Fethard_(County_Wexford)_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)

Fethard (County Wexford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Fethard (County Wexford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Not to be confused with Fethard (County Tipperary) (Parliament of Ireland constituency).

Fethard was a constituency in County Wexford represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

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History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Fethard was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

1689–1801

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Styled as The Honourable from 1763 and as Viscount Loftus from 1766
  2. [N 2]
    Also elected for Wexford Borough in 1783, for which he chose to sit

References

  1. [1]
    O'Hart 2007, p. 504.
  2. [2]
    McGrath, Brid (10 July 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  3. [3]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 637.

Bibliography

  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
  • Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
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