Ratoath (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Ratoath was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons.

Borough

This constituency was the manor of Ratoath in County Meath.

Following the Act of Union 1800 the constituency was disenfranchised.

It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.

1661-1666 Richard Boughton (expelled for absence and replaced by Sir Robert Reading) and Dr Ralph King^[1]

Election	First member	First party		Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament
1692		<	-- party -->
1695		<
September 1703		<	-- party -->
1703		<		<	-- party -->
1705		<		<	-- party -->
1713		<		<	-- party -->
1716	Hon. William St Lawrence			<
1727		<	-- party -->	Edward Lovett Pearce^[2]
1734
1737				<	-- party -->
1753	Marcus Lowther-Crofton^[3]			<
1761		<	-- party -->
1768		<
1769
1776
1783				<	-- party -->
1784		<		<	-- party -->
1789		<
1790				<	-- party -->
January 1798		<		<	-- party -->
September 1798		<
1801	Constituency disenfranchised