Ardfert was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Ireland until its abolition in 1801 under the Acts of Union 1800.
Area This constituency was based in the town of Ardfert in County Kerry.
History Ardfert in County Kerry was enfranchised as a borough constituency, by a charter in 1639 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and freemen. It had a Corporation, and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 50 freemen. The parliamentary representatives of the borough were elected using the bloc vote for two-member elections and first past the post for single-member by-elections. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Ardfert was not represented.
It continued to be entitled to send two Members of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons until the Acts of Union merged Parliament of Ireland into the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801. The constituency was disenfranchised on 31 December 1800.
Thereafter the borough was represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as part of the county constituency of Kerry.
Members of Parliament, 1634–1801
ElectionFirst MPSecond MP1634 David Crosbie James FitzJames Pierce1639 Anthony Stoughton1661 Thomas Amory John Carricke 1689 Roger McElligott Cornelius MacGillicuddy 1692 Christopher Dominick Andrew Young 1699 Theobald Purcell 1703 Henry Rose 1713 William Crosbie 1735 William CrosbieStyled as The Honourable from 1758 1743 Edmond Malone 1758 Maurice Coppinger 1762 Lancelot Crosbie 1776 Viscount Crosbie 1781 Edward Gleadowe October 1783 John ScottAlso elected for Portarlington in 1783, for which he chose to sit Sir Frederick Flood, 1st Bt 1783 John Tydd 1790 Robert Day Richard Archdall January 1798 Arthur WolfeAlso elected for Dublin City in 1798, for which he chose to sit 1798 Lord Charles FitzGerald 1798 Lorenzo Moore February 1800 John Talbot September 1800 Matthew FranksElected, but never took his seat 1801 Disenfranchised
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Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 February 2002), , T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978