Inistioge (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Inistioge
Type:borough
Borough:Inistioge
County:County Kilkenny
Region:Ireland
Parliament:ihc
Abolished:1801
Next:Disfranchised

Inistioge or Innistiogue was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

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

Members of Parliament

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot ParliamentJames Bolger
1692<-- party -->
1695
1703<-- party -->
1713
1715<-- party -->
1717Stephen Deane[5]
1727Folliot Ponsonby
November 1727
1745<-- party -->
1749<-- party -->
1751
1761
1768
1776Edward Tighe[6] John Lloyd[7]
1777John Parnell[8]
1783<-- party -->John Ussher
1790<-- party -->
1797<-- party -->
1798
1801Disenfranchised

Notes

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641. Brid. McGrath. 24 October 1998. Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. 2262/77206. thesis. www.tara.tcd.ie.
  2. Web site: Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885 . 1887 . Alex. Thom & Co . 17 October 2020 .
  3. Book: McCormick, Ted. William Petty: And the Ambitions of Political Arithmetic. 123.
  4. Book: Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. 620.
  5. Declared not duly elected in 1727
  6. Also elected for Athboy in 1776, for which he chose to sit
  7. Also elected for King's County in 1776, for which he chose to sit
  8. Succeeded as 2nd Baronet in 1782