Dungarvan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Dungarvan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
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...

 until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament
Patriot Parliament
The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The...

 of 1689 summoned by King James II
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...

, Dungarvan was represented with two members.

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament
Patriot Parliament
The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The...

John Hore Martin Hore
1692 Charles Bourchier William Buckner
1703 James Barry Roger Power
1709 Henry Pyne
1713 James Barry Robert Carew
1715 James Barry
1717 Redmond Barry
1721 James Barry
1727 Benjamin Parry Thomas Carter  Also elected for Hillsborough
Hillsborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Hillsborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Hillsborough was not represented.-1689–1801:...

 in 1727, for which he chose to sit
October 1727 Thomas Uniacke  Declared not duly elected in 1727
1728 Robert Dillon
1736 Robert Roberts
1747 John Ussher
John Ussher (1703–1749)
John Ussher was an Irish Member of Parliament.He represented Dungarvan from 1747 to 1749.His uncle John Ussher, nephew Richard Musgrave and first cousins Beverley Ussher and St George Ussher also served in the Irish House of Commons.-References:* http://thepeerage.com/p33481.htm#i334801*...

1749 Richard Boyle
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon
Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon KP, PC was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He represented Dungarvan and Cork County, and then succeeded his father as Earl of Shannon. -Family:...

  Styled as Viscount Boyle from 1756
1758 Robert Boyle-Walsingham
Robert Boyle-Walsingham
Robert Boyle-Walsingham was an Irish sailor and Member of Parliament.Born Robert Boyle, he was a younger son of Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon, by his wife Henrietta, daughter of Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington...

1761 Thomas Carew
1768 Sir William Osborne, 8th Bt
Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet
Sir William Osborne, 8th Baronet PC , was an Irish baronet and politician.Osborne was the son of Sir John Osborne, 7th Baronet and Editha Proby, and succeeded in the baronetcy in 1743...

Robert Carew
1776 John Bennett  Declared not duly elected in 1776
1777 Godfrey Greene
1783 Marcus Beresford
Marcus Beresford (1764–1797)
-Background:A member of the Beresford family headed by the Marquess of Waterford, he was the eldest son of John Beresford. George Beresford and John Claudius Beresford were his younger brothers.-Political career:...

1790 Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby
January 1798 John Brabazon Ponsonby
John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby
John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby, GCB was a longtime British diplomat and politician.-Political career:Ponsonby, eldest son of the 1st Baron Ponsonby, and brother of Sir William Ponsonby , was born about 1770. He served as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for Tallow...

April 1798 Edward Lee
1801
United Kingdom general election, 1801
The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...

Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dungarvan
Dungarvan (UK Parliament constituency)
Dungarvan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

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