Mallow (Parliament of Ireland constituency) explained

Mallow
Type:	borough
Borough:	Mallow
County:	County Cork
Region:	Ireland
Parliament:	ihc
Abolished:	1801
Seats:	2
Next:	Mallow

Mallow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800 and was incorporated by Charter of 1613, with a further charter of 1689. It was a manor borough, the franchise being vested in the freeholders of the manor and the returning officer its Seneschal. It was controlled by the Jephson family until the 1780s.

Members of Parliament

1613–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1613		Samuel Molyneux			James Ware
1634		Sir Thomas Wenman			Donogh O'Brien
1639		William Kingsmill			Thomas Beckett	<	-- party -->
1642		Joshua Boyle
1661		Heywood St Leger			Thomas Pooley
1689 Patriot Parliament		John Barret			David Nagle
1692			<	-- party -->
1695
1699					Bartholomew Purdon
1713						<	-- party -->
1716
1727		Sir Courthorpe Clayton <	-- knight -->				<	-- party -->
1756					<	-- party -->
1761
1768						<	-- party -->
1781
1783
1790
1801		Replaced by Westminster constituency Mallow

Elections

• 1692
• 1695
• 1699 (by-election)
• 1703
• 1713
• 1715
• 1716
• 1727
• 1756
• 1761
• 1768
• 1776
• 1781
• 1783
• 1790
• 1797

References

• Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002),,https://web.archive.org/web/20070517213525/http://www.ancestryireland.com/hip_constituencies.php?filename=constituencies
• T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
• Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press

See also

• Mallow (UK Parliament constituency), 1801–1885
  • Irish House of Commons List of Irish constituencies