| Galway Borough | |
| Type: | borough |
| Borough: | Galway |
| Region: | Ireland |
| County: | County Galway |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1801 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Previous: | Galway Town (IHC) |
| Next: | Galway Connemara |
Galway Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland. It returned one MP from 1801 to 1832, two MPs from 1832 to 1885 and one MP from 1885 to 1918. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Galway in County Galway.
| Year | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | St. George Daly | |||
| 1801 | John Ponsonby | |||
| 1802 | Denis Bowes Daly | |||
| 1805 | James Daly | |||
| 1811 | Frederick Ponsonby | Whig[1] | ||
| 1813 | Valentine Blake | Tory | ||
| 1820 | Michael Prendergast | Tory | ||
| 1826 | James O'Hara | Non Partisan[2] | ||
| 1831 | John Bodkin | Whig | ||
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachlan MacLachlan[3] | Repeal Association | ||||||
| 1833 | Repeal Association | ||||||
| Repeal Association | |||||||
| Whig[4] [5] | |||||||
| Repeal Association | |||||||
| Ind. Irish | |||||||
| Whig[6] | Whig[7] | ||||||
| Jul. 1857 | Vacant | ||||||
| Conservative | |||||||
| Liberal | |||||||
| Liberal | |||||||
| Conservative | |||||||
| Liberal | |||||||
| Liberal | |||||||
| Home Rule League | |||||||
| Mar. 1874 | Home Rule League | ||||||
| Home Rule League | |||||||
| 1880 | Home Rule League | ||||||
1There was no election but the IPP split into two factions, and Pinkerton joined the faction opposing Parnell.
Lynch was appointed as a Master in Chancery, requiring a by-election.
Valentine Blake's death caused a by-election.
In July 1857, on petition, O'Flaherty was unseated—as he was guilty, by his agents, of bribery—and a new writ was then issued in February 1859.[8]
Morris was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Morris was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Morris resigned after being appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
St Lawrence succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl of Howth.
On petition, O'Donnell was unseated.
O'Connor is also elected for Liverpool Scotland and opts to sit there, prompting a by-election.
Morris is elevated to the peerage as Lord Killanin, prompting a by-election.
Lynch is adjudged guilty of high treason, prompting a by-election.
Devlin resigns, causing a by-election.