Castlebar (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Castlebar
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1614 (1614)
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Castlebar was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. The area is in County Mayo. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those who were married to Catholics could not vote.

History[]

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Castlebar was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801[]

1689–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament
1692 [note 1]
August 1695
1695
1703 Gerald Cuffe
1713 Sir George Browne, 4th Bt
1715 Henry Bingham
1727 John Wynne
1744 John Browne
1747
May 1761 Joshua Cooper Sir Charles Bingham, 7th Bt[note 2]
1761
1768
1775
1776 Stephen Popham
1783 James Browne
1790 Edward FitzGerald John Francis Cradock
January 1798 Denis Browne[note 3]
1798
1800
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes[]

  1. ^ Also elected for Galway Borough in 1695, for which he chose to sit
  2. ^ Also elected for Mayo in 1761, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Also elected for Mayo in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 503
  2. ^ a b c d Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 627.

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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