Fore
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Fore was a constituency in County Westmeath represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1612 to 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Fore was represented with two members.^[1]

Members of Parliament

1634–1635: Lucas Fitzgerald and Thomas Nugent (died 1634 and replaced by John Nugent) ^[2]
1639–1649: John Nugent (died 1647 and replaced by Oliver Walshe)
1661–1666: Sir Timothy Tyrrill of Buckinghamshire (absent/died and replaced 1662 by Charles Viscount Falkland. Falkland died and was replaced 1663 by John Forrest) and William Markham ^[3]

1689–1801

Election		First member		Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Nugent	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Christopher Nugent
1692	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Adams	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	James Nugent
1695	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Walter Pollard	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Thomas Smith
1713	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Viscount Tamworth	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Denis Kelly
1715	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	William Smyth	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Patrick Fox
November 1727	rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Robert Perceval	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Walter Nugent
December 1727	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|		William Handcock
1741	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|		Richard Malone
1759	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|		Lord Delvin
1761	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Godfrey Lill	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Newenham
1768	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Thomas Eyre	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Armstrong
1772	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Benjamin Chapman		John Armstrong
1776	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	James FitzGerald	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Cornelius O'Keefe
1780	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	James FitzGerald	Lord Delvin
1783	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Gervase Parker Bushe
1790	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Stephen Francis William Fremantle
1792	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Stephen Francis William Fremantle	John Macartney
1794	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Richard Magenis	John Macartney
January 1798	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Robert Ross ^{[note 1]}	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Hon. Richard Annesley ^{[note 2]}
March 1798	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Cromwell Price	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	Sir John Tydd, 1st Bt
1798	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Staunton Rochfort		Sir John Tydd, 1st Bt
1800	style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	John Staunton Rochfort	Thomas Burgh
1801		Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

^ Also elected for Old Newry in 1798, for which he chose to sit
^ Also elected for Blessington in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

^ O'Hart (2007), p. 504
^ http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 636.

Bibliography

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7. ((cite book)): |volume= has extra text (help)
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Westmeath

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Westmeath (????–1800)
Athlone (1607–1800)
Fore (???–1800)
Kilbeggan (1613–1800)
Mullingar (1583–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Athlone (1801–1885)
Westmeath (1801–1885)
North Westmeath (1885–1918)
South Westmeath (1885–1918)
Westmeath (1918–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Longford–Westmeath (1921–1937, 1948–1992) Meath–Westmeath (1937–1948) Westmeath (1992–2007)
Current	Longford–Westmeath (2007–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Leinster (1979–2004)
East (2004–2009)
North-West (2009–2014)
Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone