Athenry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
| Athenry | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Galway |
| Borough | Athenry |
| 1378–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
History
editAthenry was represented as early as 1378.[1]
In the first Parliament of Elizabeth, Athenry was represented by Thomas Cusack, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Andrew Browne. In Elizabeth's second Parliament, one of its representatives was John Hooker, an Englishman. Hooker wrote the Irish additions to the 1587 update of Holinshed's Chronicles, in which he describes his own participation in a debate on a bill for the impost of wines.[2]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Athenry was represented with two members.[3]
Members of Parliament
edit- 1559 Sir Thomas Cusack and Andrew Browne
- 1569 John Hooker and another
- 1585 William Browne and Nicholas Lynch[4]
- 1613–1615 Stephen Browne and Ludovic Bodkin[5]
- 1634–1635 David Burke and Richard Martyn[5]
- 1639–1649 Geoffrey Browne and John Blake alias Caddell[6]
- 1661 Henry Whaley and Sir Henry Waddington[6]
1689–1801
edit| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | James Talbot | Charles Daly | ||||
| 1692 | Edward Pearce | Richard Whaley | ||||
| 1695 | John Ormsby | |||||
| 1721 | Robert Blakeney | |||||
| 1725 | Arthur Ormsby | |||||
| 1727 | John Blakeney | |||||
| 1733 | Thomas Bolton | |||||
| 1741 | James Daly | |||||
| 1747 | Robert Blakeney | |||||
| 1763 | John Blakeney | |||||
| 1768 | Theophilus Blakeney | |||||
| 1776 | John Blakeney | |||||
| 1781 | William Blakeney | |||||
| 1783 | Theophilus Blakeney | |||||
| 1790 | William Blakeney | |||||
| 1800 | William Needham | Michael Burke | ||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Commissioners on Municipal Corporations in Ireland (1835). "Athenry". Appendix to the First Report, Part I. 287 §2.; "Close Roll, 1 Richard II, No.81". CIRCLE. Trinity College Dublin. 22 January 1378. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ Patterson, Annabel (1994). Reading Holinshed's Chronicles. University of Chicago Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 9780226649122.; THE SVPPLIE OF THE Irish Chronicles extended to this present yeare of our Lord 1586, and the 28 of the reigne of queene Elisabeth. University of Oxford. 2008–2013 [1587]. pp. Vol.3 p.111. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
- ^ McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 (thesis thesis). Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History. hdl:2262/77206.
- ^ a b McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ a b Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.
Bibliography
edit- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.