Athenry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Athenry
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County County Galway
Borough Athenry
1378 (1378) (1378 (1378))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byDisfranchised

Athenry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

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History

Athenry 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 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] [ citation needed ]

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Athenry was represented with two members. [3]

Members of Parliament

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament James Talbot Charles Daly
1692Edward Pearce Richard Whaley
1695 John Ormsby
1721 Robert Blakeney
1725 Arthur Ormsby
1727 John Blakeney
1733Thomas 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

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    References

    1. 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.
    2. 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. 2008–2013 [1587]. pp. Vol.3 p.111. Retrieved 24 May 2017.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
    3. O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
    4. 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.
    5. 1 2 McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" via www.tara.tcd.ie.
    6. 1 2 Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

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