County Louth (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

County Louth was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

Members of Parliament

1370:^[1] Roger Gernon, Richard Vernon
1420:^[1] Bartholomew Vernon, Richard Bagot
1560:^[2] Nicholas Taaffe of Ballebragane and Edward Dowdall of Glaspistal
1585:^[2] Roger Gerlone (Garland) and William Moore of Barmeath
1613–1315:^[2] Christopher Verdon de Clonmore and Richard Gernon de Stabanan
1634–1635:^[3] Sir Christopher Bellew and Christopher Dowdall
1639–1642:^[2] Christopher Bellew and John Bellew (both expelled)
1642–1644:^[4] Philip, Lord Lisle and Col. Lawrence Crawford (both absent in England without leave)
1644–1649:^[4] Hon Francis Moore and Gerrard Moore
1659: John Ruxton
1661–1666:^[4] Henry Bellingham and Sir Thomas Stanley

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament
1692			<	-- party -->
1695					Sir Henry Tichborne ^[5]
1703
1710
1713			<	-- party -->
1715			<
1727		Faithful Fortescue				<	-- party -->
1741		Henry Bellingham	<			<	-- party -->
1745		Henry Bellingham	<		William Henry Fortescue^[6]	<	-- party -->
1755					William Henry Fortescue^[6]	<
1761						<	-- party -->
1767
1768			<				-- party -->
1782					Thomas James Fortescue
1796					William Fortescue
1801	Replaced by Westminster constituency of County Louth

Book: Smith, Brendan. Crisis and Survival in Late Medieval Ireland: The English of Louth and Their Neighbours, 1330–1450. 2017-05-24. 2013-06-20. Oxford University Press. 9780199594757. 14.
Web site: A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641. Brid. McGrath. 24 October 1998. 2262/77206. www.tara.tcd.ie.
Book: Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633–1641: A Study in Absolutism. 225.
Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 626.
from 1697 Sir Henry Tichborne, 1st Bt
At the General Election in 1760, he was also returned for Monaghan, for which he chose to sit