Longford County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Longford County
Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Longford

Longford County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. The area is in County Longford. Between 1725 and 1793, Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

Members of Parliament

1616–1660

Election		First member		Second member
1616		Connell O'Farrell		John O'Farrell

There was no representative for the Longford County constituency in the Parliament of 1661-1692.

1689 (Patriot Parliament)

Election		First member		Second member
1689		Roger Farrell		Robert Farrell

1692–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1692	Robert Choppin	Sir Robert Newcomen, 6th Bt
1695	Wentworth Harman
1703	Anthony Sheppard
1713	Henry Edgeworth
1715	Anthony Sheppard
1735	Anthony Sheppard	Sir Arthur Newcomen, 7th Bt
1739	Arthur Gore
1758	Henry Gore
1759	Henry Gore	Sir Thomas Newcomen, 8th Bt
1761	Robert Harman	John Gore
1765	Ralph Fetherston	Hon. Edward Pakenham
1766	Ralph Fetherston	Wentworth Parsons
1768	Henry Gore	Hon. Robert Pakenham
1775	Henry Gore	Laurence Harman Harman
1790	Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, 1st Bt	Laurence Harman Harman
1793		Caleb Barnes Harman
1796		Sir Thomas Fetherston, 2nd Bt
1801	Replaced by Westminster constituency Longford

References

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 Longford

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Granard (1679–1800)
Lanesborough (1642–1800)
Longford Borough (1669–1800)
Longford County (????–1800)
St Johnstown (1628–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Longford (1801–85)
North Longford (1885–1918)
South Longford (1885–1918)
Longford (1918–22)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Athlone–Longford (1937–48) Longford–Roscommon (1992–2007)
Current	Longford–Westmeath (1921–37, 1948–92, 2007–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Leinster (1979–2004)
East (2004–09)
North-West (2009–14)
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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