Castlemartyr (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Parliament of Ireland former constituency infobox
Name = Castlemartyr
Type = Borough
Year = 1676
Post-Union = Disenfranchised

Castlemartyr (also known as Castlemartyr Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1676 to 1800.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough of Castlemartyr in County Cork. Affter its establishment in 1676 it had a sovereign, 12 burgesses and freemen. It was the base of Speaker Boyle and this family had conrol until disenfrachisement.

Under the terms of the Act of Union 1800, the constituency was disenfranchised and abolished 1800. The 2nd.Earl of Shannon received £15,000 compensation for its disenfranchisement.

Members of Parliament

It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1676 to 1800." The following list is adapted from this source [http://myhome.ispdr.net.au/~mgrogan/cork/mp.htm] , which is not entirely accurate)."

* 1613-1615
* 1634-1635
* 1639-1641
* 1661-1666
* 1689–1689 "(Not represented at the Patriot Parliament)"
* 1692–1693
** 1692 Sir Richard Hull
** 1692 Robert Pooley
* 1695–1699
** 1695 Robert Pooley
** 1695 Samuel Morris
* 1703–1713
** 1703-1713 Robert Fitzgerald
** 1703-1707 Sir Thomas Dilkes d.1707
** 1707-1713 Rt. Hon St. John Brodrick
* 1713–1715
** 1713-1715 Robert Oliver
** 1713-1715 William Southwell
* 1715–1727
** 1715-1727 Charles Coote
** 1715-1727 Bartholomew Purdon
* 1727–1761
** 1727-1728 John Fitzgerald
** 1728-1760 Michael O'Brien Dilkes
** 1727-1737 Bartholomew Purdon
** 1737-1753 Thomas Evans
** 1753-1760 John Lysaght
* 1761–1768
** 1761-1768 John Magill
** 1761-1768 Rt Hon Anthony Malone
* 1768–1776
** 1768-1776 Attiwell Wood
** 1768-1776 Sir John Conway Colhurst
** 1775-1776 John Bennett
* 1776–1783
** 1776-1776 Sir Riggs Falkiner
** 1776-1783Hon James Lysaght
* 1783–1790
** 1783-1790 Sir Brodrick Chinnery
** 1783-1787 John Bennett
** 1787-1790 Henry Cox
* 1790–1797
** 1790-1797 Sir James Laurence Cotter
** 1792-1797 John Hobson
* 1797–1800
** 1797-1800 Sir James Laurence Cotter
** 1797-1800 John Townsend

Elections

*19 September 1692
*17 August 1695
*7 September 1703
*18 October 1703 (by-election)
*28 October 1713
*October 19 1715
*October 11 1727
*20 October 1743 (by-election)
*25 October 1751 (by-election)
*April 21 1761
*1765, Oct.
*July 8 1768
*1776, June
*1783, Oct.
*1790, Jan.
*1790, July
*1798, Jan.

References

* Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
* T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, "A New History of Ireland 1534-1691", Oxford University Press, 1978
* Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8

ee also

*Castlemartyr, a town in County Cork, Republic of Ireland.
*Irish House of Commons
*List of Irish constituencies