Monaghan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Monaghan Borough
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Monaghan Borough 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.

Members of Parliament

1692–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1692	Charles Dering	Edward Forde
1695	Charles Dering	Robert Echlin
1703	Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Bt	Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Bt
1710	Sir Alexander Cairnes, 1st Bt	Sir Richard Vernon, 3rd Bt
1713	Francis Lucas	Richard Pockrich
1715		Hugh Willoughby
1727		Sir Alexander Cairnes, 1st Bt
1733		Sir Henry Cairnes, 2nd Bt
1743		John Dawson
1747	William Blair	Baptist Johnston
1753	William Blair	Oliver Anketell
1761	William Henry Fortescue	Richard Dawson
1767		Richard Power
1768		Robert Cuninghame
1771	Henry Westenra
1776	James Fortescue ^[1]
1777	Robert Dobson
October 1783	Thomas James Fortescue ^[2]
1783	Theophilus Jones ^[3]
1791	Cromwell Price
1796	Cromwell Price	Henry Westenra
January 1798	William Charles Fortescue ^[4]
1798	William Fortescue
1800	Faithful William Fortescue
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

References

↑ Also returned for Co. Louth, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also returned for Co. Louth, for which he chose to sit
↑ At the general election in 1790, he was also returned for Co. Leitrim, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also returned for Co. Louth, for which he chose to sit

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 Monaghan and Borough

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Monaghan Borough (1613–1800)
Monaghan County (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Monaghan (1801–85)
North Monaghan (1885–1922)
South Monaghan (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Monaghan (1921–77)

Current	Cavan–Monaghan (1977–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004)
North-West (2004–14)
Midlands–North-West (2014–)

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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