Athy (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Athy | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1614 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Athy was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.
History[]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Athy was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1560–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1560 | Richard Mothill[2] | Rowland Cassyn [2] | ||||
1613 | Walter Weldon[2] | Sir Robert Digby[3] | ||||
1634 | Sir Maurice Eustace[3] | Edward Blount[3] | ||||
1639 | Steven Stephens[2] | Sir Robert Meredith [3] | ||||
1661 | William Weldon[2] | Henry Brenn [2] | ||||
1689 Patriot Parliament | ||||||
1692 | Richard Locke | |||||
1695 | ||||||
1703 | ||||||
1713 | ||||||
1715 | Richard Allen | |||||
1727 | Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Bt | |||||
1741 | Lord Offaly | |||||
1744 | ||||||
1753 | ||||||
May 1761 | Henry Sandford[note 1] | |||||
1761 | ||||||
December 1761 | ||||||
1762 | ||||||
1768 | William Burgh | |||||
1769 | Walter Hussey Burgh | Patriot | ||||
1776 | Thomas Burgh | Thomas Burgh | ||||
1783 | Lord Edward FitzGerald | Patriot | ||||
1790 | Lord Henry FitzGerald[note 2] | Patriot | ||||
1791 | Frederick John Falkiner | |||||
1798 | William Hare | |||||
1801 | Constituency disenfranchised |
Notes[]
- ^ Also elected for Kildare Borough in 1761, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Dublin City in 1790, for which he chose to sit
References[]
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.
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has extra text (help) - Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- 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.
Categories:
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Historic constituencies in County Kildare
- Athy
- 1614 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1614
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800