Athy (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Athy
Type:	borough
Borough:	Athy
County:	County Kildare
Region:	Ireland
Parliament:	ihc
Abolished:	1801
Seats:	2
Next:	Disfranchised

Athy was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. Following the Acts of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Athy was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament, 1560–1801

Election	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1560	Richard Mothill^[1]		Rowland Cassyn
1613	Walter Weldon		Sir Robert Digby
1634	Sir Maurice Eustace		Edward Blount
1639	Steven Stephens		Sir Robert Meredith^[2]
1661	William Weldon		Henry Brenn
1689 Patriot Parliament
1692			Richard Locke	<	-- party -->
1695		<	Richard Locke	<	-- party -->
1703
1713
1715
1727				<	-- party -->
1741
1744		<			-- party -->
1753		<
May 1761	Henry Sandford^[3]			<	-- party -->
1761		<		<	-- party -->
December 1761
1762
1768				<	-- party -->
1769		Patriot		<
1776				<	-- party -->
1783		Patriot		<
1790	Lord Henry FitzGerald^[4]	Patriot		<	-- party -->
1791				<
1798
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

Bibliography

Book: O'Hart, John . The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland . Heritage Books . II . 0-7884-1927-7 . 2007 .
Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002),
T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978

Notes and References

Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 619.
Web site: A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641. Brid. McGrath. 24 October 1998. www.tara.tcd.ie.
Also elected for Kildare Borough in 1761, for which he chose to sit
Also elected for Dublin City in 1790, for which he chose to sit