County Dublin 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 1801.
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 ...
of 1689 summoned by
James II, Dublin County was represented by two members.
Members of Parliament
Parliaments of Henry VIII
*1536
Patrick Barnewall
Parliaments of Elizabeth I
*1568 Sir
Christopher Barnewall
Sir Christopher Barnewall (1522–1575) was a leading Anglo-Irish statesman of the Pale in the 1560s and 1570s. He was the effective Leader of the Opposition in the Irish House of Commons in the Parliament of 1568–71. He is remembered for buil ...
*1585
Richard Netterville
*1585
Henry Burnell
*1585
Nicholas Ball
Parliaments of James I
*1613 Sir Christopher Plunket
*1613 Thomas Luttrell of Luttrellstown
Parliaments of Charles I
*1634
Nicholas Barnewall and Thomas Luttrell (died and replaced by Peter Barnewall)
*1639
Nicholas Barnewall (ennobled 1647 and replaced by Sir Thomas Armstrong) and Peter Barnewall (expelled for non-attendance - replaced 1642 by
Sir John Sherlock)
Protectorate Parliament
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1654–55:
John Hewson
John Robert Hewson AM (born 28 October 1946) is an Australian former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. He led the Liberal-National Coalition to defeat at the 1993 Australian federal election.
Hewson was ...
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1656–58:
John Bysse
John Bysse (c.1602–1680) was a member of the Parliament of Ireland during the 1630s and 1640s. He was excluded from office during the Interregnum, but became one of the most senior Irish judges after the Restoration of Charles II.
Biography
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1659:
Sir Theophilus Jones
Charles II
*1661 Sir
William Domville
William Domville (or Domvile) (1609–1689) was a leading Irish politician, barrister and Constitutional writer of the Restoration (1660), Restoration era. Due to the great trust which the English Crown had in him, he served as Attorney General ...
and Sir William Ussher
1692–1801
Notes
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Bibliography
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Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
Historic constituencies in County Dublin
1800 disestablishments in Ireland
Constituencies disestablished in 1800