Athlone (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Athlone
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1607 (1607)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Athlone

Athlone was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough became Athlone (UK Parliament constituency).

History

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

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Edmund Malone	Edmond Malone
1692	William Handcock	Arthur St George
1703	William Jones	William Handcock
1715	William Jones	Henry St George
1723	Gustavus Handcock	Henry St George
1723	Gustavus Handcock	George St George
1727	Peter Holmes
1732	Gustavus Handcock
1751	Robert Handcock
1759	William Handcock
1761		Henry St George
1763		Richard St George ^{[note 1]}
1783	William Handcock	Richard St George ^{[note 1]}
1789		Sir Richard St George, 2nd Bt
1800		Richard Handcock
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Athlone

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.
Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 978-1-903688-09-0
T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Athlone

History	Siege of Athlone Earl of Athlone Ennis baronets Athlone Castle Sean's Bar

Politics	Athlone (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Athlone (UK Parliament constituency)

Culture	Dean Crowe Theatre & Arts Centre The Little Theatre Luan Gallery Passionfruit Theatre

Education	Athlone Community College Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) Marist College St. Aloysius College

Sport	Athlone GAA Garrycastle GAA Athlone Town A.F.C. Buccaneers RFC St Mel's Park Athlone Town Stadium

Parliamentary constituencies in County Westmeath

Athlone (1801–85)
Westmeath (1801–85)
North Westmeath (1885–1922)
South Westmeath (1885–1922)
Westmeath (1918–22)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Longford–Westmeath (1921–37) Meath–Westmeath (1937–48) Longford–Westmeath (1948–92) Westmeath (1992–2007)

Current	Longford–Westmeath (2007–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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