Galway Town (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| Galway Borough | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1264 |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Galway Borough |
Galway Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Galway Borough was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1264–1801
- 1640 Sir Richard Blake
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Oliver Martin | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Kirwan | ||
| 1692 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Henry Bellasis | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Nehemiah Donnellan | ||
| 1695 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard St George | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Ormsby | ||
| 1703 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Eyre | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Staunton [note 1] | ||
| 1713 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Samuel Eyre | ||||
| 1715 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Shaw | ||||
| 1716 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Eyre | ||||
| 1727 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Staunton | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Staunton | ||
| 1732 | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Thomas Staunton | ||||
| 1735 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Dominick Bourke | ||||
| 1748 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. Richard FitzPatrick [note 2] | ||||
| 1748 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Eyre | ||||
| 1761 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. Richard FitzPatrick | ||||
| 1767 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Denis Daly | ||||
| 1768 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | James Daly | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert French | ||
| 1771 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Anthony Daly | ||||
| 1776 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Denis Bowes Daly | ||||
| 1783 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Denis Daly [note 3] | ||||
| 1783 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Anthony Daly | ||||
| 1790 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Denis Daly | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt | ||
| 1792 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Peter Daly | ||||
| 1798 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | St George Daly | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Ponsonby | ||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Galway Borough | |||||
Notes
- ^ Declared not duly elected in 1715
- ^ Declared not duly elected in 1748
- ^ Also elected for Galway County in 1783, for which he chose to sit
References
- ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 502
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) - 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.