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Castlemartyr
Former Borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1676 (1676)
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

Castlemartyr (also known as Castlemartyr Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1676 to 1800.

Boundaries and boundary changes

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 Speaker Boyle and this family had control until disenfranchisement.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King 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

1689–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Castlemartyr was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Richard Hull rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Pooley
1695 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Samuel Morris
September 1703 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Keightley [note 1] style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Joseph Deane [note 2]
1703 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert FitzGerald style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Dilkes
1709 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | St John Brodrick
1713 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Southwell style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Oliver
1715 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Bartholomew Purdon style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Coote
1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John FitzGerald
1728 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Michael O'Brien Dilkes
1737 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Evans
1753 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Lysaght [note 3]
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Anthony Malone style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Magill
1768 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Colthurst, 1st Bt rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Attiwell Wood
1775 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Bennett
1776 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Lysaght style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Bt
1783 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Bennett rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Broderick Chinnery
1787 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Henry Cox
1790 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles O'Neill [note 4]
1792 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Hobson
1798 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Townsend
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

  1. ^ Also elected for Kildare County in 1703, for which he chose to sit
  2. ^ Also elected for Dublin County in 1703, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Styled as The Honourable from 1758
  4. ^ Also elected for Clonakilty in 1790, for which he chose to sit

References

  1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 500

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)
  • Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), 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.