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St Canice (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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St Canice
Former Borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800

St Canice, also called Irishtown, was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from the 1661 until 1800.[1] Irishtown was a borough within the parish of St Canice in the county of the city of Kilkenny.[1] The borough was separate from the city itself, which was represented by Kilkenny City constituency.

The borough was disfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800.[2] Compensation for the loss of the patronage was awarded in the standard amount of £15,000.[2] The claim of Hugh Hamilton, Bishop of Ossory to this compensation was disallowed; instead it went to the Commissioners of First Fruits.[1][2]

Members of Parliament

1661–1801

Election First member First party Second member Second party
1661 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Flower style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Oliver Wheeler
1692 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Connell style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Bt
July 1707 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. Christopher Wandesford
September 1707 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Cole
1713 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Bt style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Robert Maude, 1st Bt
1727 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | James Agar rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Dawson
January 1734 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Richard Reade
1734 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hervey Morres
1757 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Viscount Moore
1759 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Eland Mossom
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Waite
1768 rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Lord Frederick Campbell
1774 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Radcliffe
1776 rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Monck Mason style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John William Hamilton
1781 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Dominick Trant
1783 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Hon. Richard Annesley
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Marcus Beresford
1794 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sylvester Douglas
1796 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Elliot
1801 Disenfranchised

References

  • Return of Names of the Members of the Lower House of Parliament of England, Scotland and Ireland, with Name of Constituency and Date of Return, 1213-1874; Part II. Command papers. Vol. C.69-I. March 1878. pp. 621, 642, 648, 650, 653, 659, 665, 670, 675, 679, 684, 688.
  • 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.