County Meath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

County Meath
Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Meath
() ( ())–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Meath

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

Members of Parliament

• 1370 (Dublin): James de la Hyde and John Fitz John[1][2]
• 1370 (Kilkenny): Simon Cusak and John ____[1]
• 1374 Sir Richard Plunkett
• 1378 John Freignes (amerced of 100 marks for non-attendance)[3]
• 1560 Sir Christopher Cheevers and Patrick Barnewall of Crickston[4]
• 1585 Richard Barnewall of Crickstown and John Netterville of Dowth[4]
• 1613 Robert Barnewall of Robertstown and Patrick Hussey, 13th Baron Galtrim[4]
• 1634–1635 Nicholas Plunkett and Patrick Hussey, 13th Baron Galtrim[4]
• 1639–1642 Sir Richard Barnewall, 2nd Baronet (expelled) and Nicholas Plunkett (expelled)[4]
• 1642–1649 Sir John Temple and Thomas Ashe[4]
• 1661 Sir Robert Forth and Sir Theophilus Jones[5]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Sir William Talbot, 3rd Baronet			Sir Patrick Barnewall, 3rd Baronet
1692		Charles Meredyth			John Osborne
1695		Sir John Dillon			Thomas Bligh
1709		John Preston
1711					Garret Wesley
1715					James Napper
1719					Peter Ludlow
1733		James Lenox Napper[fn 1]
1751					Arthur Francis Meredyth
1761		Hercules Langford Rowley			Gorges Lowther
1792					Hamilton Gorges
1794		Thomas Taylour, Viscount Headfort
1795		Hon. Clotworthy Taylor[fn 2]
1800		Marcus Somerville
1801		Succeeded by Westminster constituency Meath

Notes

1. from 1743 James Napper-Dutton
2. from 1796 Hon. Clotworthy Rowley

References

• 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.

Citations

1. Butler, Richard (1840). Some Notices of the Castle and of the Abbies and other religious houses at Trim. Collected from various authorities. With a plate. MS. notes. H. Griffith. p. 34. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
2. Lynch, William (1830). A view of the legal institutions, honorary hereditary offices, and feudal baronies, established in Ireland during the reign of Henry the Second: deduced from court rolls, inquisitions, and other original records. p. 61. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
3. "Close Roll 1 Richard II No.102". CIRCLE. Trinity College Dublin. March 1378. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
4. McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
5. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 628.