Carlow Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

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Carlow Borough Borough constituency
Created:	1801
Abolished:	1885
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

Carlow Borough is a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one MP.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Carlow in County Carlow.

The boundaries of the Cities and Boroughs in Ireland were defined by an Act passed in 1832, whose long title was "An Act to settle and describe the Limits of Cities, Towns, and Boroughs in Ireland, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament." This legislation was subsequently given the short title of the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832.

The boundaries of this constituency were described as follows.

"From the Point below the Town at which the River Barrow is met by the Southern Wall of the Grounds of the House belonging to Mr. Carey, Adjutant to the Carlow Militia, Eastward, along the said Wall to the Point at which the same meets the Kilkenny Road; thence in a straight Line to the Southern Corner of the Infirmary; thence in a straight Line to the Point a little above the Barracks at which the River Burren is joined by a small Stream; thence up the said Stream, and across the Tullow Road, to the Point at which the same Stream is met by a Hedge which runs down thereto from opposite the Southern End of the Plantation attached to the House on the Baltinglass Road which belongs to Mr. Hunt and is occupied by Mr. Butler; thence along the said Hedge to the Point at which the same meets the Baltinglass Road; thence in a straight Line in the Direction of the Cupola of the Lunatic Asylum to the Point at which such straight Line cuts a Road which runs between the Baltinglass Road and the Dublin Road; thence in a straight Line to a Gate on the Eastern Side of the Dublin Road which is distant about One hundred Yards to the North of the North-eastern Corner of the Enclosure Wall of the Lunatic Asylum; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Road to Athy is met by the North Boundary of the Demesne of the Roman Catholic Bishop; thence along the said Boundary till it meets the River at the Point; thence along the River to the North Corner of the Wall of the Burial Ground; thence in a straight Line to the Spire of Graigue Church; thence in a straight Line to the Summer House in Mr. Wilson's Garden; thence in a straight Line to the Point first described."

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Note
	1801	Hon. Henry Sadleir Prittie		Succeeded as the 2nd Baron Dunalley
	1801	Hon. Francis Aldborough Prittie		Resigned
	1801	Charles Montague Ormsby	Tory	Appointed Recorder of Prince of Wales Island
	1806	Michael Symes
	1806	Hon. Frederick John Robinson		Prime Minister (1827-1828) as the 1st Viscount Goderich
	1807	Andrew Strahan	Tory
	1812	Frederick John Falkiner
	1818	Charles Harvey-Saville-Onley	Tory
	1826	Lord Tullamore	Tory
	1832	Nicholas Aylward Vigors	Repeal Association
	1835	Francis Bruen	Conservative
	1837	William Henry Maule	Liberal	Appointed a Baron of the English Court of Exchequer
	1839	Francis Bruen	Conservative	Unseated on petition
	1839	Thomas Gisborne	Liberal	Seated on petition
	1841	Brownlow Villiers Layard	Liberal
	1847	John Sadleir	Liberal
	1852		Independent Irish Party	Accepted an office. Defeated for re-election as a Liberal.
	1853	John Alexander	Conservative
	1859	Sir John Dalberg-Acton, Bt	Liberal
	1865	Thomas Osborne Stock	Liberal
	1868	William Addis Fagan	Liberal
	1874	Henry Owen Lewis	Home Rule League
	1880	Charles Dawson	Home Rule League	Member of the Parnellite faction
1885		Constituency merged into County Carlow

[edit] Elections

[edit] References

• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)