List of Irish MPs 1661–1666 explained

This is a list of members elected to the Irish House of Commons in 1661. The parliament sat until 1666 and consisted of almost 300 MPs at a time during this period.

Name Constituency class=unsortableNotes
Replace Richard Power who succeeded to a peerage in 1661
County Monaghan
Kilmallock
Died 1665 and replaced by Roger Boyle.
County Cork
County WicklowElected in 1666 to replace Folliott Wingfield
Dungannon
TuamSat for Dungannon
Dungarvan
Baltinglass
Carlow
Died and replaced in 1662 by his son Francis Butler
ForeElected 1662 to replace Sir Timothy Tyrrill. Died 1663 and was replaced by John Forrest
Hillsborough
Replaced 1662 by George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough.
Lanesborough
New Ross
Died and replaced 1662 by Henry Blennerhassett
County Kerry
Lisburn
Antrim BoroughElected when the constituency was created in 1665
Attorney-General for Ireland
Fethard (County Tipperary)
Dungarvan
Also elected for Mullingar
County Meath
Newtown Limavady
Banagher
County Donegal
By-election May 1661
County Clare
Antrim BoroughElected when the constituency was created in 1665
LisburnElected 1665 in place of Sir Edward Smith
Ballynakill
Ballyshannon
County Limerick
County Roscommon
TuamElected 1665 to replace Robert Ormesby
Bannow
Killybegs
Ballynakill
Speaker and Prime Serjeant
CastlebarReplaced William Rowse, who had been absent without leave
County CorkDied 1665 and was replaced by John St Leger.
Inistioge
Mallow
Succeeded to peerage 1661 and replaced by James, Lord Annesley
Navan
RatoathElected 1662 to replace Richard Boughton
County Galway
Mallow
Clonmel
Thomastown
Elected April 1661. Died May 1661.
LisburnResigned in 1665 on appointment as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland)
ArdeeReplaced John Ruxton, who had been expelled
Askeaton
County Louth
StrabaneExpelled and replaced 1665 by Sir Peter Harvey
ArdeeReplaced John Chambers, who had been expelled
By-election May 1661
CarlowSolicitor-General for Ireland. Acted as Speaker, 1661-2, while the previous Speaker, Sir Audley Mervyn was in London.
Sligo Borough
Ennobled 1662 and replaced by Vere Essex Cromwell
Died 1661 and replaced by Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet.
April 1661 - sat for County Wicklow
County WicklowCreated Viscount Powerscourt in 1665

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