Killybegs (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Killybegs
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Donegal
Borough	Killybegs
1616 (1616)–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Killybegs was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Killybegs was not represented. ^[1]

Members of Parliament, 1616–1801

1689–1801

• 1634–1635 Thomas Tallys and James Galbraith ^[2]
• 1639–1649 Edward Tarleton and Thomas Tallys ^[2]
• 1661 Sir Robert Murray and William Knight (sat for Belfast - replaced by Thomas Burton. Burton AWOL-replaced 1665 by Sir John Lyndon) ^[2]

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689		Killybegs was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692		Henry Conyngham			Thomas Smith
1695		Charles Hamilton			Charles Melvyn
1703					Benjamin Parry
1710		Thomas Pearson
1713					Henry Maxwell	Whig
1715					Charles Fane
1719					Robert Colvill
1727		William Conyngham			Henry Conyngham
1739		Leslie Corry
1741		Henry Conyngham
1749		Henry Gore
1753					Francis Pierpoint Burton
1761		Richard Jones			William Gerard Hamilton
1768		Henry Hamilton [note 1]			Thomas Allan
1776					William Burton [note 2]
1777					John Knox [note 3]
October 1783		William Burton Conyngham			James FitzGerald [note 4]	Patriot
1783					William Colvill
May 1790		Francis Nathaniel Burton [note 5]			John Wolfe
1790		Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Bt
January 1798		Francis Nathaniel Burton [note 6]			Richard Archdall
1798		Francis McNamara
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Created a baronet in 1775
2. Also elected for Ennis in 1776, for which he chose to sit
3. Styles as The Honourable from 1781
4. Also elected for Tulsk in 1783, for which he chose to sit
5. Also elected for County Clare in 1790, for which he chose to sit
6. Also elected for County Clare in 1798, for which he chose to sit.

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 612.

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.
• 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.