Fethard (County Tipperary) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Fethard
Former borough constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
County County Tipperary
Borough Fethard
1608 (1608) (1608 (1608))–1801 (1801)
Replaced byDisfranchised

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

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History

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

Members of Parliament, 1560–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1560Nicholas HackettTheobald Nash [2]
1585William NashDavid Wale [2]
1613Edward EverardRedmond Hackett [2]
1634Thomas EverardThomas Hennes [2]
1639Thomas HennesPatrick Vyne [2]
1661Nicolas Everard Sir Maurice Fenton, 1st Baronet [2]
1689 Patriot Parliament Sir John Everard, Bt James Tobin
1692 Thomas Clere Richard Sankey
1695 Matthew Jacob Thomas Carter
1703 Epaphroditus Marsh
1713 Sir Redmond Everard, 4th Bt Cornelius O'Callaghan I
1715 Epaphroditus Marsh Guy Moore
1719 Stephen Moore I
1727 Matthew Jacob John Clere
1755 Robert O'Callaghan
1761 Cornelius O'Callaghan II Stephen Moore II
1768 Cornelius O'Callaghan III
later 1st Baron Lismore
John Croker
1776 David Walsh
1783 Thomas Barton
1785 Daniel Gahan
1798 John Taylor William Ponsonby
1801 Disenfranchised

See also

Notes

    Fethard, South Tipperary

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    References

    1. O'Hart 2007, p. 503.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 632.

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