County Tipperary (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Not to be confused with Tipperary (Dáil constituency) or Tipperary (UK Parliament constituency).

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

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

Members of Parliament

• 1376: William ?Neghbore? and William Yong were elected to come to England to consult with the king and council about the government of Ireland and about an aid for the king. ^[1]
• 1560: Patrick Sherlock and Oliver Grace ^[2]
• 1585: Redmond Everard and James Butler ^[2]
• 1613–1615 Sir John Everard and Walter Butler (inherited peerage in 1614 and replaced by John Tobyn) ^[2]
• 1634–1635 Thomas Butler ^[3] and Tibbett Purcell ^[2]
• 1661–1666 Thomas Sadlier and Bartholomew Fowke ^[2]

1689–1801

Election	First MP			Second MP
1689		Nicholas Purcell			James Butler
1692		Sir John Meade, 1st Baronet [4]			Stephen Moore
1703					James Dawson
1707		James Harrison
1713		George Mathew
1715		Kingsmill Pennefather			Humphrey Minchin
1727					James Dawson
1728					George Mathew
1735		Joseph Damer
1737		Nehemiah Donnellan
1738					Stephen Moore
1761		Henry Prittie			Sir Thomas Maude, 2nd Bt
1768		Francis Mathew
1776					Henry Prittie
1783		Daniel Toler
1790					Hon. Francis James Mathew
1792					John Bagwell
1796		Hon. Francis James Mathew [5]
1801	Replaced by Westminster constituency of Tipperary

Notes

1. ( Clarke 1932–34 , p. 126)
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 632.
3. McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 (thesis). Dublin: Trinity College. hdl:2262/77206 . Retrieved 2 October 2021– via TARA.
4. from 1703 Sir John Meade, 1st Bt
5. from 1797 Francis Mathew, Viscount Mathew

References

• 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.
• Clarke, Maude V. (1932–34). "William of Windsor in Ireland, 1369-1376". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature. 41: 55–130. JSTOR   25515963.