Tralee (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Tralee
Former Borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1613 (1613)
Abolished1800
Replaced byTralee

Tralee (also known as Tralee Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes[]

This constituency was the borough of Tralee in County Kerry.

Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough retained one parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament[]

It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800.

  • 1613–1615: Robert Blennerhassett and Humphrey Dethicke [1]
  • 1634–1635: Sir Beverley Newcomen and Sir George Radcliffe (sat for Armagh - replaced by Robert Blennerhassett)[2]
  • 1639–1649: Thomas Maul and Henry Osbourne (Osbourne resigned 1641) [2]
  • 1661–1666: John Blennerhassett and Francis Lynn [1]
  • 1674: Cpt Robert Blennerhassett[3]

1689–1801[]

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament
1692 John Blennerhassett
1695
1696 Barry Denny
1703
1713 John Blennerhassett
1715 Robert Taylor
1723 Conway Blennerhassett
1723 William Sprigge
1725 Luke Gardiner
1727 John Blennerhassett Arthur Blennerhassett
1743 Arthur Blennerhassett
1761 Rowland Bateman Edward Herbert
1768
1771 Richard Underwood
1775 Boyle Roche
1776 John Crosbie, Viscount Crosbie John Toler
1777 Thomas Lloyd
1783 William Godfrey[4] James Carique-Ponsonby
1790 Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Bt
1795
January 1798 Maurice FitzGerald James Crosbie
1798 Arthur Moore
1801 Succeeded by Westminster constituency Tralee

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 (thesis). Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History.
  3. ^ [1], Mark Humphrys
  4. ^ from 1785 Sir William Godfrey, 1st Bt

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