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Current Irish Viscountcies
Adare, Viscount (I, 1822) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Dunraven and Mount-Earl since 1822, when the 1st Viscount Mount-Earl was created Viscount Adare and Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
Ashbrook*, Viscount (I, 1751)
Bangor*, Viscount (I, 1781)
Belmore, Viscount (I, 1789) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls Belmore since 1797, when the 1st Viscount Belmore was created Earl Belmore
Boyle, Viscount (I, 1627) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Cork since 1643, when the 2nd Viscount Boyle succeeded his father as 2nd Earl of Cork
Boyle, Viscount (I, 1756) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Shannon since 1756, when Sir Henry Boyle was created Baron Castle Martyr, Viscount Boyle and Earl of Shannon
Boyne, Viscount (I, 1717)
Caledon, Viscount (I, 1797) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Caledon since 1800, when the 1st Viscount Caledon was created Earl of Caledon
Callan, Viscount (I, 1622) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Desmond since 1622, when George Feilding was created Baron Feilding, Viscount Callan and Earl of Desmond, and has been held by the Earls of Denbigh since 1675, when the 2nd Earl of Desmond succeeded his uncle as 2nd Earl of Denbigh
Carlow, Viscount (I, 1776) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Portarlington since 1785, when the 2nd Viscount Carlow was created Earl of Portarlington
Castlereagh, Viscount (I, 1795) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Londonderry since 1796, when the 1st Viscount Castlereagh was created Earl of Londonderry, and by the Marquesses of Londonderry since 1800, when the 1st Earl of Londonderry was created Marquess of Londonderry
Castle Stuart, Viscount (I, 1793) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls Castle Stewart since 1800, when the 1st Viscount Castle Stuart was created Earl Castle Stewart
Charlemont*, Viscount (I, 1665)
Chetwynd*, Viscount (I, 1717)
Chichester, Viscount (I, 1625) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Donegall since 1647, when the 2nd Viscount Chichester was created Earl of Donegall, and by the Marquesses of Donegall since 1791, when the 5th Earl of Donegall was created Earl of Belfast and Marquess of Donegall
Cholmondeley, Viscount (I, 1661) - title held by the Earls of Cholmondeley from 1706 until 1815 and by the Marquesses of Cholmondeley since that date
Clanmaurice, Viscount (I, 1722) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Kerry since 1722, when Thomas Fitzmaurice, 21st Lord of Kerry, was created Viscount Fitzmaurice and Earl of Kerry, and by the Marquesses of Lansdowne from 1818, when the 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne succeeded his second cousin as 4th Earl of Kerry
Clanwilliam, Viscount (I, 1766) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Clanwilliam since 1776, when the 1st Viscount Clanwilliam was created Earl of Clanwilliam
Conyngham, Viscount (I, 1789) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls Conyngham since 1797, when the 1st Viscount Conyngham was created Viscount Mount Charles and Earl Conyngham, and by the Marquesses Conyngham since 1816, when the 1st Earl Conyngham was created Viscount Slane, Earl of Mount Charles and Marquess Conyngham
Darnley, Viscount (I, 1723) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Darnley since 1725, when the 1st Viscount Darnley was created Earl of Darnley
de Vesci*, Viscount (I, 1776)
Dillon*, Viscount (I, 1621/2)
Doneraille*, Viscount (I, 1785)
Donoughmore, Viscount (I, 1797) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Donoughmore since 1800, when the 1st Viscount Donoughmore was created Earl of Donoughmore
Downe, Viscount (I, 1681)
Duncannon, Viscount (I, 1722/3) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Bessborough since 1739, when the 2nd Viscount Duncannon was created Earl of Bessborough
Dungarvan, Viscount (I, 1620) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Cork since 1620, when the 1st Baron Boyle of Youghal was created Viscount Dungarvan and Earl of Cork
Dunlo, Viscount (I, 1800) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Clancarty since 1803, when the 1st Viscount Dunlo was created Earl of Clancarty
Dunluce, Viscount (I, 1785) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Antrim since 1785, when the 6th Earl of Antrim (cr. 1620) was created Viscount Dunluce and Earl of Antrim
