County Cork (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| County Cork | |
|---|---|
| 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
[edit]This constituency consisted of County Cork. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland up to 1800.
History
[edit]In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Cork was represented with two members.[1] Following the Acts of Union 1800 the county retained two parliamentary seats in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Members of Parliament
[edit]- 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
[edit]| 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 | 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 | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 500.
- ^ McGrath 1997, p. 257: "Redmond replaced his nephew by marriage McCarthy."
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.