County Cork (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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County Cork | |
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Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Cork |
–1801 | |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | County Cork (UKHC) |
County Cork was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
Area
This constituency consisted of County Cork. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland up to 1800.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Cork was represented with two members.[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough retained two parliamentary seats in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Members of Parliament
- 1585: April. Sir John Norreys, knt. William Cogan, Esq. John Fitzgerald, Esq., of Cloyne.
- 1613: 19 April. Dermod McCarthy, Esq., of Lohort. Andrew Barrett, Esq., of Ballincollig.
- 1634: 23 June. Sir William St. Leger, knt., of Doneraile. Sir Donagh McCarthy, knt.
- 1639: 2 March. Sir William St Leger, knt., of Doneraile. Donagh McCarthy, knt.
- 1641: 20 February. Redmond Roche (MP) in place of Donagh McCarthy, who succeeded his father as 2nd Viscount of Muskerry.[2]
- 1641: 22 June. Redmond Roche, of Cahirduggan, expelled for siding with the 1641 Rebellion.
- 1642: 2 July. ? in place of William St Leger who died.
- 1661: 25 April. Hon. Richard Boyle. Sir Henry Tynte, knt., of Roxhall.
- 1661: 2 June. Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet of Burton, in place of Tynte, deceased.
- 1665: 7 December. Roger Boyle, in place of Richard Boyle, translated to the Lords.
- 1665-1666: John St Ledger (d.31 March 1696).
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Justin McCarthy | Sir Richard Nagle | ||||
1692 | Sir St John Brodrick | Henry Boyle | ||||
1695 | Thomas Brodrick | Whig | ||||
1703 | Sir John Perceval, 5th Bt | |||||
1713 | Alan Brodrick | Whig | ||||
1715 | Henry Boyle | St John Brodrick | ||||
1728 | Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Bt | |||||
1747 | Arthur Hyde | |||||
1756 | Viscount Dungarvan | |||||
1759 | Richard Townsend | |||||
1761 | Viscount Boyle | |||||
1765 | Hon. John Lysaght | |||||
1768 | John Hyde | |||||
1776 | Sir Robert Deane, 6th Bt | |||||
1781 | James Bernard | |||||
1783 | Viscount Kingsborough | |||||
1791 | Abraham Morris | |||||
1797 | Viscount Boyle | |||||
1798 | Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald | |||||
1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Cork |
Notes
References
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 500.
- ^ McGrath 1997, p. 257: "Redmond replaced his nephew by marriage McCarthy."
Bibliography
- McGrath, Brid (1997). "Redmond Roche Cork County". A Biographical Dictionary of the Membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640 to 1641 (Thesis). Vol. 1. Dublin: Trinity College. pp. 257–258. hdl:2262/77206. – Parliaments & Biographies (PDF downloaded from given URL)
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. 2. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
- 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.
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