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County Sligo (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Sligo County
Former County constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created ()
Abolished1800
Replaced bySligo 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
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

  1. ^ a b c d http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
  2. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 632.