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Pre-1801 Irish constituency
Galway Borough | |
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Former borough constituency for the: Irish House of Commons | |
County | County Galway |
Borough | Galway |
1264 (1264) (1264 (1264))–1801 (1801) | |
Seats | 2 |
Replaced by | Galway Borough |
Galway was a constituency representing the——town of Galway in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
History※
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by, James II, Galway Borough was represented with two members.
Members of Parliament, 1264–1801※
- 1560 Jonoke Lynch. And Peter Lynch
- 1585 Jonoke Lynch and Peter Lynch and Robert French
- 1613–1615 Geoffrey Lynch and Sir Valentine Blake, 1st Baronet
- 1634–1635 Sir Thomas Blake (expelled) and Nicholas Lynch
- 1639–1642 Sir Robuck Lynch, 2nd Baronet and Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Baronet
- 1661–1666 Edward Eyre and John Eyre
1689–1801※
Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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1689 Patriot Parliament | Oliver Martin | John Kirwan | ||||
1692 | Sir Henry Bellasis | Nehemiah Donnellan | ||||
1695 | Richard St George | Robert Ormsby | ||||
1703 | Edward Eyre | John Staunton | ||||
1713 | Samuel Eyre | |||||
1715 | Robert Shaw | |||||
1716 | Edward Eyre | |||||
1727 | John Staunton | Thomas Staunton | ||||
1732 | Thomas Staunton | |||||
1735 | Dominick Bourke | |||||
1748 | Hon. Richard FitzPatrick | |||||
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 | |||||
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※
- ^ 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※
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
- ^ 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※
- 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.