Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1801)
| Year | Member |
|---|---|
| 1801 | St. George Daly |
| 1801 | John Brabazon Ponsonby |
| 1802 | Denis Bowes Daly |
| 1805 | James Daly |
| 1811 | Frederick Ponsonby |
| 1813 | Valentine Blake |
| 1820 | Michael George Prendergast |
| 1826 | James O'Hara |
| 1831 | John James Bodkin |
- Representation increased to two seats (1832)
| Year | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Andrew Henry Lynch | Lachlan MacLachlan |
| 1833 | Martin Joseph Blake | |
| 1841 | Sir Valentine Blake, Bt | |
| 1847 | James Henry Monahan | |
| 1847 | Anthony O'Flaherty | |
| 1857 | Lord Dunkellin | |
| 1859 | John Orrell Lever | |
| 1865 | Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Bt | Michael Morris |
| 1867 | George Morris | |
| 1868 | William St Lawrence | |
| 1874 | Frank Hugh O'Donnell | George Morris |
| 1874 | Michael Francis Ward | |
| 1880 | Thomas Power O'Connor | John Orrell Lever |
- Representation reduced to one seat (1885)
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Thomas Power O'Connor | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
| 1886 | William Henry O'Shea | Irish Nationalist | |
| 1886 | John Pinkerton | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
| 18901 | Anti-Parnellite | ||
| 1900 | Martin Morris | Conservative | |
| 1901 | Arthur Alfred Lynch | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
| 1903 | Charles Ramsay Devlin | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
| 1906 | Stephen Gwynn | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
| 1918 | Constituency abolished | ||
1There was no election but the IPP split into two factions, and Pinkerton joined the faction opposing Parnell.
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