Ratoath (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Ratoath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons.

Ratoath
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Meath
Borough	Ratoath
? (?) (? (?))–1801 (1801)
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Borough

This constituency was the manor of Ratoath in County Meath.

Following the Acts of Union 1800 the constituency was disenfranchised.

Members of Parliament

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

• 1661-1666 Richard Boughton (expelled for absence and replaced by Sir Robert Reading) and Dr Ralph King

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		John Hussey			James FitzGerald
1692		Edward Corker			Robert Gorges
1695					Thomas Molyneux
September 1703		Edward Forde			Richard Gorges
1703					Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Bt
1705		George Lowther
1713					Richard Gorges
1716		Hon. William St Lawrence
1727		Charles Hamilton			Edward Lovett Pearce
1734					Rowley Hill
1737					Gorges Lowther
1753		Marcus Lowther-Crofton
1761		George Lowther			John Curtis
1768					John Cramer
1769		William Irvine			Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Bt
1776		John Forbes			George Putland
1783		Peter Metge			Arthur Forbes
1784		John Metge
1789					Alexander Hamilton
1790		William Irvine			Gorges Lowther
January 1798		James Moore O'Donnell
September 1798					James Cane
1801		Constituency disenfranchised

References

• Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

See also

• List of Irish constituencies