Jamestown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Jamestown
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1622 (1622)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Jamestown was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It took its name from Jamestown, County Leitrim.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Jamestown was represented with two members.^[1]

Jamestown was a small village containing approximately 48 houses. ^[2]

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
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 Leitrim

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Leitrim–Roscommon North (1921–23) Leitrim–Sligo (1923–37) Leitrim (1937–48) Donegal–Leitrim (1969–77) Roscommon–Leitrim (1969–81) Sligo–North Leitrim (2007–16) Roscommon–South Leitrim (2007–16)
Current	Sligo–Leitrim (1948–2007, 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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