Clogher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Clogher
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Tyrone
BoroughClogher
1264 (1264) (1264 (1264))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byDisfranchised

Clogher was a borough constituency in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It represented the "city" of Clogher in County Tyrone. The city, actually no more than a village, gained its importance as the site of the cathedral of the Church of Ireland diocese of Clogher. The constituency was a rotten borough in the gift of the bishop. When the constituency was disestablished, bishop John Porter's claim for £15,000 compensation was disallowed.

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