Fethard (County Tipperary) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Not to be confused with Fethard (County Wexford) (Parliament of Ireland constituency).
Fethard
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1608 (1608)
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Fethard was a constituency in County Tipperary represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

History[]

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

Members of Parliament, 1608–1801[]

  • 1560 Nicholas Hackett and Theobald Nash [2]
  • 1585 William Nash and David Wale[2]
  • 1613–1615 Edward Everard and Redmond Hackett[2]
  • 1634–1635 Thomas Everard and Thomas Hennes [2]
  • 1639–1649 Thomas Hennes and Patrick Vyne [2]
  • 1661–1666 Nicolas Everard and Sir Maurice Fenton, 1st Baronet [2]

1689–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament Sir John Everard, 3rd Bt
1692 Richard Sankey
1695 Thomas Carter
1703 Epaphroditus Marsh
1713 Sir Redmond Everard, 4th Bt Cornelius O'Callaghan I
1715 Epaphroditus Marsh
1719
1727 John Clere
1755 Robert O'Callaghan
1761 Cornelius O'Callaghan II
1768 Cornelius O'Callaghan III
later 1st Baron Lismore 		John Croker
1776
1783 Thomas Barton
1785
1798 William Ponsonby
1801 Disenfranchised

See also[]

Notes[]

Fethard, South Tipperary

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 503
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 632.

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. |volume= 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.

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