Cork (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Parliament of Ireland former constituency infobox
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Post-Union = Cork County (UK Parliament constituency)

Cork County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough of Cork County in County Cork.

Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough retained two parliamentary seats in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament

It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1900

*1585, April. Sir John Norreys, knt. William Cogan, Esq. John Fitzgerald, Esq., of Cloyne.
*1613, April 19th. Dermod McCarthy, Esq., of Lohort. Andrew Barrett, Esq., of Ballincollig.
*1634, June 23rd. Sir William St. Leger, knt., of Doneraile. Sir Donagh McCarthy, knt.
*1639, March 2nd. Sir William St. Leger, knt., of Doneraile. Sir Donagh McCarthy, knt. Redmond Roche, of Cahirduggan, expelled the 22nd of June, 1642, for the 1641 Rebellion.
*1661, April 25th. Hon. Richard Boyle. Sir Henry Tynte, knt., of Roxhall.
* 1661, June 2nd. Sir John Perceval, bart., of Burton, vice Tynte, deceased.
* 1665, Dec. 7th. Roger Lord Broghill, vice Boyle, deceased.
* 1665-1666, John St Ledger (d.31st March 1696).
* 1689, Patriot Parliament
** Justin McCarthy
** Sir Richard Nagle
* 1682-1695
** 1692 Hon. Henry Boyle. Sir St. John Brodrick
* 1695-1703
** 1695, Sir St. John Brodrick, Thomas Brodrick
* 1703-1713
** 1703, Sir John Perceval, 5th Baronet, Thomas Brodrick
* 1713-1715
** 1713, Sir John Perceval, 5th Baronet, Alan Brodrick,
* 1715-1727
** 1715, Hon. St. John Brodrick, Henry Boyle (1682-1764), to 1756.
* 1727
** 1727,Hon. St. John Brodrick. Henry Boyle
* 1727-1761,
** 1728, Sir Matthew Deane, vice Brodrick, deceased.
** 1747, Arthur Hyde, vice Deane, deceased.
** 1756, Charles Boyle Lord Boyle, created Earl of Shannon.
* 1761-1768
** 1761, Richard Boyle Lord Boyle, Richard Townsend
** 1765, Hon. John Lysaght, vice Boyle, Earl of Shannon
* 1768-1776
** 1768, Richard Townsend, John Hyde (d.1832)
* 1776-1783
** Robert King Lord Kingsborough, Sir Robert Tilson Deane
** 1781 James Bernard
* 1783-1790
** Robert King Lord Kingsborough, James Bernard
* 1790-1797
** Robert King Lord Kingsborough, James Bernard
** 1791 Abraham Morris
* 1797-1800
** Robert King Lord Kingsborough, Henry Boyle Lord Boyle
** 1798 Robert Uniacke-Fitzgerald

References

* [http://myhome.ispdr.net.au/~mgrogan/cork/mp.htm]
* 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
* List of Irish constituencies