Carrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Carrick
Type:borough
Borough:Carrick-on-Shannon
County:County Leitrim
Region:Ireland
Parliament:ihc
Abolished:1801
Next:Disfranchised
Seats:2

Carrick (also known as Carrigdrumruske or Carrick-on-Shannon Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. It returned two members.

Borough

This constituency was the borough of Carrick-on-Shannon in County Leitrim.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Carrick was not represented. Under the terms of the Act of Union 1800, the constituency was disenfranchised and abolished.

Members of Parliament, 1614–1801

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689Carrick was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692Roger SmithOwen Wynne
August 1695Richard St George[2] John French<-- party -->
1695Arthur Cooper
1703Sir George St George <-- knight --><-- party -->Oliver St George
1713John French<-- party -->
1714Edward Ormsby
1715John UssherRichard St George<-- party -->
1741<-- party -->
1755John Pomeroy
1761<-- party -->
1763Dudley Alexander Sydney Cosby
1768Henry SandfordRobert Clements[3] <-- party -->
1776Nathaniel Clements
1777<-- party -->
1777<-- party -->
1781
October 1783<-- party -->George Sandford[4]
1783<-- party -->
1790Hon. Nathaniel Clements[5] [6] <-- party -->
1794<-- party -->
1798<-- party -->
1800
1801Disenfranchised

Notes

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 622.
  2. Also elected for Galway Borough in 1695, for which he chose to sit
  3. Also elected for County Donegal in 1776, for which he chose to sit.
  4. Also elected for Roscommon in 1783, for which he chose to sit.
  5. Styled as Viscount Clements from 1795
  6. Also elected for County Leitrim in 1798, for which he chose to sit.