Athy (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Athy
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1614 (1614)
Abolished1800
Seats2
Replaced byDisenfranchised

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
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[]

  1. ^ Also elected for Kildare Borough in 1761, for which he chose to sit
  2. ^ Also elected for Dublin City in 1790, for which he chose to sit

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 619.
  3. ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.

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. {{cite book}}: |volume= 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.

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