Old Leighlin (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Old Leighlin was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disfranchised.

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[edit] Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was based in the town of Leighlinbridge in County Carlow.

{{Parliament of Ireland former constituency infobox|

| Name = Old Leighlin
| Type =  
| Year =  ...
| Post-Union = Disenfranchised.

[edit] History

It was incorporated by charter in ....]] with a ...., .... and freemen. It had a ...., the patron being ....and the electorate consisted of ....

[edit] Members

]]

[edit] Elections

  • 1695
  • 1703
  • 1713
  • 1715
  • 1727
  • 1761
  • 1768
  • 1776
  • 1783
  • 1790
  • 1796 (by-election)
  • 1797

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
  • T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978


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