Dublin City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition in 1801.
History Dublin City had an electorate of between three and four thousand, making it the largest of the county-borough constituencies. In the 1760s the radical politician Charles Lucas used the seat as his political base.
It was succeeded by the Westminster constituency of Dublin City in 1801, remaining as a two-seat constituency.
Members of Parliament, 1264–1801 1376: John Blakhorn and John White were elected to come to England to consult with the king and council about the government of Ireland and about an aid for the king. 1557 James Stanihurst (speaker) 1560 James Stanihurst (speaker) and Robert Golding 1569 James Stanihurst (speaker) 1585 George Taylor and Nicholas Ball 1613–1615 Richard Bolton and Richard Barry 1634–1635 Richard Barry and Nathaniel Catelyn Speaker 1639–1649 Richard Barry and John Bysse 1654–55: Daniel Hutchinson 1656–58: Richard Tighe 1659: Arthur Annesley 1661–1666 William Smith and Sir William Davys
1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Sir Michael Creagh Terence MacDermott 1692 Thomas Coote Sir Michael Mitchell 1695 William Handcock Sir John Rogerson 1703 John Forster Benjamin Burton 1715 John Rogerson 1727 Samuel Burton William Howard 1728 John Stoyte 1729 James Somerville 1733 Humphrey French 1737 Nathaniel Pearson 1749 James Digges La Touche 1749 Charles Burton Sir Samuel Cooke, 1st Bt 1758 James Dunn 1761 James Grattan Charles Lucas /Patriot 1767 Marquess of Kildare 1771 William Clement 1773 Redmond Morres 1776 Sir Samuel Bradstreet, 3rd Bt 1782 Travers Hartley 1784 Nathaniel Warren 1790 Lord Henry FitzGerald Henry Grattan 1797 Arthur Wolfe John Claudius Beresford July 1798 George Ogle 1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dublin City
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