Inistioge (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Inistioge
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Inistioge or Innistiogue was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History[]

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

Members of Parliament[]

  • 1585 David Power and Robert Archdeacon [2]
  • 1613–1615 William Murphy and Crihen Murphy [2]
  • 1634–1635 Griffen Murphy and James Dulan (or Neilan) [2]
  • 1639–1649 John Wandesford [3] and Robert Loftus (Loftus died and replaced 1640 by John Fitzgerald)[2]
  • 1661–1666 Sir William Petty[4] and Joseph Deane [5]

1689–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament
1692 Edward Deane Robert Stopford
1695
1703 Edward Deane
1713
1715
1717 Stephen Deane[note 1]
1727 [note 1]
November 1727
1745
1749 Edward Herbert
1751
1761
1768 Lodge Evans Morres
1776 Edward Tighe[note 2] [note 3]
1777 John Parnell[note 4]
1783 George Ponsonby
1790
1797
1798
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Declared not duly elected in 1727
  2. ^ Also elected for Athboy in 1776, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Also elected for King's County in 1776, for which he chose to sit
  4. ^ Succeeded as 2nd Baronet in 1782

References[]

  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
  2. ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  3. ^ "Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885". Alex. Thom & Co. 1887. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ^ McCormick, Ted. William Petty: And the Ambitions of Political Arithmetic. p. 123.
  5. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 620.

Bibliography[]

  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  • 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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