Ballynakill (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Ballynakill
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1613 (1613)
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Ballynakill was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. The town is now spelled Ballinakill.

History[]

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Ballynakill was not represented.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 Sir Thomas Ridgeway Arthur Brereton
1639 William Wandesford (died and replaced 1640 by Richard Fanshaw. Fanshaw replaced 1642 by Sir William Flower) William Alford (replaced 1641 by Barnaby Dempsey. Dempsey replaced 1642 by Thomas Leigh)
1661 Thomas Keating Sir Amos Meredith
1689 Patriot Parliament Oliver Grace
1692
1695
1703 Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Bt
1713 Thomas Medlycott
1715
1727
1747
1756 Marcus Paterson
1761
1768 [note 1]
1776 William Henry Burton[note 2]
1777
October 1783 [note 3]
1783 John Moore
1789
1790 Eyre Coote
1798 Montagu James Mathew
1800
March 1800
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes[]

  1. ^ Created a baronet in 1774
  2. ^ Also elected for Carlow County in 1776, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Also elected for Charlemont in 1783, for which he chose to sit

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 500

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)
  • 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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