Constituencies

The summary of the electorate gives a very generalised view, for all eighteenth–century figures are 'soft' and can only be approximate.

All constituencies returned two members.
All electors had two votes, but could use only one ('plump') if they wished.

In the tables below:

figures after county names show percentages of Catholic households in 1732;
square brackets after percentages are estimates of the total population in 1784;
figures preceded by c. are guesses at the electorate, extrapolated from the electoral returns;
square brackets after the electorate represent estimates of the county electorate 1800 to 1832 taken from the History of Parliament 1790–1820 (indicating the effects of the 1793 Catholic Enfranchisement Act);

CO. ANTRIM – 19%, [110,920 + Carrickfergus 3,225] c. 3,500,3 [c. 8,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Antrim	Potwalloping	E. of Massereene	250–300
Belfast	Corporation	E. of Donegall	13 burgesses, 5 resident
			(unchanged 1800–32)
Lisburn	Potwalloping	E. of Hertford	350–400 electors (1808 – c. 75)
Randalstown	Potwalloping	John O'Neil	80–200 electors
Carrickfergus	County borough	E. of Donegall (1 seat)	900 freemen and freeholders
		Open (1 seat)	(1812 – c. 800)
CO. ARMAGH – 33%, [84,000] c. 2,400,5 [c. 6,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Armagh	Corporation	Primate	13 burgesses (unchanged 1800–32)
Charlemont	Corporation	E. of Charlemont	13 burgesses
CO. CARLOW – 80%, [34,176] c. 550–650,6 [c. 4,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Carlow	Corporation	William Burton; sold 2	13 burgesses
		seats 1795 (£13,000)⁷ to	(unchanged 1800–32)
		Charles Bury (Charleville)
Old Leighlin	Corporation	Bishop of Ferns	13 burgesses
CO. CAVAN – 76%, [68,000] c. 1,850,8 [c. 4,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Belturbet	Corporation	E. of Lanesborough; sold 1	12 burgesses (very few resident)
		seat to David La Touche;
		sold 2 seats c. 1783 to
		E. of Belmore⁹
Cavan	Corporation¹⁰	Thomas Nesbitt (1 seat)	13 burgesses
		Robert Clements (1 seat)
CO. CLARE – 93%, [66,000] c. 1,000,11 [c. 7,000 (1801), c. 6,000 (1815), c. 10,000 (1818)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Ennis	Corporation	Sir Lucius O'Brien (1 seat)	12 burgesses (unchanged 1800–32)
		Pierpont Burton-
		Conyngham (1 seat)
CO. CORK – 89%, [250,000 + Cork city 100,000] c. 3,000,12 [c. 20,500 (1818)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Baltimore	Potwalloping	Sir John Freke	23 voted in 1774¹³
Bandon-Bridge	Corporation	Francis Bernard (Bandon)	13 burgesses, 50 freemen
		13 burgesses 1800–32
Castlemartyr	Corporation	E. of Shannon	13 burgesses
Charleville	Corporation	E. of Shannon (1)	6 burgesses at present alive¹⁴
		E. of Cork (1)
Clonakilty	Corporation	E. of Shannon	Burgesses and freemen: 7 voted (1783)
Cork city 68%	County borough	Open	1200–1500 freemen and freeholders
		(1,895 in 1818)
Doneraile	Manor	Lord Doneraile	Freeholders of manor
Kinsale	Corporation	Lord de Clifford	Burgesses and freemen resident in
		Ulster (176 in 1831)
Mallow	Manor	Denham Jephson	Freeholders of manor (524 in 1831)
Midleton	Corporation	Lord Midleton	6 burgesses
Rathcormack	Potwalloping	William Hull	7 voted in 1783
		(Tonson) (Riversdale)
Youghal	Corporation	E. of Shannon	Burgesses and freemen (263 in 1831)
CO. DONEGAL – 43%, [66,720] c. 2,500,15 [c. 6,000 (1815)] ...
