| Clonakilty | |
| Type: | borough |
| Borough: | Clonakilty |
| County: | County Cork |
| Region: | Ireland |
| Parliament: | ihc |
| Abolished: | 1801 |
| Next: | Disfranchised |
| Seats: | 2 |
Clonakilty was a constituency in County Cork represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
Established by a charter of King James I of England granting it to Sir Richard Boyle, it was purchased from Lord Burlington by Speaker Boyle in 1738 and he nominated the provost from three burgesses elected by the Corporation and freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Clonakilty was represented with two members. In the 1783 election 7 voted. It was disenfranchised by the Act of Union 1800 and Lord Shannon received compensation of £15,000. It was sometimes known as Cloghnakilty.
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1613 | Sir Edward Harris | Sir Henry Gosnold | |||||
| 1634 | Sir Robert Travers | Philip Mainwaring | |||||
| 1639 | Sir Robert Travers | Peregrine Banastre | |||||
| 1661 | Joshua Boyle | Arthur Freke | |||||
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Owen MacCarthy | ||||||
| 1692 | Percy Freke | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1695 | |||||||
| 1703 | George Freke | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1713 | |||||||
| 1725 | Francis Bernard | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1727 | Richard Cox[1] | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1761 | Viscount Boyle[2] | ||||||
| May 1761 | Henry Sheares | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1766 | |||||||
| 1768 | |||||||
| 1776 | Thomas Adderley | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1784 | < | -- party --> | |||||
| 1792 | < | -- party --> | |||||
| 1793 | < | -- party --> | |||||
| 1796 | < | -- party --> | |||||
| 1797 | |||||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | ||||||