Galway County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Galway County | |
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Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Galway County |
Galway County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
History[]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Galway County was represented with two members.[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the constituency became Galway County (UK Parliament constituency).
Members of Parliament[]
Year | First member | Second member |
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1585 | Francis Shaen | Thomas Le Strange |
1613–1615 | John Moore of Brizes | Sir William Bourke |
1634–1635 | Sir Richard Blake | Sir Valentine Blake |
1639–1645 | Sir Ulick Bourke, 1st Baronet | Sir Richard Blake |
1661–1666 | Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet | Chidley Coote |
1689–1801[]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Bt | Sir Walter Blake, 6th Bt | ||||
1692 | Sir Oliver St George, 1st Bt | |||||
1703 | ||||||
1709 | ||||||
1713 | ||||||
1715 | Frederick Trench | |||||
1727 | ||||||
1745 | Hon. Thomas Bermingham | |||||
1750 | ||||||
1753 | Robert French | |||||
1761 | Richard Trench | |||||
August 1768 | Lord Dunkellin[note 1] | Denis Daly | ||||
1768 | William Trench | |||||
1790 | Joseph Blake | |||||
1798 | Hon. Richard Trench | |||||
1800 | Richard Martin | |||||
1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Galway County |
Notes[]
- ^ Declared not duly elected in 1768Pa
References[]
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 502
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) - Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 978-1-903688-09-0
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- 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 Galway
- 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies disestablished in 1800