Clonakilty (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Clonakilty
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1613 (1613)
Abolished1800
Seats2
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Clonakilty was a constituency in County Cork represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

History[]

Established by a charter of King James I of England granting it to Sir Richard Boyle, it was purchased from Lord Burlington by Speaker Boyle in 1738 and he nominated the provost from three burgesses elected by the Corporation and freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Clonakilty was represented with two members.[1] In the 1783 election 7 voted. It was disenfranchised by the Act of Union 1800 and Lord Shannon received compensation of £15,000. It was sometimes known as Cloghnakilty.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 Sir Edward Harris Sir Henry Gosnold
1634 Sir Robert Travers Philip Mainwaring
1639 Sir Robert Travers Peregrine Banastre
1661 Joshua Boyle Arthur Freke
1689 Patriot Parliament
1692 Francis Bernard Percy Freke
1695 Bryan Townsend
1703 Ralph Freke
1713
1725
1727 Richard Cox[note 1]
1761 Viscount Boyle[note 2]
May 1761
1766
1768 Richard Longfield Riggs Falkiner
1776 Thomas Adderley Attiwell Wood
1784
1792 Sir Nicholas Colthurst, 3rd Bt
1793 Viscount Boyle
1796
1797
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes[]

  1. ^ Succeeded as 2nd Baronet in 1733
  2. ^ Also elected for Cork County in 1761, for which he chose to sit

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.

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
  • 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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