Welcome to the History of the Irish Parliament

Welcome to the History of the Irish Parliament Online – a project concerned with people and their actions. Searching through the various categories listed below you will find a considerable amount of free background information – there is a small cost in some areas to cover research and publication expenses.

Further detail can be found in hardcopy in the six–volume History of the Irish Parliament and in its companion a quick reference book – MPs in Dublin (published September 2006). Both are obtainable from the Ulster Historical Foundation bookshop and can be ordered direct or from any bookshop.

The site is split into the following areas:
AreaCost
Background to 18th century IrelandFree
Biographies of MPs – identificationFree
– biographical detail£5.00 per entry
Constituencies – County/County Borough£3.00 per entry
– Other Constituencies£1.00 per entry
Eighteenth-century election returnsFree
Background to the statutes (large classified text)Free
Notes on all statutes passed£0.50 per statute entry