Ballynakill (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Ballynakill was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. The town is now spelled Ballinakill.

Ballynakill
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyQueen's County
BoroughBallinakill
1613 (1613) (1613 (1613))–1801 (1801)
Replaced byDisfranchised

History

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In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Ballynakill was not represented.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1613 Sir Thomas Ridgeway Arthur Brereton
1639 William Wandesford (died and replaced 1640 by Richard Fanshaw. Fanshaw replaced 1642 by Sir William Flower) William Alford (replaced 1641 by Barnaby Dempsey. Dempsey replaced 1642 by Thomas Leigh)
1661 Thomas Keating Sir Amos Meredith
1689 Patriot Parliament Sir Gregory Byrne, 1st Bt Oliver Grace
1692 John Barrington Daniel Weaver
1695 Sir Edward Massey Walter Weldon
1703 John Barrington Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Bt
1713 Thomas Medlycott
1715 Samuel Freeman John Weaver
1727 John Barrington Richard Warburton
1747 Jonah Barrington
1756 Marcus Paterson
1761 Charles O'Hara
1768 William Montgomery[note 1] John Moore
1776 William Henry Burton[note 2]
1777 John Moore
October 1783 Sir Annesley Stewart, 6th Bt[note 3]
1783 John Moore
1789 John Egan
1790 John Tydd Eyre Coote
1798 Montagu James Mathew John Longfield
1800 David Walshe
March 1800 Francis Trench
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

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  1. ^ Created a baronet in 1774
  2. ^ Also elected for County Carlow in 1776, for which he chose to sit
  3. ^ Also elected for Charlemont in 1783, for which he chose to sit

References

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  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 500.

Bibliography

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  • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
  • 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.