Cavan County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Cavan | |
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Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Cavan |
Province | Ulster |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Cavan |
Cavan County was a constituency representing County Cavan in the Irish House of Commons, the lower house in the Irish Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland from 1611 to 1800.
Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
History[]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Cavan County was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1585 | Philip Reilly | Edmund Reilly[2] | ||||
1613 | Sir Oliver Lambart | Sir John Fishe[2] | ||||
1634 | Sir Stephen Butler | Lucas Dillon[2] | ||||
1639 | Colonel Philip O'Reilly (expelled 1642) | Robert Bailey[2] | ||||
1661 | Thomas Coote[3] | |||||
1689 Patriot Parliament | Philip Reyley | John Reyly | ||||
1692 | Robert Saunderson[a] | |||||
1697 | ||||||
Theophilus Butler | ||||||
1713 | Robert Saunderson | |||||
Brockhill Newburgh | ||||||
Charles Coote I | John Maxwell | |||||
1751 | Hon. Brinsley Butler[b] | |||||
1756 | Hon. Barry Maxwell | |||||
1761 | Charles Coote II | |||||
1766 | ||||||
Hon. Barry Maxwell | George Montgomery | Patriot | ||||
1780 | Hon. John James Maxwell | |||||
1783 | ||||||
1788 | John Maxwell[c] | |||||
1788 | Francis Saunderson | |||||
1793 | Viscount Maxwell | |||||
1800 | Nathaniel Sneyd | |||||
1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Cavan |
- Notes
Elections[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Hon. Brinsley Butler | 506 | ||||
Charles Coote II | 466 | ||||
George Montgomery | 436 | ||||
Hon. Barry Maxwell | 467 |
References[]
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 607.
- ^ Ulster Historical Foundation: County Cavan
Bibliography[]
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
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has extra text (help) - Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: 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 Cavan
- 1611 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1611
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800