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

Newcastle, County Dublin was enfranchised by James I. By the late eighteenth century it had 13 electors, all non-resident. The patronage of the borough was sold by Lord Lanesborough to David La Touche in the 1770s.

Members of Parliament

• 1613–1615 Sir William Parsons, 1st Baronet of Bellamont and William Rolles
• 1634–1635 Sir John Dongan and Patrick Sherlock
• 1639–1642 Sir John Dongan and Sir Henry Talbot (both expelled for non-attendance)
• 1642–1646 Edmond Keating (election declared void – replaced 1643 by Arthur Whyte)
• 1646–1649 Henry Kenny and Cosny Molloy
• 1661–1666 Peter Wybrant and Francis Paisley

1689–1801

Notes

1. Chose to sit for Harristown

References

• 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.

1. E. M. Johnston-Liik, History of the Irish Parliament 1692–1800, vol. II, p. 235.
2. ^ McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
3. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 614.

• Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
• Historic constituencies in County Dublin
• 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
• Constituencies disestablished in 1800
• 1613 establishments in Ireland