Meath 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, ...

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 1800.

Members of Parliament

* 1370 (Dublin): James de la Hyde and John Fitz John * 1370 (Kilkenny): Simon Cusak and John ____ * 1374 Sir

Richard Plunkett Richard Plunkett (c.1340-1393) was an eminent Irish judge and statesman of the fourteenth century, who held the offices of Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. His descendants held the titles Baron Dunsany, Baron Killeen ...

* 1378 John Freignes ( amerced of 100

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s for non-attendance) * 1560 Sir Christopher Cheevers and Patrick Barnewall of Crickston * 1585 Richard Barnewall of Crickstown and John Netterville of Dowth * 1613 Robert Barnewall of Robertstown and Patrick Hussey, 13th

Baron Galtrim Baron Galtrim was an Irish feudal barony: in other words, the holder of the barony, which was hereditary in the Hussey family, was entitled to style himself Lord Galtrim, but was not entitled as of right to sit in the Irish House of Lords, althou ...

* 1634–1635

Nicholas Plunkett Sir Nicholas Plunkett (1602–1680) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician. He was a younger son of Christopher Plunkett, 9th Baron Killeen and Jane (or Genet) Dillon, daughter of Sir Lucas Dillon: his brother Luke was created Earl of Fingal ...

and Patrick Hussey, 13th

* 1639–1642

Sir Richard Barnewall, 2nd Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

(expelled) and

(expelled) * 1642–1649 Sir John Temple and Thomas Ashe * 1661 Sir

Robert Forth Sir Robert Forth (c.1600-c.1663) was an Irish statesman of the seventeenth century, and an influential figure in the political crisis of 1640–41. He sat in the Irish House of Commons and was a member of the Privy Council of Ireland.Perceval-Maxw ...

and Sir Theophilus Jones

1689–1801

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