Athboy (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Athboy was a constituency in County Meath represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Athboy
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created1613 (1613)
Abolished1800
Replaced byDisenfranchised

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Athboy was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1560–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1560Michael MooreJames Blake[2]
1585William BrownePatrick Terrell[2]
1613Richard BrowneMelchior Moore[2]
1634Richard BrownePeter Terrell[3]
1639Richard Browne (died and replaced 1642 by Francis Paisley)Walter Dowdall (died and replaced 1642 by Ralph Wallis)[3][2]
1661Sir Richard Reynell, 1st BaronetJohn Bligh[2]
1689 Patriot Parliament John Trinder Robert Longfield
1692 Thomas Bligh Peter Westenra
1695 Garret Wesley James Napper
1703 Robert Johnson John Wade
1705 Robert Johnson
1713 John Bligh
1715 Thomas Bligh
1721 Richard Ashe [note 1]
1727 Robert Napper
1739 Hon. John Bligh
1748 William Napper
1761 William Tighe
1775 Hon. John Crosbie [note 2]
1776 Edward Tighe William Chapman
1783 Hugh Howard Thomas Cherburgh Bligh
1800 Hon. Edward Bligh
1801 Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

  1. Also elected for Trim in 1727, for which he chose to sit
  2. Styled as Viscount Crosbie from 1776

References

  1. O'Hart (2007), p. 503
  2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 628.
  3. https://www.academia.edu/32918712/Archbishop_John_Bramhall_and_Church_lands_in_Athboy_1641_1663

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 Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

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