History
The Borough of Antrim in County Antrim was enfranchised as a borough constituency in 1666. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Antrim Borough was not represented. Thereafter it continued to be entitled to send two Members of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons until the Parliament of Ireland was merged into the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801. The constituency was disenfranchised on 31 December 1800.
The borough was represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as part of the county constituency of Antrim.
Read more about this topic: Antrim Borough (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
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