Ballyshannon was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1613 to 1800.
| Ballyshannon | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Donegal |
| Borough | Ballyshannon |
| 1613–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Borough
editThis constituency was the parliamentary borough of Ballyshannon in County Donegal. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800.
Members of Parliament, 1613–1801
edit| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1613 | Paul Gore | Edward Cherry | ||||
| 1613 | Sir Arthur Savage | |||||
| June 1634 | Thomas Leake | Michael Stanhope | ||||
| December 1634 | James Dillon | |||||
| 1639 | Sir Robert Meredith | James Cusack | ||||
| April 1661 | John Bridges[note 1] | Sir Anthony Morgan[note 2] | ||||
| May 1661 | Robert King | William Hill | ||||
| 1689 | Ballyshannon was not represented in the Patriot Parliament.[1] | |||||
| 1692 | Francis Folliott | John Folliott | ||||
| 1695 | Hon. Henry Folliott | |||||
| 1697 | Richard Warburton | |||||
| 1703 | Richard Geering | |||||
| 1713 | Owen Wynne | John Rochfort | ||||
| November 1727 | William Conolly[note 3] | Whig | Thomas Pearson | |||
| 1727 | William James Conolly | |||||
| 1737 | Edward Walpole[note 4] | |||||
| 1754 | Michael Clarke | |||||
| May 1761 | Thomas Conolly[note 5] | |||||
| 1761 | John Gustavus Handcock | |||||
| 1766 | Hugh Henry Mitchell | |||||
| 1768 | Francis Andrews[note 6] | |||||
| 1769 | William Gamble | |||||
| 1776 | John Staples | Sir Michael Cromie | ||||
| 1783 | William Ogilvie | |||||
| 1790 | Thomas Dickson | |||||
| January 1798 | Viscount Corry | David Babington | ||||
| 1798 | Sir William Richardson | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
edit- ^ Also elected for Kilmallock, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Taghmon, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for County Londonderry in 1727, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Knighted in 1753
- ^ Also elected for County Londonderry in 1761, for which he chose to sit
- ^ Also elected for Londonderry City in 1768, for which he chose to sit
References
edit- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
Bibliography
edit- Return of Members of Parliament (1878), vol. ii, p. 611–612.
- 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.