County Kerry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

County Kerry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. Following the Act of Union 1800 the county retained two seats.

Boundaries and boundary changes

This constituency was based in County Kerry.

History

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

Members of Parliament

• 1585–1586: John Fitzgerald and Thomas Spring ^[2]
• 1613–1615: Daniel O'Sullivan Beare and Stephen Rice of Ballyruddell ^[2]
• 1634–1635: John FitzGerald ^[3] and Walter Crosbie ^[4] and Sir Valentine Browne ^[2]
• 1639–1649: Sir Valentine Browne (died 1640 and replaced by Maurice Fitzgerald) and Sir Edward Denny ^[2]
• 1654: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (First Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
• 1656: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (Second Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
• 1659: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (Third Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
• 1661–1666: Captain John Blennerhassett, snr and Arthur Denny ^[5]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Nicholas Brown			Sir Thomas Crosbie
1692		Edward Denny			Hon. Thomas FitzMaurice
1697					William Sandes
1703		Edward Denny			John Blennerhassett
1709					John Blennerhassett
1713					Sir Maurice Crosbie
1715		John Blennerhassett
1727		Arthur Denny
1743		Hon. John FitzMaurice
1751		John Blennerhassett
1759					Lancelot Crosbie
1761		Viscount FitzMaurice			John Blennerhassett
1762		John Blennerhassett
1763		Thomas Fitzmaurice
1768		Barry Denny
1775					Arthur Blennerhassett
1776		Rowland Bateman
1783		Sir Barry Denny, 1st Bt			Richard Townsend Herbert
1790					John Blennerhassett
May 1794					John Gustavus Crosbie
July 1794		Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Bt
1795		Maurice FitzGerald
1798					James Crosbie
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kerry

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
2. McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
3. McGrath, Bríd (2017). "Sex, lies and rigged returns – the Kerry county parliamentary election of 11 June 1634 and its consequences". Parliaments, Estates and Representation. 37 (3): 241–255. doi:10.1080/02606755.2017.1373909. S2CID   149115081.
4. The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland; Or, The Ancient and ..., Volume 3. p. 154.
5. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

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.
• Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN   1-903688-09-4, and online History of the Irish Parliament Online – Ulster Historical Foundation
• 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.