County Galway (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Galway County | |
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Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Galway County |
Galway County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Galway County was represented with two members.[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the constituency became Galway County (UK Parliament constituency).
Members of Parliament
Year | First member | Second member |
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1613–1615 | Sir Valentine Blake, 1st Bt | |
1634–1635 | Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Bt |
1689–1801
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Bt | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Walter Blake, 6th Bt | ||
1692 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Eyre | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Sir Oliver St George, 1st Bt | ||
1703 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John French | ||||
1709 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Ormsby | ||||
1713 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Eyre | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Patrick French | ||
1715 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward Ormsby | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Frederick Trench | ||
1727 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Eyre | ||||
1745 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. Thomas Bermingham | ||||
1750 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | George Warburton | ||||
1753 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles Daly | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert French | ||
1761 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Trench | ||||
August 1768 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Lord Dunkellin [note 1] | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Denis Daly | ||
1768 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Trench | ||||
1790 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Joseph Blake | ||||
1798 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hon. Richard Trench | ||||
1800 | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Richard Martin | ||||
1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Galway County |
Notes
- ^ Declared not duly elected in 1768Pa
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.
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has extra text (help) - Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 978-1-903688-09-0
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
- 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.