Clare (UK Parliament constituency)
| Clare | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | East Clare and West Clare |
Clare was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
At the 1885 general election, County Clare was split into two divisions: East Clare and West Clare.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Clare, except for the Borough of Ennis.
Members of Parliament
| Year | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1801 | Francis Nathaniel Burton | Hugh Dillon Massey | ||||
| 1802 | Sir Edward O'Brien, 4th Baronet | Whig | ||||
| 1808 | Augustine FitzGerald | Tory | ||||
| 1818 | William Vesey-FitzGerald | Tory | ||||
| 1826 | Lucius O'Brien | Tory | ||||
| 1828 | Daniel O'Connell | Radical | ||||
| 1830 | William Nugent Macnamara | Whig | James Patrick Mahon | Whig | ||
| 1831 | Maurice O'Connell | Radical | ||||
| 1832 | Cornelius O'Brien | Whig | ||||
| 1847 | Sir Lucius O'Brien, 5th Baronet | Conservative | ||||
| 1852 | Sir John Forster Fitzgerald | Liberal | Cornelius O'Brien | Liberal | ||
| 1857 | Lord Francis Conyngham | Liberal | Francis Macnamara Calcutt | Independent Irish | ||
| 1859 | Crofton Moore Vandeleur | Conservative | Luke White | Liberal | ||
| 1860 | Francis Macnamara Calcutt | Liberal | ||||
| 1863 | Sir Colman O'Loghlen, 2nd Baronet | Liberal | ||||
| 1874 | Lord Francis Conyngham | Irish Nationalist | Irish Nationalist | |||
| 1877 | Sir Bryan O'Loghlen, 3rd Baronet | Irish Nationalist | ||||
| 1879 | James Patrick Mahon | Irish Nationalist | ||||
| 1880 | William O'Shea | Independent Nationalist | ||||
| 1885 | Constituency divided into East Clare and West Clare | |||||
Elections
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There was a notorious riot at Sixmilebridge on polling day in 1852, in which soldiers shot dead seven protesters.
The Clare by-election in 1828 was notable as this was the first time since the reformation that an openly Roman Catholic MP, Daniel O'Connell was elected.
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)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)
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