Enniskillen, Viscount (I, 1776) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Enniskillen since 1789, when the 1st Viscount Enniskillen was created Earl of Enniskillen
Ennismore and Listowel, Viscount (I, 1816) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Listowel since 1816, when the 1st Viscount Ennismore and Listowel was created Earl of Listowel
Erne, Viscount (I, 1781) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls Erne since 1789, when the 1st Viscount Erne was created Earl Erne
Ferrard, Viscount (I, 1797) - the viscountcy has been held by the Viscounts Massereene since 1843, when the 10th Viscount Massereene succeeded his father as 3rd Viscount Ferrard
Fitzmaurice, Viscount (I, 1751) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Shelburne since 1753, when the 1st Viscount Fitzmaurice was created Earl of Shelburne, and by the Marquesses of Lansdowne since 1784 when the 2nd Earl of Shelburne was created Viscount Caln and Calstock, Earl Wycombe and Marquess of Lansdowne
Gage, Viscount (I, 1720)
Galway*, Viscount (I, 1727)
Glandine, Viscount (I, 1827) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Norbury since 1827, when the 1st Baron Norbury was created Viscount Glandine and Earl of Norbury
Glerawly, Viscount (I, 1766) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls Annesley since 1789, when the 2nd Viscount Glerawly was created Earl Annesley
Gormanston, Viscount (I, 1478)
Gort*, Viscount (I, 1816)
Gosford, Viscount (I, 1785) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Gosford since 1806, when the 2nd Viscount Gosford was created Earl of Gosford
Granard, Viscount (I, 1675) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Granard since 1675, when the 1st Viscount Granard was created Earl of Granard
Grandison, Viscount (I, 1621) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Jersey since 1766, when the 3rd Earl of Jersey succeeded his second cousin once removed as 6th Viscount Grandison
Grimston, Viscount (I, 1719) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Verulam since 1815, when the 4th Viscount Grimston in the Peerage of Ireland was created Viscount Grimston in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and Earl of Verulam
Harberton*, Viscount (I, 1791)
Hawarden*, Viscount (I, 1793)
Headfort, Viscount (I, 1762) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Bective since 1766, when the 1st Viscount Headfort was created Earl of Bective, and by the Marquesses of Headfort since 1800, when the 2nd Earl of Bective was created Marquess of Headfort
Hillsborough, Viscount (I, 1717) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Hillsborough since 1751, when the 2nd Viscount Hillsborough was created Viscount Kilwarlin and Earl of Hillsborough, and by the Marquesses of Downshire since 1789, when the 1st Earl of Hillsborough was created Marquess of Downshire
Ikerrin, Viscount (I, 1629) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Carrick since 1748, when the 8th Viscount Ikerrin was created Earl of Carrick
Jocelyn, Viscount (I, 1755) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Roden since 1771, when the 2nd Viscount Jocelyn was created Earl of Roden
Kilcoursie, Viscount (I, 1647) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Cavan since 1647, when the 2nd Baron Lambart was created Viscount Kilcoursie and Earl of Cavan
Kilmorey, Viscount (I, 1625) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Kilmorey since 1822, when the 12th Viscount Kilmorey was created Viscount Newry and Morne and Earl of Kilmorey
Kilwarlin, Viscount (I, 1751) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Hillsborough since 1751, when the 2nd Viscount Hillsborough was created Viscount Kilwarlin and Earl of Hillsborough, and by the Marquesses of Downshire since 1789, when the 1st Earl of Hillsborough was created Marquess of Downshire
Kingsborough, Viscount (I, 1766) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Kingston since 1768, when the 1st Viscount Kingsborough was created Earl of Kingston
Lifford*, Viscount (I, 1781)
Limerick, Viscount (created 1800) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Limerick since 1803, when the 1st Viscount Limerick was created Earl of Limerick
Lisburne, Viscount (I, 1695) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Lisburne since 1776, when the 4th Viscount Lisburne was created Earl of Lisburne
