Bandonbridge (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Bandonbridge was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

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

Borough

This constituency was a parliamentary borough based in the town of Bandon in County Cork.

Following the Acts of Union 1800, the borough retained one seat at the Union.

History

It was incorporated by charter in 1613 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and freemen. It had a Corporation, the patron being Francis Bernard and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 50 freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Bandonbridge was represented with two members.^[1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1613		Sir Richard Moryson			William Crowe
1634		Sir George Wentworth			William Wiseman
1639		Sir Francis Slingsby			Anthony Doppinge
1661		Robert Gorges			John Read
1689 Patriot Parliament		Charles MacCarthy			Daniel MacCarthy Reagh
1692		Sir William Moore, 2nd Bt			Edward Riggs
1695		Francis Bernard
1703					Richard Gorges
1713					Arthur Bernard
1715					Martin Bladen
1727		George Freke			Stephen Bernard
1731		Bellingham Boyle
1761		William Conner			Thomas Adderley
1766		Francis Bernard
1776		William Brabazon Ponsonby			Lodge Evans Morres
1783		Francis Bernard
1790		Broderick Chinnery[note 1]
1796					William Ponsonby
1798					Robert William O'Callaghan
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Bandon

Notes

1. Created a baronet in 1799

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 500.

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.
• 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.