Fore was a constituency in County Westmeath represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1612 to 1800.
History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Fore was represented with two members.
Members of Parliament 1634–1635: Lucas Fitzgerald and Thomas Nugent (died 1634 and replaced by John Nugent) 1639–1649: John Nugent (died 1647 and replaced by Oliver Walshe) 1661–1666: Sir Timothy Tyrrill of Buckinghamshire (absent/died and replaced 1662 by Charles Viscount Falkland. Falkland died and was replaced 1663 by John Forrest) and William Markham
1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 John Nugent Christopher Nugent 1692 John Adams James Nugent 1695 Walter Pollard Thomas Smith 1713 Viscount Tamworth Denis Kelly 1715 William Smyth Patrick Fox November 1727 Robert Perceval Walter Nugent December 1727 William Handcock 1741 Richard Malone 1759 Lord Delvin 1761 Godfrey Lill John Newenham 1768 Thomas Eyre John Armstrong 1772 Benjamin Chapman 1776 James FitzGerald Cornelius O'Keefe 1780 Lord Delvin 1783 Gervase Parker Bushe 1790 Stephen Francis William Fremantle 1792 John Macartney 1794 Richard Magenis January 1798 Robert RossAlso elected for Old Newry in 1798, for which he chose to sit Hon. Richard AnnesleyAlso elected for Blessington in 1798, for which he chose to sit March 1798 Cromwell Price Sir John Tydd, 1st Bt 1798 John Staunton Rochfort 1800 Thomas Burgh 1801 Constituency disenfranchised
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