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Ballyshannon	Corporation	Conolly family; sold¹⁶ 2 seats	13 burgesses, one resident
		in 1797 to E. of Belmore
Donegal	Corporation	E. of Arran	13 burgesses, one resident
Killybegs	Corporation	E. of Conyngham and heirs	13 burgesses, all non-resident
Lifford	Corporation	Lord Erne	13 burgesses, one resident
St Johnstown	Corporation	E. of Abercorn (2 seats)	13 burgesses, all non-resident
		William Forward and heiress
		– Countess of Wicklow¹⁷
		(2 seats)
CO. DOWN – 27%, [135,835]18 c. 6,000,19 [c. 13,000 (1811), c. 15,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Bangor²⁰	Corporation	Sir James Hamilton and	12 burgesses
		heiresses (2 seats)
		Lord Bangor (1 seat)
		E. of Carrick (1 seat)
Downpatrick	Potwalloping	Lord de Clifford	250 electors (393 voted in 1818)
Hillsborough	Corporation	E. of Hillsborough	13 burgesses
		(Downshire)
Killyleagh	Corporation	Stevenson family (pre-1769)	13 burgesses
		(2 seats)
		Sir John Blackwood²¹ (2 seats)
Newry²²	Potwalloping	William Needham (1 seat)	600–700 electors (c. 500 post-1800)
		Open (1 seat)
Newtown(ards)	Corporation	Colvill family (mid-1740s)	13 burgesses
		(2 seats); John Ponsonby²³
		(2 seats) – heir exchanged
		Banagher with Lord Caledon
		c. 1787
CO. DUBLIN – 77%, [56,800 + Dublin city c. 300,000] c. 1,200–1,500,24 [c. 2,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Dublin city²⁵ 32%	County borough	Open	3,000–4,000 freemen and freeholders
		(3,000 in 1806)
Dublin University	Corporation	Provost (2 seats) post-1776	70 Scholars and 22 Fellows
TCD		?Open (2 seats)	(unchanged 1800–32)
Newcastle²⁶	Corporation	E. of Lanesborough;	12 burgesses
		sold 2 seats 1776–9 (£7,000–
		8,000) to David La Touche
Swords²⁷	Potwalloping	Open	160 electors
CO. FERMANAGH – 42%, [30,000] c. 3,000,28 [c. 7,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Enniskillen	Corporation	E. of Enniskillen	12–14 burgesses (unchanged 1800–32)
CO. GALWAY – 95%, [166,249 + Galway town 12,600] c. 700, [c. 13,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Athenry	Corporation	John Blakeney	13 burgesses and 2 freemen
Galway	County borough	Denis Daly (1 seat)	569 freemen and freeholders (including
		Denis Bowes Daly (1 seat)	295 admitted in 1783)²⁹
		(560 in 1812); 847 voted in 1818
Tuam	Corporation	Bingham family³⁰	13 burgesses
		(Clanmorris)
CO. KERRY – 92%, [75,000] c. 1,000, [c. 5,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Ardfert	Corporation	E. of Glandore	12 burgesses and 6 freemen
Dingle	Corporation	Maurice FitzGerald heirs –	150 freemen, 2 resident
		Townshend family
Tralee	Corporation	Sir Barry Denny	13 burgesses (unchanged 1800–32)
CO. KILDARE – 92%, [49,968] [?]c. 300–1,500,31 [c. 2,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Athy	Corporation	Duke of Leinster	'A few' burgesses and freemen
Harristown	Corporation	Duke of Leinster; sold 2 seats	13 burgesses – uninhabited
		1793 (£14,000–16,000) to
		John La Touche
Kildare	Corporation	Duke of Leinster	13 burgesses plus 'a few' freemen
Naas	Corporation	John Bourke (E. of Mayo)	'A few' burgesses and freemen
CO. KILKENNY – 91%, [86,574 + Kilkenny city 13,865] c. 1,050,32 [2,300 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Callan	Corporation	James Agar (Callan)	Freemen
Gowran	Corporation	James Agar and heir (Clifden)	c. 13 burgesses
Innistiogue	Corporation	Col. Ponsonby (1692)³³ (2	13 burgesses
		seats); Sir William Fownes
		and heirs (2 seats)
Kilkenny city³⁴	County borough	Duke of Ormonde (1692–1715)	1,400–1,800 freemen and freeholders
		Sir Haydock Morres (1 seat)	(865 in 1831)
		Sir John Blunden (1 seat)
		From 1783, Cuffe and
		Butler families (2 seats)
Knocktopher	Potwalloping	Sir Hercules Langrishe (1 seat)	Potwallopers and freemen
		John Ponsonby (1 seat)	1 elector in 1783–4
		After 1783, Langrishe (2 seats)
St Canice or	Corporation	Bishop of Ossory	13 burgesses and freemen
Irishtown
