| Kinsale | |
|---|---|
| Former
borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Cork |
| Borough | Kinsale |
| 1334–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Kinsale (UKHC) |
Kinsale was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Kinsale was represented by two members. [1]
Members of Parliament, 1559–1801
- 1559, Jan.
- Sir John Alan, knight, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland, of Alencourt and St.Wolstan's, Kildare.
- Francis Agar or Agard, Esq., of Grangegorman, Dublin, and of Fawston, Staffordshire.
- 1585, April.
- James Galwey, Esq., of Kinsale.
- Philip Roche, Esq., of Kinsale.
- 1613-1615
- 1634-1635
- William Gallwey
- James Roche
- 1639-1641
- Patrick Roche Fitz-Richard
- Philip Roche Fitz-Richard
- 1661-1666
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Andrew Murrogh | Miles de Courcy | ||||
| 1692 | Edward Southwell | Jonas Stawell | ||||
| 1695 | James Weller | |||||
| 1703 | Henry Hawley | William Southwell | ||||
| 1713 | Edward Southwell | |||||
| September 1725 | Anthony Stawell [note 1] | |||||
| 1725 | Sir Richard Meade, 3rd Bt | |||||
| October 1731 | Gervais Parker [note 2] | |||||
| November 1731 | Richard Ponsonby | |||||
| 1745 | Jonas Stawell | |||||
| 1761 | John Folliott | Edward Southwell | ||||
| 1765 | Agmondisham Vesey | |||||
| 1768 | James Kearney | |||||
| 1783 | Cromwell Price | |||||
| 1790 | William Rowley | |||||
| 1798 | Samuel Campbell Rowley | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kinsale | |||||
Notes
References
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
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
- 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.
