Clonakilty (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

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

History

Established by a charter of King James I of England granting it to Sir Richard Boyle, it was purchased from Lord Burlington by Speaker Boyle in 1738 and he nominated the provost from three burgesses elected by the Corporation and freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Clonakilty was represented with two members.^[1] In the 1783 election 7 voted. It was disenfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800 and Lord Shannon received compensation of £15,000. It was sometimes known as Cloghnakilty.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1613		Sir Edward Harris			Sir Henry Gosnold
1634		Sir Robert Travers			Philip Mainwaring
1639		Sir Robert Travers			Peregrine Banastre
1661		Joshua Boyle			Arthur Freke
1689 Patriot Parliament		Owen MacCarthy			Daniel Fionn MacCarthy
1692		Francis Bernard			Percy Freke
1695		Bryan Townsend
1703		Ralph Freke			George Freke
1713		Richard Cox
1725		Francis Bernard
1727					Richard Cox[note 1]
1761		Viscount Boyle[note 2]
May 1761		Henry Sheares
1766					Matthew Parker
1768		Richard Longfield			Riggs Falkiner
1776		Thomas Adderley			Attiwell Wood
1784					Charles O'Neill
1792		Sir Nicholas Colthurst, 3rd Bt
1793					Viscount Boyle
1796		Thomas Prendergast
1797					John Hobson
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Succeeded as 2nd Baronet in 1733
2. Also elected for County Cork in 1761, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 501.

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.