Thomastown	Corporation	James Agar (Clifden)	[?]13 Burgesses
KING'S COUNTY – 84%, [48,000] c. 900–1,500,35 [c. 3,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Banagher³⁶	Corporation	Misses Plunket (2 seats);	13 burgesses and 'a few freemen'
		sold (2 seats) to Peter
		Holmes; sold (2 seats) 1787
		(£10,500) to James Alexander;
		exchanged (2 seats) for
		Newtown(ards) 1788 with
		G. Ponsonby
Philipstown³⁷	Corporation	E. of Belvidere	13 burgesses and 'a few freemen'
CO. LEITRIM – 85%, [35,280] c. 1,076,38 [c. 7,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Carrick	Corporation	Nathaniel Clements	13 burgesses, all non-resident³⁹
		(E. of Leitrim)
Jamestown	Corporation	King family	13 burgesses, one resident
CO. LIMERICK – 88%, [120,000 + 40,000 Limerick city] c. 1,500,40 [c. 1,500 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Askeaton	Corporation	Edward Taylor⁴¹ –	13 burgesses
		heirs E. of Carrick (1 seat);
		Hugh Massy (1 seat)
Kilmallock	Corporation	Silver Oliver	13 burgesses
Limerick	County borough	Smyth and Pery families	800 freemen and freeholders
		(c. 1,000 in 1818)
CO. LONDONDERRY – 24%, [99,000] [?] c. 2,252–2,432,42 [c. 8,500 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Coleraine	Corporation	Richard Jackson (1 seat), died 1789	Mayor, 12 aldermen and 24 non-
		(1 seat), sold c. 1793	resident burgesses (52 in 1831)
		(£7,000) to E. of Tyrone
		(M. of Waterford)
		(2 seats – bought from
		Richard Jackson's heir)
Limavady	Corporation	E. of Conyngham and heir,	13 burgesses
		Thomas Conolly; sold⁴³
		1792 to Lord Londonderry
Londonderry	Corporation	Open	700–750 freemen electors
		(c. 1,000 in 1812)
CO. LONGFORD – 82%, [40,000] c. 700,44 [c. 3,100 (1813)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Granard	Manor	Mrs Macartney and heirs	Freeholders
Lanesborough	Corporation	Robert Dillon (of	Burgesses and freemen (very few)
		Clonbrock)
Longford	Corporation	E. of Longford	Burgesses and freemen (very few)
St Johnstown	Corporation	E. of Granard	Burgesses, all non-resident
CO. LOUTH – 85%, [46,446] [?]c. 400,45 [c. 600 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Ardee	Corporation	John Ruxton and heirs	24 burgesses and 80 freemen
Carlingford	Corporation	Ross Moore (1 seat);	13 burgesses and 'some' freemen
		Col. Robert Ross (1 seat),
		sold c. 1790s to
		M. of Downshire
Drogheda	County borough	Francis Leigh (?1 seat)	500 freemen and freeholders
		Open (1 seat)	(650 in 1815)
Dundalk⁴⁶	Corporation	E. of Clanbrassill	16 burgesses and 700 freemen
		1798 Countess of Roden	(c. 30 post-1800)
Dunleer⁴⁷	Corporation	Lord Dartmouth until 1698	13 burgesses and 30 freemen
		Tenison family until 1735
		Foster family (1 seat)
		Dixie Coddington (1779
		1 seat)
CO. MAYO – 94%, [120,084] c. 1,000,48 [c. 12,000 (1802), c. 11,000 (1814)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Castlebar	Corporation	Sir Charles Bingham	13 burgesses, all non-resident
		(E. of Lucan)
CO. MEATH – 90%, [94,600] c. 1,200,49 [c. 4,300 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Athboy	Manor	E. of Darnley	30 freeholders (1783)
Duleek	Corporation	Abel Ram; sold 2 seats	13 burgesses (probably fewer)
		c. 1789 (£10,000) to
		Henry Bruen⁵⁰
Kells	Corporation	E. of Bective (M. of Headfort)	A few freemen and burgesses
Navan	Corporation	E. of Ludlow (1 seat)	13 burgesses and 60–70 freemen;
		John Preston (Lord Tara)	only 9 voted in 1783
		(1 seat)
Ratoath	Manor	Gorges Lowther (2)	Freeholders
Trim	Corporation	E. of Mornington (Wellesley)	13 burgesses and 300 freemen
CO. MONAGHAN – 64%, [99,225] [?]c. 1,500,51 [c. 3,500 (1807)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Monaghan	Corporation	Sir Alexander Cairnes and	13 burgesses, all non-resident
		heirs; E. of Clermont (1 seat)
		and heirs; Lady Blayney
		(1 seat) and heirs
QUEEN'S COUNTY – 90%, [40,000] [?]c. 1,500–1,600,55 [c. 6,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Ballynakill	Corporation	E. of Drogheda	12 burgesses, 2 resident
