County Sligo (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Sligo County | |
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Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Sligo County |
Sligo County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
Members of Parliament
- 1585 Sir Valentine Browne, James Crofton and John Marbury [1]
- 1613–1615 Brian McDonagh and Thady O’Hara[1]
- 1634–1635 Fearghal Ó Gadhra (Farrell O’Gara) and Tadgh O’Connor Sligo[1]
- 1639–1649 Theobald Taaffe (inherited peerage 1642) and George Radcliffe (replaced April 1641 by Patrick Casey)[1]
- 1661–1666 Sir Francis Gore and Robert Morgan [2]
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry Crofton | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Oliver O'Gara | ||
1692 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hugh Morgan | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Wingfield | ||
1713 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Chidley Coote | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Ormsby | ||
1719 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Joshua Cooper I | ||||
1727 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Owen Wynne | ||||
1737 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Wynne | ||||
1749 | rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Owen Wynne | ||||
1757 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Benjamin Burton | ||||
1761 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Edward King, 5th Bt | ||||
1765 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Paul Annesley Gore | ||||
1768 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Joshua Cooper II | ||||
1778 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Owen Wynne | ||||
1783 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles O'Hara | ||||
1790 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Joshua Edward Cooper | ||||
1801 | Succeeded by Westminster constituency of Sligo County |
References
- 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.