Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801, January 1 | William Talbot | 1801: Co-opted. Resigned. | ||
| 1802, March 2 | Richard Archdall | |||
| 1802, July 22 | Hon. Charles Harward Butler | Whig | Resigned | |
| 1809, February 4 | Robert Williams | |||
| 1812, October 24 | Overington Blunden | Resigned | ||
| 1814, May 27 | Hon. Charles Harward Butler | Whig | ||
| 1820, April 7 | Rt Hon. Denis Browne | Tory | ||
| 1826, June 22 | John Doherty | |||
| 1830, August 11 | Nicholas Philpot Leader | Whig | ||
| 1832, December 13 | Richard Sullivan | Repeal Association | Re-elected as a candidate of a Liberal/Repealer pact | |
| 1835, January 10 | Liberal | Resigned | ||
| 1836, May 17 | Daniel O'Connell | Repeal Association | ||
| 1837, August 7 | Joseph Hume | Liberal | ||
| 1841, July 3 | John O'Connell | Repeal Association | 1847: Also returned by and elected to sit for Limerick | |
| 1847, December 18 | Michael Sullivan | Repeal Association | Re-elected as a Liberal candidate | |
| 1852, July 10 | Liberal | Joined the Independent Irish Party | ||
| 1852 | Independent Irish | Re-elected as a Liberal candidate | ||
| 1859, May 5 | Liberal | |||
| 1865, July 13 | Sir John Gray | Liberal | Re-elected as a Home Rule League candidate | |
| 1874, February 2 | Home Rule League | Died | ||
| 1875, April 28 | Benjamin Whitworth | Home Rule League | Resigned | |
| 1880, February 26 | John Francis Smithwick | Home Rule League | ||
| 1882 | Irish Parliamentary Party | |||
| 1886 | Thomas Quinn | Irish Parliamentary Party | ||
| 1890 | Parnellite | |||
| 1891–1892 | Anti-Parnellite | |||
| 1892–1895 | Thomas Bartholomew Curran | Anti-Parnellite | ||
| 1895 | Patrick O'Brien | Parnellite | ||
| 1900–1917 | Irish Parliamentary Party | |||
| 1917 | W. T. Cosgrave | Sinn Féin | ||
| 1918 | constituency abolished | |||
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