Newcastle | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Dublin |
Borough | Newcastle |
–1801 | |
Replaced by | Disfranchised |
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.[1]