Tralee (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Tralee was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons.

Borough

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Tralee in County Kerry.

Following the Acts of Union 1800 the borough retained one parliamentary seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

Members of Parliament

It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800.

• 1613–1615: Robert Blennerhassett and Humphrey Dethicke ^[1]
• 1634–1635: Sir Beverley Newcomen and Sir George Radcliffe (sat for Armagh – replaced by Robert Blennerhassett) ^[2]
• 1639–1649: Thomas Maul and Henry Osbourne (Osbourne resigned 1641) ^[2]
• 1661–1666: John Blennerhassett and Francis Lynn ^[1]
• 1674: Cpt Robert Blennerhassett ^{[3] [ self-published source? ]}

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Maurice Hussey			James Hackett
1692		John Blennerhassett			James Waller
1695		John St Leger			Frederick William Mullins
1696		Barry Denny
1703		Samuel Morris			Arthur Hyde
1713					John Blennerhassett
1715					Robert Taylor
1723		Conway Blennerhassett
1723					William Sprigge
1725		Luke Gardiner
1727		John Blennerhassett			Arthur Blennerhassett
1743					Arthur Blennerhassett
1761		Rowland Bateman			Edward Herbert
1768		Edward Denny
1771					Richard Underwood
1775					Boyle Roche
1776		John Crosbie, Viscount Crosbie			John Toler
1777		Thomas Lloyd
1783		William Godfrey [4]			James Carique-Ponsonby
1790		Crosbie Morgell			Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Bt
1795		William Fletcher
January 1798		Maurice FitzGerald			James Crosbie
1798		Arthur Moore			Henry Kemmis
1801		Succeeded by Westminster constituency Tralee

Notes

1. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.
2. McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206.
3. Humphrys, Mark. "Capt. Robert Blennerhassett, of Castle Conway". humphrysfamilytree.com.
4. from 1785 Sir William Godfrey, 1st Bt

See also

• List of Irish constituencies

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.