Fethard was a

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

County Wexford County Wexford ( ga, Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (''Uí Ceinns ...

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 ...

to 1800.

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 James II, Fethard was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

*1613–1615 Nicholas Loftus of Fethard and Richard Pemberton *1634–1635 Nicholas Loftus of Kildogan and Richard Parsons *1639–1649 Hugh Rochford (expelled) and Nicholas Stafford of Balmakatheryn (expelled) *1661–1666 Nicholas Loftus and Sir Nicholas Loftus

1689–1801

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* * {{coord missing, County Wexford Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Wexford 1613 establishments in Ireland 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 1613 Constituencies disestablished in 1800