County Clare (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

County Clare
Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Clare
()–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Clare (UKHC)

County Clare was a constituency representing County Clare in the Irish House of Commons, the lower house in the Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800.

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

Following the Acts of Union 1800, it was succeeded by the County Clare constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament

• 1585 Sir Turlogh O'Brien, Ennistymon and Boetius Clancy, Knockfinn. ^[2]
• 1613–1615 Sir Daniel O'Brien, later Viscount Clare and Boetius Clancy, Knockfinn.
• 1634–1635 Sir Barnaby O’Brien (later 6th Earl of Thomond) (replaced by Sir Daniel O'Brien) and Boetius Clancy, Knockfinn
• 1639 Dermot O’Brien of Dromore and Donogh O’Brien of Dough.
• 1654 Sir Hardress Waller;Henry Ingoldsby (First Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
• 1654 Sir Hardress Waller;Henry Ingoldsby (Second Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
• 1659 Sir Hardress Waller;Henry Ingoldsby (Third Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
• 1661–1666 Henry O'Brien, Lord Ibrackan and Sir Henry Ingoldsby, 1st Baronet of Beggstown Castle, County Meath.

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Daniel O'Brien			John MacNamara
1692		Sir Donough O'Brien, 1st Bt			Sir Joseph Williamson
1695					Sir Henry Ingoldsby, 1st Baronet
1703					Lucius O'Brien
1715		Francis Gore			John Ivers
1725		George Purdon
1727		Francis Burton			Sir Edward O'Brien, 2nd Bt
1745		Robert Hickman
1757		Murrough O'Brien
1761		Francis Pierpoint Burton
1765					Charles MacDonnell
1768					Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Bt
1776		Edward FitzGerald			Hugh Dillon Massy [a]
1778					Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Bt
1783					Sir Hugh Massy, 1st Bt
1790		Francis Nathaniel Burton			Francis McNamara
1797					Hugh Dillon Massy
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Clare

Notes

1. Declared not duly elected in 1776.

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
2. McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin.

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.

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