Athenry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Athenry | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1378 |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Disenfranchised |
Athenry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.
History
Athenry was represented as early as 1378.[1]
In the first Parliament of Elizabeth, Athenry was represented by Thomas Cusack, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and John Hooker, an Englishman. Hooker wrote the Irish additions to the 1587 update of Holinshed's Chronicles, in which he describes his own participation in a debate on a bill for the impost of wines.[2]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Athenry was represented with two members.[3]
Members of Parliament
- 1559 Sir Thomas Cusack and John Hooker
- 1585 William Browne and Nicholas Lynch[4]
- 1613–1615 Stephen Browne and Ludovic Bodkin[4]
- 1634–1635 David Burke and Richard Martyn[4]
- 1639–1649 Geoffrey Browne and John Blake alias Caddell[5]
- 1661 Henry Whaley and Sir Henry Waddington[5]
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Talbot | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles Daly | ||
| 1692 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Pearce | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Whaley | ||
| 1695 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Ormsby | ||||
| 1721 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Blakeney | ||||
| 1725 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Arthur Ormsby | ||||
| 1727 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Blakeney | ||||
| 1733 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Bolton | ||||
| 1741 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Daly | ||||
| 1747 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Blakeney | ||||
| 1763 | rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Blakeney | ||||
| 1768 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Theophilus Blakeney | ||||
| 1776 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Blakeney | ||||
| 1781 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Blakeney | ||||
| 1783 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Theophilus Blakeney | ||||
| 1790 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Blakeney | ||||
| 1800 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Needham | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Michael Burke | ||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
References
- ^ Commissioners on Municipal Corporations in Ireland (1835). "Athenry". Appendix to the First Report, Part I. 287 §2.; "Close Roll, 1 Richard II, No.81". CIRCLE. Trinity College, Dublin. 22 January 1378. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Patterson, Annabel (1994). Reading Holinshed's Chronicles. University of Chicago Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 9780226649122.; THE SVPPLIE OF THE Irish Chronicles extended to this present yeare of our Lord 1586, and the 28 of the reigne of queene Elisabeth. University of Oxford. 2008–2013 [1587]. pp. Vol.3 p.111. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 502
- ^ a b c http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
- ^ a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.
Bibliography
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - 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.