County Cork (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

County Cork
Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Cork
() ( ())–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	County Cork (UKHC)

Area

This constituency consisted of County Cork. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland up to 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Cork was represented with two members.^[1] Following the Acts of Union 1800 the county retained two parliamentary seats in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament

• 1585: April. Sir John Norreys, knt. William Cogan, Esq. John Fitzgerald, Esq., of Cloyne.
• 1613: 19 April. Dermod McCarthy, Esq., of Lohort. Andrew Barrett, Esq., of Ballincollig.
• 1634: 23 June. Sir William St. Leger, knt., of Doneraile. Sir Donagh McCarthy, knt.
• 1639: 2 March. Sir William St Leger, knt., of Doneraile. Donagh McCarthy, knt.
• 1641: 20 February. Redmond Roche (MP) in place of Donagh McCarthy, who succeeded his father as 2nd Viscount of Muskerry.^[2]
• 1641: 22 June. Redmond Roche, of Cahirduggan, expelled for siding with the 1641 Rebellion.
• 1642: 2 July. ? in place of William St Leger who died.
• 1661: 25 April. Hon. Richard Boyle. Sir Henry Tynte, knt., of Roxhall.
• 1661: 2 June. Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet of Burton, in place of Tynte, deceased.
• 1665: 7 December. Roger Boyle, in place of Richard Boyle, translated to the Lords.
• 1665-1666: John St Ledger (d.31 March 1696).

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Justin McCarthy			Sir Richard Nagle
1692		Sir St John Brodrick			Henry Boyle
1695					Thomas Brodrick	Whig
1703		Sir John Perceval, 5th Bt
1713					Alan Brodrick	Whig
1715		Henry Boyle			St John Brodrick
1728					Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Bt
1747					Arthur Hyde
1756		Viscount Dungarvan
1759		Richard Townsend
1761					Viscount Boyle
1765					Hon. John Lysaght
1768					John Hyde
1776					Sir Robert Deane, 6th Bt
1781					James Bernard
1783		Viscount Kingsborough
1791					Abraham Morris
1797					Viscount Boyle
1798		Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Cork

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 500.
2. McGrath 1997, p. 257: "Redmond replaced his nephew by marriage McCarthy."

Bibliography

• McGrath, Brid (1997). "Redmond Roche Cork County". A Biographical Dictionary of the Membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640 to 1641 (Thesis). Vol. 1. Dublin: Trinity College. pp. 257–258. hdl:2262/77206. – Parliaments & Biographies (PDF downloaded from given URL)
• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. 2. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
• 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.