Clonakilty (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Clonakilty | |
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Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1613 |
Abolished | 1800 |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
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 | ||
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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[]
- ^ Succeeded as 2nd Baronet in 1733
- ^ Also elected for Cork County in 1761, for which he chose to sit
References[]
- ^ 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.
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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.
Categories:
- Clonakilty
- Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
- Historic constituencies in County Cork
- 1613 establishments in Ireland
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1613
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800