Youghal (Parliament Of Ireland Constituency)
Youghal was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. It was a corporation with burgesses and freemen under the patronage of the Earl of Shannon. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disfranchised.
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