Maryborough⁵³	Corporation	Sir John Parnell (1 seat)	Mayor, 2 bailiffs, 12 burgesses
		Dean Coote (1 seat)	and c. 350 freemen
Portarlington	Corporation	Lord Carlow	13 burgesses and 50 freemen⁵⁴
		(E. of Portarlington)	(12 in 1815, 15 in 1831)
CO. ROSCOMMON – 90%, [40,000] [?]c. 1,500–1,600,55 [c. 6,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Boyle	Corporation	E. of Kingston	13 burgesses, mostly non-resident
Roscommon	Corporation	Henry Sandford (Mt Sandford)	13 burgesses
Tulsk	Corporation	Sir George Caulfeild and heirs	13 burgesses, all non-resident
CO. SLIGO – 81%, [36,900] c. 1,000,56 [c. 2,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Sligo	Corporation	Owen Wynne	13 burgesses (unaltered 1800–32)
CO. TIPPERARY – 91%, [119,706] c. 1,500,57 [c. 18,000 (post–1800)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Cashel	Corporation	Richard Pennefather	Mayor, 17 aldermen and 70–80
		freemen (25 in 1829)
Clonmel	Corporation	Moore family	Mayor, 19 burgesses and 72 freemen
		(Mountcashell)⁵⁸	(c. 90 post-1800)
Fethard	Corporation	Cornelius O'Callaghan	13 burgesses and 900 freemen⁵⁹
		(Lismore) (1 seat)
		Mr William Barton (1 seat)
CO. TYRONE – 52%, [112,612] c. 3,500 [20,000 (post–1800), 10,000 (1812)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Augher	Corporation	Sir Archibald Erskine and	13 burgesses
		heirs; James Moutray (1 seat)
		William Richardson (1 seat)⁶⁰
		M. of Abercorn purchased
		2 seats 1790 (£11,500)
Clogher	Corporation	Bishop of Clogher⁶¹ (2)	13 burgesses, clergy
Dungannon	Corporation	Thomas Knox (Ld. Welles)	13 burgesses (unaltered 1800–32)
Strabane	Corporation	E. of Abercorn⁶²	13 burgesses
CO. WATERFORD – 93%, [52,000 + Waterford city 40,000] c. 700,63 [c. 3,300 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Dungarvan⁶⁴	[?]Potwalloping	D. of Devonshire (1 seat) ⁶⁵	120 freeholders and householders
		E. of Tyrone and others (1 seat)
Lismore	[?]Manor	D. of Devonshire	Freeholders and householders
Tallow	[?]Potwalloping	D. of Devonshire	Resident householders (96 in 1783)
Waterford city⁶⁶	County borough	Alcock, Bolton, Carew and	Resident freemen and freeholders
		Christmas families	(c. 1,000 post-1800)
CO. WESTMEATH – 86%, [70,350] c. 1,120,67 2,700(1806), [c. 3,000 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Athlone⁶⁸	Corporation	Sir Richard St George (1 seat)	Burgesses and 400–500 freemen
		Dean Handcock (1 seat)	(71 in 1832)
Fore	Corporation	E. of Westmeath	13 burgesses
Kilbeggan	Corporation	Charles Lambart	13 burgesses
Mullingar⁶⁹	Manor	E. of Granard	Freeholders (12 voted in 1783)
CO. WEXFORD – 83%, [77,628] [?]c. 2,500,70 [c. 7,500 (1818)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Bannow	Corporation	E. (M.) of Ely	13 burgesses, 1 resident*
Clonmines	Corporation	E. (M.) of Ely	13 burgesses, 1 resident*
Enniscorthy	Corporation	Sir Vesey Colclough	13 burgesses, 1 resident
Fethard	Corporation	E. (M.) of Ely	13 burgesses, 1 resident*
Gorey	Corporation	Abel Ram	13 burgesses
New Ross	Corporation	Charles Tottenham (1 seat)	13 burgesses and freemen (38 in 1831)
		Robert Leigh (1 seat)
Taghmon⁷¹	Corporation	Hore family; sold ante	13 Burgesses + 20 Freemen
		1795 to Henry Bruen
Wexford⁷²	Corporation	Richard Nevill (1 seat)	Mayor, 2 bailiffs, 24 burgesses and
		Richard Le Hunt (1 seat)	600–800 freemen (c. 150 post-1800)
* Bannow, Clonmines and Fethard shared the same 13 burgesses.
CO. WICKLOW – 67%, [56,532] c. 900,73 [c. 3,000 (1803), c. 1,500 (1815)]
CONSTITUENCY	TYPE	PATRON	ELECTORATE
Baltinglass	Corporation	E. of Aldborough	12 burgesses plus 20 freemen
Blessington	Corporation	Charles Dunbar and heirs	12 burgesses plus 6 freemen
		(Hillsborough/
		M. of Downshire)
Carysfort	Corporation	V. Allen⁷⁴ and heir	13 burgesses, all non-resident
		Lord Carysfort
Wicklow	Corporation	William Tighe	13 burgesses

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