| Athy | |
|---|---|
| Former
borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Kildare |
| Borough | Athy |
| 1614–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Athy was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Athy was represented with two members. [1]
Members of Parliament, 1560–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1560 | Richard Mothill [2] | Rowland Cassyn [2] | ||||
| 1613 | Walter Weldon [2] | Sir Robert Digby [3] | ||||
| 1634 | Sir Maurice Eustace [3] | Edward Blount [3] | ||||
| 1639 | Steven Stephens [2] | Sir Robert Meredith [3] | ||||
| 1661 | William Weldon [2] | Henry Brenn [2] | ||||
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | William FitzGerald | William Archbold | ||||
| 1692 | Raphael Hunt | Richard Locke | ||||
| 1695 | Maurice Keating | |||||
| 1703 | Richard Meredyth | |||||
| 1713 | John Lyons | |||||
| 1715 | Richard Allen | |||||
| 1727 | Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Bt | Marcus Anthony Morgan | ||||
| 1741 | Lord Offaly | |||||
| 1744 | Walter Weldon | |||||
| 1753 | Robert Sandford | |||||
| May 1761 | Henry Sandford [note 1] | James McManus | ||||
| 1761 | Robert Sandford | |||||
| December 1761 | Richard Stearne Tighe | |||||
| 1762 | William Smith | |||||
| 1768 | John St Leger | William Burgh | ||||
| 1769 | Walter Hussey Burgh | Patriot | ||||
| 1776 | Thomas Burgh | Thomas Burgh | ||||
| 1783 | Lord Edward FitzGerald | Patriot | ||||
| 1790 | Lord Henry FitzGerald [note 2] | Patriot | Arthur Ormsby | |||
| 1791 | Frederick John Falkiner | |||||
| 1798 | William Hare | Richard Hare | ||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- ^ Also elected for Kildare Borough in 1761, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Dublin City in 1790, for which he chose to sit
References
Bibliography
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
- 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
- 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.