Dingle 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...

 to 1800.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was based in the town of Dingle

Dingle

Dingle is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula, it sits on the Atlantic coast, about 49 kilometres southwest of Tralee and 71 kilometres northwest of Killarney....

 in County Kerry

County Kerry

Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...

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History

It was incorporated by charter

Charter

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 in 1607 with a Provost

Provost (civil)

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, 12 Burgesses and 150 freemen two resident. It had a Corporation

Corporation

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, and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 150 freemen. In the Patriot Parliament

Patriot Parliament

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 of 1689 summoned by King James II

James II of England

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, Dingle was represented with two members. Following the Act of Union 1800

Act of Union 1800

The Acts of Union 1800 describe two complementary Acts, namely:* the Union with Ireland Act 1800 , an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and...

 the borough was disfranchised.

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second 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...		Edward Rice FitzJames			John Hussey
1692		William FitzMaurice			Frederick William Mullins
1695					John Blennerhassett
1703					Francis Brewster Francis Brewster Sir Francis Brewster , was a writer on trade and a citizen and alderman of Dublin, Ireland. He was lord mayor of that city in 1674.-Case against public abuses:...
1713		Thomas Crosbie			John Pratt
1727					Sir Maurice Crosbie Maurice Crosbie, 1st Baron Brandon Sir Maurice Crosbie, was a British Member of Parliament for County Kerry in Ireland. He held the office from 1713 until 1758.He was educated at Trinity College in Dublin. He was knighted in approximately 1711, and was created 1st Baron Brandon in 1758.He died c1762 and is buried in...   Also elected for Kerry Kerry (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Kerry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. Following the Act of Union 1800 the county retained two seats.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Kerry was represented with two members....  in 1727, for which he chose to sit
1728					John FitzGerald John FitzGerald, 15th Knight of Kerry John FitzGerald, 15th Knight of Kerry was an Irish politician and hereditary knight.He was the older son of Maurice FitzGerald, 14th Knight of Kerry and his wife Elizabeth Crosbie, second daughter of David Crosbie. His younger brother was Robert FitzGerald. In 1728, FitzGerald entered the Irish...
1731		Hon. John Perceval John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont PC, FRS was a British politician, political pamphleteer, and genealogist...   Styled as Viscount Perceval from 1733
1741					Robert FitzGerald Robert FitzGerald, 17th Knight of Kerry Robert FitzGerald, 17th Knight of Kerry was an Irish politician, barrister and hereditary knight.He was the second son of Maurice FitzGerald, 14th Knight of Kerry and his wife Elizabeth Crosbie, second daughter of David Crosbie. He graduated with a Bachelor of Law and served then as Judge of the...
1749		Sir William Fownes, 2nd Bt
1761		Maurice FitzGerald Maurice FitzGerald, 16th Knight of Kerry Maurice FitzGerald, 16th Knight of Kerry , known as "The Dingle Knight", was an Irish politician, barrister and hereditary knight....
1776		Richard Townsend Richard Townsend (politician) Richard Townsend was an Irish politician.He was the oldest son of Richard Townsend, son of Bryan Townsend, and his second wife Elizabeth Beecher, daughter of Henry Beecher and granddaughter of Thomas Beecher. His younger brother was John Townsend. Townsend served as colonel of the Cork Militia and...   Also elected for Cork County Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Cork County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:This constituency was the borough in County Cork. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.-History:...  in 1776, for which he chose to sit
1777		Robert Alexander
1782					Richard Boyle Townsend Richard Boyle Townsend Richard Boyle Townsend was an Irish politician.He was the only son of Richard Townsend and his wife Elizabeth FitzGerald, daughter of John FitzGerald, 15th Knight of Kerry. His uncles were Maurice FitzGerald, 16th Knight of Kerry and John Townsend. Townsend entered the Irish House of Commons in...
1783		Hayes St Leger  Also elected for Doneraile Doneraile (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Doneraile was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Doneraile was represented with two members.-1689–1801:-Bibliography:...  in 1783, for which he chose to sit
1783		John Townsend John Townsend (Irish politician) John Townsend was an Irish politician.He was the third son of Richard Townsend, son of Bryan Townsend, and his second wife Elizabeth Beecher, daughter of Henry Beecher and granddaughter of Thomas Beecher...
1795					Bartholomew Hoare
1798		Lodge Evans Morres Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency Lodge Evans de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency PC , known as Lodge Morres until 1800 and as The Lord Frankfort between 1800 and 1816, was an Irish politician.-Background:...			Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt  Also elected for Castlemartyr Castlemartyr (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Castlemartyr was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1676 to 1800.- Boundaries and boundary changes :...  in 1798, for which he chose to sit
1798					William Thomas Monsell
1800					Hon. William Townsend Mullins
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...		Disenfranchised