 January 1801. The county received two seats at

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thereafter.

History

In the

Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it held only one session, which lasted from 7 May 16 ...

of 1689 summoned by

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, County Donegal was not represented. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

Members of Parliament

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* * {{Coord missing, County Donegal Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Donegal 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800