Antrim was a borough constituency which elected two MPs to the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland.
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 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 by the Acts of Union 1800.
The borough was represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as part of the county constituency of Antrim.
Electoral System and Electorate The parliamentary representatives for all constituencies in the Irish House of Commons were elected using the bloc vote for two-member elections and first past the post for single-member by-elections.
The borough had a Potwalloper electorate.
Members of Parliament, 1666–1801 ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party 1666 John Jeffreys William Domville, JuniorReturn of Members of Parliament (1878), vol II, p. 605. 1689 Antrim Borough was not represented in the Patriot Parliament 1692 Sir Robert Adare Arthur Upton 1695 Thomas Brooke Thomas Dawson 1696 Robert Dalway 1703 Hugh Montgomery Thomas Bell 1713 Thomas Upton Hugh Henry 1715 John William MacMullan 1717 John Skeffington 1727Robert Colvill 1744James Smyth 1749 Hungerford Skeffington 1768 William John Skeffington 1769 Hugh Skeffington 1776 Hon. Chichester Skeffington 1798 Hon. Henry Skeffington 1801 Disenfranchised
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