Monaghan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Monaghan
Type:	borough
Borough:	Monaghan
County:	County Monaghan
Region:	Ireland
Parliament:	ihc
Abolished:	1801
Next:	Disfranchised

Monaghan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

Members of Parliament

Election	First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1613	Henry Colley			Thomas Ryves^[1]
1634	Richard Blayney			Arthur Blayney
1639	Arthur Culme			William Cadogan
1661	Thomas Vincent			Joseph Fox^[2]
1692		<	-- party -->
1695		<		Robert Echlin
1703					<	-- party -->
1710					<
1713		<	-- party -->
1715
1727
1733
1743
1747		<	-- party -->
1753		<
1761		<	-- party -->
1767
1768					<	-- party -->
1771
1776	James Fortescue^[3]
1777
October 1783	Thomas James Fortescue
1783	Theophilus Jones^[4]
1791		<				-- party -->
1796		<			<	-- party -->
January 1798	William Charles Fortescue
1798
1800
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

Notes and References

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.
Web site: Historical sketches of Monaghan : from the earliest records to the Fenian movement. Denis Carolan. Rushe. 24 October 1895. Dublin : J. Duffy. Internet Archive.
Also returned for Co. Louth, for which he chose to sit
At the general election in 1790, he was also returned for Co. Leitrim, for which he chose to sit