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Callan | |
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Former
borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Kilkenny |
Borough | Callan |
1264 | –1801|
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Callan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. It was established by royal charter in 1585, apparently at the request of Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormond. He was a cousin of Elizabeth I on her mother's side, and one of the few Irish leaders in whom she had complete trust. It was very much a Butler "family borough", whose seats were held by families like the Comerfords, who were Butler clients.
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Callan was represented with two members. [1]
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Walter Butler | Thady Meagher | ||||
1692 | Samuel Booth | Sir Henry Wemys | ||||
1703 | Francis Flood [note 1] | Silvester Crosse | ||||
1705 | John Pacey | |||||
1713 | Francis Flood | |||||
1715 | James Agar | |||||
1727 | Warden Flood | Henry Wemys | ||||
1751 | James Wemys | |||||
1761 | James Agar [note 2] | Patrick Wemys [note 2] | ||||
1762 | Henry Flood [note 3] | Irish Patriot Party | James Wemys | |||
1765 | Jocelyn Flood | |||||
1767 | John Flood | |||||
1776 | Hercules Langrishe [note 3] | |||||
June 1776 | Pierce Butler | George Agar | ||||
1783 | John Bourke O'Flaherty | |||||
1790 | William Meeke | Nathaniel Warren | ||||
March 1796 | Hon. Francis James Mathew | |||||
November 1796 | Charles Kendal Bushe | |||||
1798 | Patrick Welch | |||||
1799 | James Savage | |||||
1801 | Disenfranchised |