Castlemartyr (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Castlemartyr
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1676 (1676)
Abolished1800
Seats2
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Castlemartyr (also known as Castlemartyr Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1676 to 1800.

Boundaries and boundary changes[]

This constituency was the borough of Castlemartyr in County Cork. After its establishment in 1676 it had a sovereign, 12 burgesses and freemen. It was the base of Speaker Boyle and this family had control until disenfranchisement.

History[]

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Castlemartyr was not represented.[1] Under the terms of the Act of Union 1800, the constituency was disenfranchised and abolished in 1801. The 2nd Earl of Shannon received £15,000 compensation for its disenfranchisement.

Members of Parliament, 1676–1801[]

1689–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Castlemartyr was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692
1695
September 1703 [note 1] Joseph Deane[note 2]
1703 Sir Thomas Dilkes
1709 St John Brodrick
1713 William Southwell
1715 Bartholomew Purdon
1727
1728 Michael O'Brien Dilkes
1737
1753 John Lysaght[note 3]
1761 Anthony Malone
1768 Sir John Colthurst, 1st Bt Attiwell Wood
1775 John Bennett
1776 Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Bt
1783 John Bennett Broderick Chinnery
1787
1790 [note 4]
1792
1798 John Townsend
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes[]

  1. ^ Also elected for Kildare County in 1703, for which he chose to sit
  2. ^ Also elected for Dublin County in 1703, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1758
  4. ^ Also elected for Clonakilty in 1790, 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)
  • Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation, 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
  • Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8
  • 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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