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Randalstown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coordinates: 54°45′00″N 6°19′12″W / 54.750°N 6.320°W / 54.750; -6.320
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54°45′00″N 6°19′12″W / 54.750°N 6.320°W / 54.750; -6.320

Randalstown
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Antrim
BoroughRandalstown
? (?) (? (?))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byDisfranchised

Randalstown was a borough constituency which elected two MPs representing Randalstown, County Antrim, to the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland. It was disenfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800.

Members of Parliament 1692–1801

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1692 Robert Dixon Edmond Stafford
1695 Henry O'Neill
1697 Charles O'Neill
September 1703 Robert Dixon
1703 Timothy Armitage
1713 Charles O'Neill Robert Dixon
1715 James Stevenson
1727 Charles O'Neill Henry O'Hara
1746 Clotworthy O'Neill
1749 William Sharman
1760 Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Bt
1761 John O'Neill
1771 St John O'Neill
1776 James St John Jeffereyes
1781 Lord Rawdon Patriot
October 1783 Richard Jackson
1783 Michael Smith John Dunn
1790 John O'Neill
1791 Michael Smith
1794 Edward Corry
January 1798 Isaac Corry George Jackson
1798 James McClelland
1801 Constituency disenfranchised

References

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  • Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.