Clonmel (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Clonmel
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Tipperary
Borough	Clonmel
()–1801 (1801)
Replaced by	Clonmel

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

History

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

Members of Parliament

• 1560: Henry White and John Strich ^[2]
• 1585: Geoffrey White and John Bray ^[2]
• 1613–1615: Nicholas White and John Bray ^[2]
• 1634–1635: Geoffrey Barron (expelled 1634) and Henry fitz Nicholas White ^[2]
• 1639–1649: William Smythe and Richard Gethin ^[2]
• 1661–1666: Sir Thomas Stanley of Tickincorr (sat for Co Louth, Replaced 1661 by Sir James Shane) and Sir Francis Foulke ^[3]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Nicholas White			John Bray
1692		Robert Blennerhassett			Richard Moore
1703		Thomas Medlycott			Robert Hamerton
1713		Stephen Moore
1727		Robert Marshall
1733					Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Bt
1756		William Bagwell
1757		Guy Moore
May 1761					Richard Moore
1761					Colvill Moore
1776					Stephen Moore
1781					William Moore
1783		Stephen Moore
1790		Lord Kilworth
1792		John Moore
1798		Stephen Moore			Thomas Worth Newenham
1800					John Dennis
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Clonmel

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 503.
2. McGrath, Bríd (2017). "Reconstructing an Early Modern Irish Economic Community". Irish Economic and Social History. 44: 122–142. doi:10.1177/0332489317738608. S2CID   158404670.
3. Elmer, Peter. The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic. p. 155.

Bibliography

• 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.