Clogher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Clogher | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Tyrone |
Borough | Clogher |
1264 | –1801|
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disfranchised |
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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