Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Cork County
Former County constituency
Created  ()
Post-Union Cork County
Type Irish House of Commons

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

Contents

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough in County Cork. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Cork County 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, April 19. Dermod McCarthy, Esq., of Lohort. Andrew Barrett, Esq., of Ballincollig.
  • 1634, June 23. Sir William St. Leger, knt., of Doneraile. Sir Donagh McCarthy, knt.
  • 1639, March 2. Sir William St. Leger, knt., of Doneraile. Sir Donagh McCarthy, knt. Redmond Roche, of Cahirduggan, expelled the 22nd of June, 1642, for the 1641 Rebellion.
  • 1661, April 25. Hon. Richard Boyle. Sir Henry Tynte, knt., of Roxhall.
  • 1661, June 2. Sir John Perceval, bart., of Burton, vice Tynte, deceased.
  • 1665, Dec. 7th. Roger Lord Broghill, vice Boyle, deceased.
  • 1665-1666, John St Ledger (d.31 March 1696).

1689–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament Justin McCarthy Sir Richard Nagle
1692 Sir St John Brodrick Henry Boyle
1695 Thomas Brodrick
1703 Sir John Perceval, 5th Bt
1713 Alan Brodrick
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 Cork County

Notes

References

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 500

Bibliography

  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0788419277. 
  • 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


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