Castlemartyr (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Castlemartyr | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Cork |
| Borough | Castlemartyr |
| 1676–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Castlemartyr was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1676 to 1800.
Borough[edit]
This 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[edit]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Castlemartyr was not represented.[1] Under the terms of the Act 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[edit]
1689–1801[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.