Carrickfergus was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1326 to 1800, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland.

Borough This constituency was the county borough of Carrickfergus in County Antrim. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.

History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Carrickfergus was not represented. Following the Acts of Union 1800, the county borough retained one parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament, 1326–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP1559 James Wingfield Humphrey Warren1585 Edward Waterhouse Thomas Stevenson1613 Thomas Hibbotts Humphrey Johnson1634 Henry Upton1640Sir William Sambach John Davys1654–1660 Commonwealth - See Carrickfergus and Belfast (constituency)1661 style="background color: white| | Sir Hercules Davys | || ||Arthur UptonReturn of Members of Parliament (1878) vol. II, p. 605.|| |- | 1689 | || colspan="5" | Carrickfergus was not represented in the Patriot Parliament|- | 1692 | style="background-color: white" | | Henry Clements | | rowspan="3" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="3" | Henry Davis | rowspan="3" | |- | 1695 | style="background-color: white" | | Hercules Davys

| 1703 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="2" | Edward Lyndon | rowspan="2" | |- | 1709 | style="background-color: white" | | Alexander Denton

| 1713 | style="background-color: white" | | John Davys | | style="background-color: white" | | Arthur Davys

| 1715 | style="background-color: white" | | Alexander Dalway | | rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="2" | Archibald Edmonstone | rowspan="2" | |- | 1719 | style="background-color: white" | | Edward Lyndon

| 1727 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="3" | Arthur Dobbs | rowspan="3" | | style="background-color: white" | | John Lyndon

| October 1741 | style="background-color: white" | | Francis Clements

| December 1741 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="2" | Arthur Upton | rowspan="2" | |- | 1761 | style="background-color: white" | | Marriot Dalway

| 1768 | style="background-color: white" | | John Chichester | | rowspan="4" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="4" | Conway Richard Dobbs | rowspan="4" | |- | 1776 | style="background-color: " | | Barry Yelverton | Patriot |- | 1784 | style="background-color: white" | | Waddell Cunningham

| 1785 | rowspan="5" style="background-color: white" | | rowspan="5" | Ezekiel Davys Wilson | rowspan="5" | |- | 1790 | style="background-color: white" | | Alexander Hamilton

| 1797 | style="background-color: white" | | Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester

| 1798 | style="background-color: white" | | Earl of Belfast

| 1799 | style="background-color: white" | | Noah Dalway

| 1801 | || colspan="5" | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Carrickfergus'' Notes

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