Belturbet (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Belturbet
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1614 (1614)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Belturbet was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.

Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

History

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

Members of Parliament, 1614–1801

1634-35 Sir William Ryves
1640–41 John Borlase, later Lord Justice of Ireland ^[2]

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Sir Edward Tyrrell, 1st Bt	Philip Tuite
1692	Francis Butler	John Warburton
1703	Richard Tighe	Thomas Taylor ^{[note 1]}
1713	Theophilus Butler	Brinsley Butler
1715	Charles Delafaye	Brinsley Butler
1725	Charles Delafaye	Hon. Humphrey Butler
1727	Thomas Butler	Hon. Humphrey Butler
1736	Thomas Butler	Robert Butler
1755	John Cramer
1761	John Butler ^{[note 2]}
1761	John Cramer ^{[note 3]}
1763		Edward Tighe
1768		George Glover
1771		Robert Birch
1776	Charles Francis Sheridan	Robert Birch
1783	Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt	David La Touche
1790	John McClintock	Maurice Copinger
1798	Charles King	Thomas Townsend
1800	Blayney Townley Balfour	Thomas Townsend
1801	Disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Created a baronet in 1704
↑ Also elected for Down in 1715, for which he chose to sit
↑ Changed surname to Croghill in 1775

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 501
↑ Terry Clavin, ‘Borlase, Sir John (c.1576–1648)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006

Bibliography

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
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.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Cavan and Borough

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Belturbet (1614–1800) Cavan Borough (1611–1800) Cavan County (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Cavan County (1801–85) East Cavan (1885–1922) West Cavan (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Cavan (1921–77) Cavan–Monaghan (1977–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) North-West (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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