Castlemartyr was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1676 to 1800.
| Castlemartyr | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Cork |
| Borough | Castlemartyr |
| 1676–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Borough
editThis constituency was the borough of Castlemartyr in County Cork. After its establishment in 1676 it had a sovereign, 12 burgesses and freemen. It was the base of Henry Boyle, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons from 1733 to 1756.
History
editIn the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Castlemartyr was not represented.[1] Under the terms of the Acts of Union 1800, the constituency was disenfranchised and abolished in 1801. The 2nd Earl of Shannon received £15,000 compensation for its disenfranchisement.
Members of Parliament, 1676–1801
edit1689–1801
edit| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Castlemartyr was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
| 1692 | Sir Richard Hull | Robert Pooley | ||||
| 1695 | Samuel Morris | |||||
| September 1703 | Thomas Keightley[note 1] | Joseph Deane[note 2] | ||||
| 1703 | Robert FitzGerald | Sir Thomas Dilkes | ||||
| 1709 | St John Brodrick | |||||
| 1713 | William Southwell | Robert Oliver | ||||
| 1715 | Bartholomew Purdon | Charles Coote | ||||
| 1727 | John FitzGerald | |||||
| 1728 | Michael O'Brien Dilkes | |||||
| 1737 | Thomas Evans | |||||
| 1753 | John Lysaght[note 3] | |||||
| 1761 | Anthony Malone | John Magill | ||||
| 1768 | Sir John Colthurst, 1st Bt | Attiwell Wood | ||||
| 1775 | John Bennett | |||||
| 1776 | James Lysaght | Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1783 | John Bennett | Broderick Chinnery | ||||
| 1787 | Henry Cox | |||||
| 1790 | Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt | Charles O'Neill[note 4] | ||||
| 1792 | John Hobson | |||||
| 1798 | John Townsend | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
edit- ^ Also elected for County Kildare in 1703, for which he chose to sit.
- ^ Also elected for County Dublin in 1703, for which he chose to sit.
- ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1758
- ^ Also elected for Clonakilty in 1790, for which he chose to sit
References
edit- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 500.
Bibliography
edit- 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, 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.