Ardee (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Ardee | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons |
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| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1378 |
| Abolished | 1801 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Ardee (also known as Ardee Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1378 to 1801.
Ardee in County Louth was enfranchised as a borough constituency in 1378. In 1665 the Lord Lieutenant (James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde) wrote to the Portreeve of Ardee recommending Sir Robert Byron, as Burgess in Parliament for Ardee, in the room of Captain John Chambers, "removed" and Colonel Brent Moore, in the "stead of Lieutenant John Ruxton, removed". In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Ardee was represented by two members. It continued to send two Members of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons until the Parliament of Ireland was merged into the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801. The constituency was disenfranchised on 31 December 1800.
The borough was represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as part of the county constituency of Louth.
The parliamentary representatives of the borough were elected using the bloc vote for two-member elections and first past the post for single-member by-elections.
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