Loftus, Viscount (I, 1794) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Ely since 1794, when the 1st Viscount Loftus was created Earl of Ely, and by the Marquesses of Ely since 1800, when the 1st Earl of Ely was created Marquess of Ely
Lorton, Viscount (I, 1806) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Kingston since 1869, when the 2nd Viscount Lorton succeeded his cousin as 6th Earl of Kingston
Lumley, Viscount (I, 1628) - the viscountcy has been held since 1690 by the Earls of Scarbrough, when the 2nd Viscount Lumley was created Earl of Scarbrough
Massereene, Viscount (I, 1660)
Mayo, Viscount (I, 1781) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Mayo since 1785, when the 1st Viscount Mayo was created Earl of Mayo
Midleton, Viscount (I, 1717)
Molesworth*, Viscount (I, 1716)
Monck, Viscount (I, 1801)
Moore, Viscount (I, 1621) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Drogheda since 1661, when the 3rd Viscount Moore was created Earl of Drogheda
Mount Charles, Viscount (I, 1797) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls Conyngham since 1797, when the 1st Viscount Conyngham was created Viscount Mount Charles and Earl Conyngham, and by the Marquesses Conyngham since 1816, when the 1st Earl Conyngham was created Viscount Slane, Earl of Mount Charles and Marquess Conyngham
Mount-Earl, Viscount (I, 1816) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Dunraven and Mount-Earl since 1822, when the 1st Viscount Mount-Earl was created Viscount Adare and Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl
Mountgarret, Viscount (I, 1550)
Newry and Morne, Viscount (I, 1822) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Kilmorey since 1822, when the 12th Viscount Kilmorey was created Viscount of Newry and Morne and Earl of Kilmorey
Northland, Viscount (I, 1791) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Ranfurly since 1831, when the 2nd Viscount Northland was created Earl of Ranfurly
Pollington, Viscount (I, 1766) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Mexborough since 1766, when the 1st Baron Pollington was created Viscount Pollington and Earl of Mexborough
Powerscourt, Viscount (I, 1743)
Slane, Viscount (I, 1816) - the viscountcy has been held by the Marquesses Conyngham since 1816, when the 1st Earl Conyngham was created Viscount Slane, Earl of Mount Charles and Marquess Conyngham
Somerton, Viscount (I, 1800) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Normanton since 1806, when the 1st Viscount Somerton was created Earl of Normanton
Southwell*, Viscount (I, 1776)
Stopford, Viscount (I, 1762) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Courtown since 1762, when the 1st Baron Courtown was created Viscount Stopford and Earl of Courtown
Strabane, Viscount (I, 1701) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Abercorn from 1701, when the 6th Earl of Abercorn was created Baron Mountcastle and Viscount Strabane, by the Marquesses of Abercorn from 1790, when the 9th Earl of Abercorn was created Marquess of Abercorn, and by the Dukes of Abercorn from 1868, when the 2nd Marquess of Abercorn was created Duke of Abercorn
Sudley, Viscount (I, 1758) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Arran since 1762, when the 1st Viscount Sudley was created Earl of Arran
Turnour, Viscount (I, 1766) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls Winterton since 1766, when the 1st Baron Winterton was created Viscount Turnour and Earl Winterton
Tyrone, Viscount (I, 1720) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Tyrone from 1746, when the 1st Viscount Tyrone was created Earl of Tyrone, and by the Marquesses of Waterford since 1789, when the 2nd Earl of Tyrone was created Marquess of Waterford
Valentia*, Viscount (I, 1622)
Wellesley, Viscount (I, 1760) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Mornington since 1760, when the 2nd Baron Mornington was created Viscount Wellesley and Earl of Mornington, and by the Dukes of Wellington since 1863, when the 2nd Duke of Wellington succeeded his cousin as 6th Earl of Mornington
Westport, Viscount (I, 1768) - the viscountcy has been held by the Earls of Altamont since 1771, when the 1st Viscount Westport was created Earl of Altamont, and by the Marquesses of Sligo since 1800, when the 3rd Earl of Altamont was created Marquess of Sligo
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