Athy (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Athy
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Kildare
Borough	Athy
1614 (1614)–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Athy was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. Following the Acts of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Athy was represented with two members. ^[1]

Members of Parliament, 1560–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1560		Richard Mothill [2]			Rowland Cassyn [2]
1613		Walter Weldon [2]			Sir Robert Digby [3]
1634		Sir Maurice Eustace [3]			Edward Blount [3]
1639		Steven Stephens [2]			Sir Robert Meredith [3]
1661		William Weldon [2]			Henry Brenn [2]
1689 Patriot Parliament		William FitzGerald			William Archbold
1692		Raphael Hunt			Richard Locke
1695		Maurice Keating
1703					Richard Meredyth
1713					John Lyons
1715					Richard Allen
1727		Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Bt			Marcus Anthony Morgan
1741		Lord Offaly
1744		Walter Weldon
1753					Robert Sandford
May 1761		Henry Sandford [note 1]			James McManus
1761		Robert Sandford
December 1761					Richard Stearne Tighe
1762					William Smith
1768		John St Leger			William Burgh
1769		Walter Hussey Burgh	Patriot
1776		Thomas Burgh			Thomas Burgh
1783		Lord Edward FitzGerald	Patriot
1790		Lord Henry FitzGerald [note 2]	Patriot		Arthur Ormsby
1791		Frederick John Falkiner
1798		William Hare			Richard Hare
1801		Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

1. Also elected for Kildare Borough in 1761, for which he chose to sit
2. Also elected for Dublin City in 1790, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 619.
3. McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.

Bibliography

• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN   0-7884-1927-7.
• Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN   1-903688-09-4
• T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
• 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.