Drogheda 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 ...

to 1801.

History

There were originally two

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

s named Drogheda, lying on opposite sides of the

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that forms the boundary between

County Meath County Meath (; gle, Contae na Mí or simply ) is a county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. It is bordered by Dublin to the southeast, Louth to the northeast, Kildare to the south, Offaly to the sou ...

to the south and

County Louth County Louth ( ; ga, An Lú) is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the ...

(or Uriel) to the north. Sometimes a

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was made to the two boroughs separately (Drogheda ''versus Uriel'' and Drogheda ''versus Midiam'')Clarke 1926, p.117 IV.2 'John Fulpot and Walter Milys were to attend the parliament at Dublin (15 April 1370)' and sometimes to the two jointly (Drogheda , "on both sides of the water"). In 1412, the two boroughs were united and, together with their liberties, formed into the " county of the town of Drogheda" separate from Meath and Louth. The county of the town formed a single

county borough constituency In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons. Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by electoral districts called "constituenc ...

. 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, Drogheda was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament

1689–1801

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