Askeaton (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Askeaton Former constituency
Created	1614 (1614)
Post-Union	Disenfranchised
Type	Irish House of Commons

Askeaton was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Contents

1 History
2 Members of Parliament, 1614–1801
- 2.1 1689–1801
- 2.2 Notes
3 References
4 Bibliography

History

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

Members of Parliament, 1614–1801

1661–1666 Richard Southwell

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		John Bourke			Edward Rice
1692		John Odell			Robert Taylor
1695		George Evans			Robert Taylor
1696		George Evans			Chichester Philips
1703		Robert Taylor			Chichester Philips
1713		Robert Taylor			Philip Perceval
1715		John Bury			Edward Denny
1723		Berkeley Taylor			Edward Denny
1727		Berkeley Taylor			Edward Taylor
1737		William Taylor
1747		John Minchin-Walcott
1753		Edmond Malone
1761		Joseph Hoare ^{[note 1]}			James Cotter ^{[note 2]}
1768					John Tunnadine
1776					Hon. Hugh Massy
1783					Richard Griffith
1790					Henry Alexander
January 1798					John Stewart ^{[note 3]}
1798					Sir Vere Hunt, 1st Bt
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

^ Created a baronet in 1784
^ Created a baronet in 1763
^ Also elected for Bangor in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

^ O'Hart (2007), p. 503

Bibliography

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0788419277.
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons

Parliamentary constituencies in County Limerick and Borough/City

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Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Kerry–Limerick West (1921–1923) · Limerick City–Limerick East (1921–1923) · Limerick (1923–1948, 2011– ) · Limerick East (1948– 2011) · Limerick West (1948– 2011) · Limerick City (2011– ) · Kerry North–West Limerick (2011– )

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