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
CountyCounty Galway
BoroughGalway
1264 (1264) (1264 (1264))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byGalway Borough

History

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In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Galway Borough was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1264–1801

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1689–1801

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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

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  1. ^ Declared not duly elected in 1715
  2. ^ Declared not duly elected in 1748
  3. ^ Also elected for County Galway in 1783, for which he chose to sit.

References

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  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

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 978-0-7884-1927-0.
  • 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.