Donegal Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Donegal
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1613 (1613)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Donegal Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It is now represented in the Dáil.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Election	First member	First party	Second member
1613	William Crofton		Walter White
1634	William Crofton		Gilbert Domville
1639	Andrew Wilson		William Dixon
1661	Henry Brooke^{[note 1]}		Thomas Juxon
1689	Donegal Borough was not represented in the Patriot Parliament^[2]
1692	William Conolly	Whig	John Hamilton
1695	William Conolly	Whig	William Gore
1703	Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt	Whig	Richard Jones
1713	Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Bt ^{[note 2]}	Whig	George Macartney
1715	Henry Maxwell		Robert Miller
1725			Alexander Montgomery
1727			Arthur Gore ^{[note 3]}
1730	John Folliott		Arthur Gore ^{[note 3]}
1759	John Folliott		Hon. Arthur Saunders Gore
1761	Robert Doyne		John Knox
1768	Viscount Sudley		Richard Gore
1774	Barry Yelverton ^{[note 4]}		Richard Gore
1776	Barry Yelverton ^{[note 4]}		James Cuffe ^{[note 5]}
June 1776	Henry Vaughan Brooke		James Cuffe ^{[note 5]}
1777			Robert Longfield
1779			Henry Cope
October 1783	Henry Hatton		Viscount Sudley ^{[note 6]}
1783	Henry Hatton		Sir John Evans-Freke, 2nd Bt
1790	William Downes		Humphrey Butler
1797	William Keller		Humphrey Butler
1798	Hugh O'Donnell		William Cusack-Smith
1799	Charles Kendal Bushe		William Cusack-Smith
1801	Disenfranchised

↑ W. A. Shaw and G. D. Burtchaell, The Knights of England, vol. II (1906) p. 239.
↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 501

Return of Members of Parliament, Part II (1878).
O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Donegal

Ballyshannon (1613–1800)
Donegal Borough (1613–1800)
Donegal County (1613–1800)
Killybegs (1613–1800)
Lifford (1613–1800)
St Johnstown (1618–1800)

Donegal (1801–85)
East Donegal (1885–1922)
North Donegal (1885–1922)
South Donegal (1885–1922)
West Donegal (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Donegal East (1937–61) Donegal West (1937–61) Donegal–Leitrim (1969–77) Donegal North–East (1961–77, 1981–2016) Donegal South–West (1961–69, 1981–2016)

Current	Donegal (1921–37, 1977–81, 2016–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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