Swords 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 ...

to 1801.

Members of Parliament

*1585 Walter Fitzsimons and Thomas Taylor *1613–1615 William Blakeney and John Fitzsimons (died and replaced by Richard Carwell) *1634–1635 Richard Barnewell and Lucas Netterville (expelled 1634 and replaced by Sir William Anderson ) *1639–1642 John Taylor and George Blakeney (both expelled 1642) *1642 Charles Forster and Christopher Huetson *1661–1666

John Povey Sir John Povey (1621–1679) was an English-born judge who had a highly successful career in Ireland, holding office as Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) and subsequently as Lord Chief Justice of Ireland during the years 1673–9. Backgro ...

and Sir William Tichborne

1689–1801

Notes

References

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