Kinsale (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Kinsale
Type:	borough
Borough:	Kinsale
County:	County Cork
Region:	Ireland
Parliament:	ihc
Abolished:	1801
Seats:	2
Next:	Kinsale (UKHC)

Kinsale was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

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

Members of Parliament, 1559–1801

• 1559, Jan.
  • Sir John Alan, knight, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland, of Alencourt and St.Wolstan's, Kildare.
  • Francis Agar or Agard, Esq., of Grangegorman, Dublin, and of Fawston, Staffordshire.
• 1585, April.
  • James Galwey, Esq., of Kinsale.
  • Philip Roche, Esq., of Kinsale.
• 1613-1615
  • James Roche Fitz-Philip
  • Dominick Roche Fitz-Richard
• 1634-1635
  • William Gallwey
  • James Roche
• 1639-1641
  • Patrick Roche Fitz-Richard
  • Philip Roche Fitz-Richard
• 1661-1666
  • St. John Broderick
  • Randolph Clayton

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Andrew Murrogh			Miles de Courcy
1692			<	-- party -->
1695
1703		Henry Hawley	<	-- party -->
1713						<	-- party -->
September 1725		Anthony Stawell^[1]
1725			<				-- party -->
October 1731					Gervais Parker^[2]
November 1731						<	-- party -->
1745
1761						<	-- party -->
1765			<				-- party -->
1768						<	-- party -->
1783
1790			<				-- party -->
1798
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kinsale

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),
• Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press

Notes and References

1. Declared not duly elected in 1725
2. Declared not duly elected in 1731