County Galway (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

County Galway was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Galway was represented with two members. ^[1] Following the Acts of Union 1800 the county was represented by the Westminster constituency of County Galway.

Members of Parliament

Year	First member	Second member
1585	Francis Shaen	Thomas Lestrange
1613–1615	John Moore of Brizes	Sir William Bourke
1634–1635	Sir Richard Blake	Sir Valentine Blake
1639–1645	Sir Ulick Bourke, 1st Baronet	Sir Richard Blake
1661–1666	Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet	Chidley Coote

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Bt			Sir Walter Blake, 6th Bt
1692		John Eyre			Sir Oliver St George, 1st Bt
1703					John French
1709		Edward Ormsby
1713		John Eyre			Patrick French
1715		Edward Ormsby			Frederick Trench
1727		John Eyre
1745		Hon. Thomas Bermingham
1750		George Warburton
1753		Charles Daly			Robert French
1761					Richard Trench
August 1768		Lord Dunkellin [note 1]			Denis Daly
1768		William Trench
1790					Joseph Blake
1798		Hon. Richard Trench
1800		Richard Martin
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Galway

Notes

1. Declared not duly elected in 1768Pa

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 502.

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   978-1-903688-09-0
• 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.