Galway County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Galway County Former County constituency
Created	()
Post-Union	Galway County
Type	Irish House of Commons

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

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Galway County was represented with two members.^[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the constituency became Galway County (UK Parliament constituency).

Year	First member	Second member
1613–1615	Sir Valentine Blake, 1st Bt
1634–1635	Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Bt

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Bt	Sir Walter Blake, 6th Bt
1692	John Eyre	Sir Oliver St George, 1st Bt
1703	John Eyre	John French
1709	Edward Ormsby	John French
1713	John Eyre	Patrick French
1715	Edward Ormsby	Frederick Trench
1727	John Eyre
1745	Hon. Thomas Bermingham
1750	George Warburton
1753	Charles Daly	Robert French
1761	Charles Daly	Richard Trench
August 1768	Lord Dunkellin ^{[note 1]}	Denis Daly
1768	William Power Keating Trench	Denis Daly
1790	William Power Keating Trench	Joseph Henry Blake
1798	Hon. Richard Trench
1800	Richard Martin
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Galway County

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0788419277.
Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 978-1-903688-09-0
T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons

Parliamentary constituencies in County Galway and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athenry (1310–1800) · Galway Borough (1264–1800) · Galway County (1264–1800) · Tuam (1614–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Galway County (1801–1885) · Galway Borough (1801–1918) · Galway Connemara (1885–1922) · East Galway (1885–1922) · North Galway (1885–1922) · South Galway (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Galway (1921–1937) · Galway East (1937–1948, 1961–1969, 1977– ) · Galway North (1948–1961) · Galway North–East (1969–1977) · Galway South (1948–1961) · Clare–Galway South (1969–1977) · Galway West (1937– )

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) · North-West (2004– )

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