Doneraile (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Doneraile
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Cork
Borough	Doneraile
1640 (1640)–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Doneraile was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. Doneraile is in County Cork, Ireland.

History

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

Daniel O'Donovan of Mahoonagh and Feenagh was a Member of James II's 1689-92 Patriot Parliament who represented the Manor of Doneraile.

Members of Parliament, 1640–1801

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Daniel O'Donovan			John Baggot
1692		Arthur St Leger			John St Leger
1695		John Hayes			Edward Denny
1703		Sir Francis Brewster			William Philips
1705		Joseph Kelly
1713		Sir John St Leger			Bartholomew Purdon
1715		Hon. Arthur St Leger			William Causabon
1727		John Waller			Jephson Busteed [note 1]
1728					Hon. Hayes St Leger
1743		William Harward
1751					Sir John Colthurst, 1st Bt
1761		John St Leger			St Leger Aldworth [note 2]
1768		Richard Aldworth
1776		Hayes St Leger [note 3]
1777					Richard St Leger
1783					James Chatterton
1788		John Harrison
1790		John Bagwell
1792		John Maxwell
January 1798		Peter Holmes			John Townsend [note 4]
1798					Barry Boyle St Leger
1800					Francis Aldborough Prittie
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Declared not duly elected in 1727
2. Changed surname to St Leger in 1767
3. Styled as The Honourable from 1785
4. Also elected for Castlemartyr in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.

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   1-903688-09-4
• T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
• Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN   1-84682-030-8
• 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.