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(Text) CC BY-SA