| Old Leighlin | |
| Type: | borough |
| Borough: | Old Leighlin |
| County: | County Carlow |
| Region: | Ireland |
| Seats: | 2 |
| Parliament: | ihc |
| Abolished: | 1801 |
| Next: | Disfranchised |
Old Leighlin was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons, the lower house in the Irish Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland. It based in Old Leighlin, near the town of Leighlinbridge in County Carlow. It was a bishop's borough, controlled by the Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin.[1]
The borough was disenfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800, with effect from 1 January 1801. £15,000 was paid to the Commissioners of First Fruits to be used at their discretion.
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1634 | James Cusack | Richard FitzGerald | |||||
| Sir Thomas Meredyth | |||||||
| 1639 | James Cusack | Roger Brereton | |||||
| Thomas Davills | |||||||
| 1642 | Walter Chambré (died) | ||||||
| 1646 | Peter Wybrants | ||||||
| 1661 | Sir Francis Butler | Charles Meredyth | |||||
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | |||||||
| 1692 | Edward Jones | ||||||
| 1695 | |||||||
| 1703 | |||||||
| 1713 | < | -- party --> | |||||
| 1727 | |||||||
| 1745 | < | -- party --> | |||||
| 1757 | |||||||
| May 1761 | < | -- party --> | Francis Andrews | ||||
| 1761 | |||||||
| 1768 | < | -- party --> | |||||
| 1773 | John Blaquiere | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1776 | |||||||
| 1777 | |||||||
| 1783 | Hon. Henry Luttrell | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1787 | Sir Edward Leslie, 1st Bt | ||||||
| 1790 | Edward Cooke | < | -- party --> | ||||
| 1791 | Patrick Duigenan | ||||||
| 1798 | Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Bt | ||||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | ||||||