| Ballynakill | |
|---|---|
| Former
borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | Queen's County |
| Borough | Ballinakill |
| 1613–1801 | |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Ballynakill was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. The town is now spelled Ballinakill.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Ballynakill was not represented. [1]
Members of Parliament, 1613–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1613 | Sir Thomas Ridgeway | Arthur Brereton | ||||
| 1639 | William Wandesford (died and replaced 1640 by Richard Fanshaw. Fanshaw replaced 1642 by Sir William Flower) | William Alford (replaced 1641 by Barnaby Dempsey. Dempsey replaced 1642 by Thomas Leigh) | ||||
| 1661 | Thomas Keating | Sir Amos Meredith | ||||
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Sir Gregory Byrne, 1st Bt | Oliver Grace | ||||
| 1692 | John Barrington | Daniel Weaver | ||||
| 1695 | Sir Edward Massey | Walter Weldon | ||||
| 1703 | John Barrington | Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Bt | ||||
| 1713 | Thomas Medlycott | |||||
| 1715 | Samuel Freeman | John Weaver | ||||
| 1727 | John Barrington | Richard Warburton | ||||
| 1747 | Jonah Barrington | |||||
| 1756 | Marcus Paterson | |||||
| 1761 | Charles O'Hara | |||||
| 1768 | William Montgomery [note 1] | John Moore | ||||
| 1776 | William Henry Burton [note 2] | |||||
| 1777 | John Moore | |||||
| October 1783 | Sir Annesley Stewart, 6th Bt [note 3] | |||||
| 1783 | John Moore | |||||
| 1789 | John Egan | |||||
| 1790 | John Tydd | Eyre Coote | ||||
| 1798 | Montagu James Mathew | John Longfield | ||||
| 1800 | David Walshe | |||||
| March 1800 | Francis Trench | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
- ^ Created a baronet in 1774
- ^ Also elected for County Carlow in 1776, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Charlemont in 1783, for which he chose to sit
References
- ^ 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 0-7884-1927-7.
- 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.