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Galway Town (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Galway was a constituency representing the town of Galway in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
| Galway Borough | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Galway |
| Borough | Galway |
| 1264–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Galway Borough |
History edit
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Galway Borough was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1264–1801 edit
- 1560 Jonoke Lynch and Peter Lynch[2]
- 1585 Jonoke Lynch and Peter Lynch and Robert French[2]
- 1613–1615 Geoffrey Lynch and Sir Valentine Blake, 1st Baronet[2]
- 1634–1635 Sir Thomas Blake (expelled) and Nicholas Lynch[2]
- 1639–1642 Sir Robuck Lynch, 2nd Baronet and Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Baronet[2]
- 1661–1666 Edward Eyre and John Eyre[3]
1689–1801 edit
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Oliver Martin | John Kirwan | ||||
| 1692 | Sir Henry Bellasis | Nehemiah Donnellan | ||||
| 1695 | Richard St George | Robert Ormsby | ||||
| 1703 | Edward Eyre | John Staunton[note 1] | ||||
| 1713 | Samuel Eyre | |||||
| 1715 | Robert Shaw | |||||
| 1716 | Edward Eyre | |||||
| 1727 | John Staunton | Thomas Staunton | ||||
| 1732 | Thomas Staunton | |||||
| 1735 | Dominick Bourke | |||||
| 1748 | Hon. Richard FitzPatrick[note 2] | |||||
| 1748 | John Eyre | |||||
| 1761 | Hon. Richard FitzPatrick | |||||
| 1767 | Denis Daly | |||||
| 1768 | James Daly | Robert French | ||||
| 1771 | Anthony Daly | |||||
| 1776 | Denis Bowes Daly | |||||
| 1783 | Denis Daly[note 3] | |||||
| 1783 | Anthony Daly | |||||
| 1790 | Denis Daly | Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1792 | Peter Daly | |||||
| 1798 | St George Daly | George Ponsonby | ||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Galway Borough | |||||
Notes edit
- ^ Declared not duly elected in 1715
- ^ Declared not duly elected in 1748
- ^ Also elected for County Galway in 1783, for which he chose to sit.
References edit
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
- ^ a b c d e McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.
Bibliography edit
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
- Leigh Rayment's historical . Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.