Ardfert (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Ardfert was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Ireland until its abolition in 1801 under the Acts of Union 1800.

Area

This constituency was based in the town of Ardfert in County Kerry.

Ardfert in County Kerry was enfranchised as a borough constituency, by a charter in 1639 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and freemen. It had a Corporation, and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 50 freemen. The parliamentary representatives of the borough were elected using the bloc vote for two-member elections and first past the post for single-member by-elections. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Ardfert was not represented.

It continued to be entitled to send two Members of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons until the Acts of Union merged Parliament of Ireland into the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801. The constituency was disenfranchised on 31 December 1800.

Thereafter the borough was represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as part of the county constituency of Kerry.

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