Lifford (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Lifford
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1800

Lifford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Members of Parliament

Election	First member	Second member
1692	Hugh Hamill	John Montgomery
1698		Robert King
1703		David Creighton
1709	Robert King
1711	Michael Sampson
1719	Richard Hamilton
1727	Abraham Creighton
1729		Thomas Montgomery (1700– April 1761)
1761		John Creighton
1768	Abraham Creighton	John Creighton
1773		James Cavendish
1776		Sir Nicholas Lawless, 1st Bt
1789		Edward Cooke
1790		Abraham Creighton, Viscount Creighton
1798		John Creighton
1801	Disenfranchised

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.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Donegal

Ballyshannon (1613–1800)
Donegal Borough (1613–1800)
Donegal County (1613–1800)
Killybegs (1613–1800)
Lifford (1613–1800)
St Johnstown (1618–1800)

Donegal (1801–85)
East Donegal (1885–1922)
North Donegal (1885–1922)
South Donegal (1885–1922)
West Donegal (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Donegal East (1937–61) Donegal West (1937–61) Donegal–Leitrim (1969–77) Donegal North–East (1961–77, 1981–2016) Donegal South–West (1961–69, 1981–2016)

Current	Donegal (1921–37, 1977–81, 2016–)

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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