| Galway Borough | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Galway |
| Borough | Galway |
| 1264–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Galway Borough |
Galway was a constituency representing the town of Galway in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Galway Borough was represented with two members. [1]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Oliver Martin | John Kirwan | ||||
| 1692 | Sir Henry Bellasis | Nehemiah Donnellan | ||||
| 1695 | Richard St George | Robert Ormsby | ||||
| 1703 | Edward Eyre | John Staunton [note 1] | ||||
| 1713 | Samuel Eyre | |||||
| 1715 | Robert Shaw | |||||
| 1716 | Edward Eyre | |||||
| 1727 | John Staunton | Thomas Staunton | ||||
| 1732 | Thomas Staunton | |||||
| 1735 | Dominick Bourke | |||||
| 1748 | Hon. Richard FitzPatrick [note 2] | |||||
| 1748 | John Eyre | |||||
| 1761 | Hon. Richard FitzPatrick | |||||
| 1767 | Denis Daly | |||||
| 1768 | James Daly | Robert French | ||||
| 1771 | Anthony Daly | |||||
| 1776 | Denis Bowes Daly | |||||
| 1783 | Denis Daly [note 3] | |||||
| 1783 | Anthony Daly | |||||
| 1790 | Denis Daly | Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1792 | Peter Daly | |||||
| 1798 | St George Daly | George Ponsonby | ||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Galway Borough | |||||
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