Carlow Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Carlow Borough
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1613 (1613)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Carlow Borough

Carlow Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons.

Boundaries and boundary changes

This constituency was the borough of Carlow in County Carlow. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Boyle was represented with two members.^[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough retained one parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

1613–1615
- Sir John Bere, Kt., Dublin, Serjeant-at-law,
- Sir Robert Jacobe, Kt., Dublin, Solicitor General for Ireland
1634–1635
- Barnaby O'Brien ("absent in England", replaced in January 1634, Edward Harman)
- James Rawson, Dublin
1639–1649
- Robert Hartpole of Shrule Castle, Queen's County (disqualified for Rebellion in June 1642)
- Thomas Harman, Athy, Co. Kildare.
1661–1666
- John Temple (Kt.), Palmerstown, Co. Dublin
- Thomas Burdett,Garryhill, Co. Carlow.

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Mark Baggot	John Warren
1692	Sir William Russell, 4th Bt	Walter Weldon
1695	Edmond Jones	Robert Curtis
September 1703	Richard Wolseley	Hon. Charles Howard ^{[note 1]}
1703	Richard Wolseley	Walter Weldon
1713	Thomas Burdett
1715	Richard Wolseley
1725	John Hamilton
1727	James Hamilton	Richard Wolseley ^{[note 2]}
1761	Robert Burton
1765	Robert Doyne
1768	Edward Hoare	John Hyde ^{[note 3]}
1769	Edward Hoare	James Somerville
June 1776	John Prendergast	Hon. John Ponsonby ^{[note 4]}
1776	John Prendergast	Arthur Dawson
1783	Sir John Browne, 7th Bt	Charles des Voeux ^{[note 5]}
January 1790	Hon. James Caulfield Browne	Charles des Voeux ^{[note 5]}
May 1790	Augustus Cavendish-Bradshaw	John Ormsby Vandeleur
1796	Sir Frederick Flood, 1st Bt	John Ormsby Vandeleur
January 1798	Henry Sadlier Prittie	William Elliot ^{[note 6]}
1798	Henry Sadlier Prittie	John Wolfe
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Carlow Borough

Notes

↑ Declared not duly elected in 1703
↑ Created a baronet in 1745
↑ Also elected for Cork County in 1768, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Kilkenny County in 1776, for which he chose to sit
↑ Created a baronet in 1787
↑ Also elected for St Canice in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 500

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.
Lord Walter FitzGerald, "The Castle and Manor of Carlow, Part II", in Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society And Surrounding Districts 6:5 (January 1911), 364–397 (396)
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 Carlow

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Old Leighlin (????–1800) Carlow Borough (1613–1800) Carlow County

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Carlow Borough (1801–85) Carlow County (1801–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Carlow–Kilkenny (1921–37, 1948–) Carlow–Kildare (1937–48)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–14) South (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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