1264-1800:A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis discusses the administrative history of Antrim. It is uncertain when Antrim was made a County and given representation as such in Parliament. Something like the modern arrangements seems to have originated in 1584 when theLord Deputy SirJohn Perrot divided the area intobaronies. Theparliamentary boroughs ofAntrim (from 1666),Belfast (1613),Carrickfergus (1326),Lisburn (1661) andRandalstown (1683) had separate representation.
Succeeded by the Westminster constituency ofCounty Antrim
Notes
^The Lord Lieutenant wrote to the Sheriff of Antrim on 2 November 1665 recommending Poyntz as the successor of Skeffington, who had inherited a peerage in September asViscount Massereene. In the absence of evidence to the contrary it is assumed that, in this period, such a recommendation was tantamount to election.
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O'Hart, John (2007).The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books.ISBN978-0-7884-1927-0.
Leigh Rayment's historicalList 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.
