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Ballyshannon
Former Borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1613 (1613)
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Ballyshannon (also known as Ballyshannon Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1613 to 1800.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough of Ballyshannon in County Donegal. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
April 1613 Paul Gore Edward Cherry
1613 Sir Arthur Savage
June 1634 Thomas Leake Michael Stanhope
December 1634 James Dillon
1639 Sir Robert Meredith James Cusack
April 1661 John Bridges[note 1] Sir Anthony Morgan[note 2]
May 1661 Robert King William Hill
1689 Ballyshannon was not represented in the Patriot Parliament.[1]
1692 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis Folliott style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Folliott
1695 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. Henry Folliott
1697 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Warburton
1703 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Geering
1713 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Owen Wynne style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Rochfort
November 1727 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | William Conolly[note 3] Whig rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Pearson
1727 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William James Conolly
1737 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Edward Walpole[note 4]
1754 rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Michael Clarke
May 1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Conolly[note 5]
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Gustavus Handcock
1766 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hugh Henry Mitchell
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Francis Andrews[note 6]
1769 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Gamble
1776 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Staples rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Michael Cromie
1783 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Ogilvie
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Dickson
January 1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount Corry rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | David Babington
1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Richardson
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ^ Also elected for Kilmallock, for which he chose to sit
  2. ^ Also elected for Taghmon, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Also elected for Londonderry County in 1727, for which he chose to sit
  4. ^ Knighted in 1753
  5. ^ Also elected for Londonderry County in 1761, for which he chose to sit
  6. ^ Also elected for Londonderry City in 1768, for which he chose to sit

References

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 501

Bibliography

  • Return of Members of Parliament (1878), vol. ii, p. 611–612.
  • 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.