Dublin City 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 fran ...

to 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

King James II James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Re ...

, Dublin City was represented by two members. In the 1760s the radical politician

Charles Lucas Sir Charles Lucas, 1613 to 28 August 1648, was a professional soldier from Essex, who served as a Royalist cavalry leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Taken prisoner at the end of the First English Civil War in March 1646, he was rel ...

used the seat as his political base.

Members of Parliament, 1264–1801

*1557

James Stanihurst James Stanihurst (died 1573), also spelt James Stanyhurst) was for three terms Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. He was also the first judge to hold the position of Recorder of Dublin. Life He was the son of Nicholas Stanihurst, Lord Mayor ...

(speaker) *1560

(speaker) and Robert Golding *1569

(speaker) *1585 George Taylor and Nicholas Ball *1613-1615 Richard Bolton and Richard Barry *1634-1635 Richard Barry and Nathaniel Catelyn Speaker *1639–1649 Richard Barry and John Bysse * 1654–55:

Daniel Hutchinson Daniel Hutchinson ('' fl.'' 1650s) was an Irish Protestant Dublin merchant who supported the Cromwellian Occupation of Ireland. During the Interregnum he served as Mayor of Dublin, a member of parliament of the Barebones and First Protectorate ...

* 1656–58: Richard Tighe *

1659 Events January–March * January 14 – In the Battle of the Lines of Elvas, fought near the small city of Elvas in Portugal during the Portuguese Restoration War, the Spanish Army under the command of Luis Méndez de Haro suf ...

: Arthur Annesley *1661–1666 William Smith and Sir William Davys

1689–1801

Elections

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* * {{Dublin constituencies Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Dublin 1264 establishments in Ireland 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 1264 Constituencies disestablished in 1800