Galway Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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| Galway Borough Former Borough constituency |
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| Created | 1264 |
| Post-Union | Galway Borough |
| Type | Irish House of Commons |
Galway Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.
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History [edit]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Galway Borough was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1264–1801 [edit]
- 1640 Sir Richard Blake
1689–1801 [edit]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Oliver Martin | John Kirwan | ||||
| 1692 | Sir Henry Bellasis | Nehemiah Donnellan | ||||
| 1695 | Richard St George | Robert Ormsby | ||||
| 1703 | Edward Eyre | John Staunton [note 1] | ||||
| 1713 | Samuel Eyre | |||||
| 1715 | Robert Shaw | |||||
| 1716 | Edward Eyre | |||||
| 1727 | John Staunton | Thomas Staunton | ||||
| 1732 | Thomas Staunton | |||||
| 1735 | Dominick Bourke | |||||
| 1748 | Hon. Richard FitzPatrick [note 2] | |||||
| 1748 | John Eyre | |||||
| 1761 | Hon. Richard FitzPatrick | |||||
| 1767 | Denis Daly | |||||
| 1768 | James Daly | Robert French | ||||
| 1771 | Anthony Daly | |||||
| 1776 | Denis Bowes Daly | |||||
| 1783 | Denis Daly [note 3] | |||||
| 1783 | Anthony Daly | |||||
| 1790 | Denis Daly | Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1792 | Peter Daly | |||||
| 1798 | St George Daly | George Ponsonby | ||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Galway Borough | |||||
Notes [edit]
- ^ Declared not duly elected in 1715
- ^ Declared not duly elected in 1748
- ^ Also elected for Galway County in 1783, for which he chose to sit
References [edit]
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 502
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.
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons([self-published source][better source needed]) cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). "The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes)". Ulster Historical Foundation.
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