Mallow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Mallow
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Cork
Borough	Mallow
1613 (1613)–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Mallow

Mallow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800 and was incorporated by Charter of 1613, with a further charter of 1689. It was a manor borough, the franchise being vested in the freeholders of the manor and the returning officer its Seneschal. It was controlled by the Jephson family until the 1780s.

Members of Parliament

1613–1801

Election	First MP			Second MP
1613		Samuel Molyneux			James Ware
1634		Sir Thomas Wenman			Donogh O'Brien
1639		William Kingsmill			Thomas Beckett
1642		Joshua Boyle
1661		Heywood St Leger			Thomas Pooley
1689		John Barret			David Nagle
1692		Laurence Clayton			John Jephson
1695					William Jephson
1699					Bartholomew Purdon
1713		William Jephson			Anthony Jephson
1716		William Brodrick
1727		Sir Courthorpe Clayton
1756					Denham Jephson
1761		William Jephson
1768		Denham Jephson
1781					Anthony Jephson
1783					Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt
1790					John Longfield
1801		Replaced by Westminster constituency Mallow

Elections

• 1692
• 1695
• 1699 (by-election)
• 1703
• 1713
• 1715
• 1716
• 1727
• 1756
• 1761
• 1768
• 1776
• 1781
• 1783
• 1790
• 1797

References

• 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.

See also

• Mallow (UK Parliament constituency), 1801–1885
• Irish House of Commons
• List of Irish constituencies