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Dingle (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Created
  
1607 (1607)

Replaced by
  
Disenfranchised

Abolished
  
1800

Founded
  
1607

Dingle was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

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Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was based in the town of Dingle in County Kerry.

History

It was incorporated by charter in 1607 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and 150 freemen two resident. It had a Corporation, and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 150 freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Dingle was represented with two members. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disfranchised.

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Dingle (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Wikipedia