Westmeath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Westmeath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.

Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Act of Union 1800.

[edit] Members of Parliament

It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1611 to 1800.

• 1613–1615
• 1634–1635
  • Sir James Dillon

• 1639–1649
  • James Dillon (1640-1642); expelled as a rebel
• 1661–1666 ?
• 1689–1689 Patriot Parliament
  • William Nugent
  • Hon. Col. Henry Dillon
• 1692–1693 ?
• 1695–1699 ?
• 1703–1713
• 1713–1714
• 1715–1727