Limerick City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Limerick City
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Limerick
Borough	Limerick
–1801 (1801)
Replaced by	Limerick City

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

Members of Parliament

• 1376: ^[1] Henry Bercley and Thomas Kildare 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.
• 1559 Edward Arthur and Clement Fanning ^[2]
• 1585 Thomas Arthur and Stephen White ^[2]
• 1613 Sir Nicholas Arthur and James Galway ^[2]
• 1634 Sir Geffrey Galwey, 1st Baronet and Dominick White ^[2]
• 1639 Peter FitzAndrew Creagh and Dr Dominick FitzDavid White ^[2]
• 1654 Protectorate Parliament - (Limerick City and Kilmallock) William Purefoy and Walter Waller
• 1658 Protectorate Parliament - (Limerick City and Kilmallock) Sir George Ingoldsby and Standish Hartstonge
• 1661 Sir Standish Hartstonge, 1st Baronet and Gerald Fitzgerald ^[2]

1689–1801

Election	First MP			Second MP
1689		Nicholas Arthur			Thomas Harold
1692		Joseph Coghlan			Sir Charles Feilding
1695					Sir Joseph Williamson
1703		Robert Blennerhassett			Richard Ingoldsby
1713		Henry Ingoldsby			George Roche
1715		William Foord
1727		Thomas Pearce			Henry Ingoldsby
1731					Charles Smyth
1739		William Wilson
1741		Richard Maunsell
May 1761		Edmund Sexton Pery	Patriot		Hugh Dillon Massy [3]
1761					Charles Smyth
1776					Thomas Smyth
1785		John Prendergast Smyth
1786					Edmund Henry Pery [4]
1794					Charles Vereker
1798		Henry Deane Grady
1801		Replaced by Westminster constituency of Limerick City

Notes

1. ( Clarke 1932–34 , p. 126)
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 623.
3. Declared not duly elected
4. from 1790 Hon. Edmund Henry Pery

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.