Carrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Not to be confused with Carrickfergus (Parliament of Ireland constituency).

Carrick
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Leitrim
Borough	Carrick-on-Shannon
1614 (1614)–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Carrick (also known as Carrigdrumruske or Carrick-on-Shannon Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. It returned two members.

Borough

This constituency was the borough of Carrick-on-Shannon in County Leitrim.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Carrick was not represented. ^[1] Under the terms of the Acts of Union 1800, the constituency was disenfranchised and abolished.

Members of Parliament, 1614–1801

• 1613–1615 Maurice Griffith and Thomas Bellot ^[2]
• 1639–1649 Sir George St George and John Jackson ^[2]
• 1661–1666 Richard Barrett and Thomas Carr ^[2]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689		Carrick was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692		Roger Smith			Owen Wynne
August 1695		Richard St George [note 1]			John French
1695		Arthur Cooper
1703		Sir George St George			Oliver St George
1713					John French
1714		Edward Ormsby
1715		John Ussher			Richard St George
1741		St George St George
1755					John Pomeroy
1761					Robert French
1763		Dudley Alexander Sydney Cosby
1768		Henry Sandford			Robert Clements [note 2]
1776		Nathaniel Clements
1777		Edward Sneyd
1777					Robert Tighe
1781		Edward King
October 1783		Hon. Thomas Pelham			George Sandford [note 3]
1783					Edward King
1790		Hon. Nathaniel Clements [note 4] [note 5]
1794					Nathaniel Sneyd
1798		William Gore
1800					Robert Tighe
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Also elected for Galway Borough in 1695, for which he chose to sit
2. Also elected for County Donegal in 1776, for which he chose to sit.
3. Also elected for Roscommon in 1783, for which he chose to sit.
4. Styled as Viscount Clements from 1795
5. Also elected for County Leitrim in 1798, for which he chose to sit.

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 503.
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 622.

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.
• 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.