Cavan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Cavan
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1611 (1611)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Cavan Borough 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.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough of Cavan in County Cavan.

History

It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1611 to 1800. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Cavan Borough was represented with two members.^[1] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Act of Union 1800.

Members of Parliament, 1611–1801

1613–1615
- Oliver Lambart, 1st Baron Lambart (died 1618)
1634–1635
- Brockhill Taylor (died 1636)
1639–1649

Irish MPs sat in the Parliament of the Protectorate

1661–1666

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Philip Og O'Reilly	Hugh Reily
1692	Thomas Ashe	Robert Saunders
1709	Thomas Ashe	Joseph Addison
1713	Charles Lambart	Theophilus Clements
1715	Thomas Nesbitt	Theophilus Clements
1729		Henry Clements
1745		Robert Clements
1747		Edward Weston
1750	Cosby Nesbitt	Edward Weston
1761		Nathaniel Clements ^{[note 1]}
1768		Thomas Nesbitt
1769	Henry Theophilus Clements
1776	Nathaniel Clements ^{[note 2]}
1777	John Clements
1783	Henry Theophilus Clements
1790	Lord Charles James FitzGerald
1798	Viscount Clements ^{[note 3]}
1798	George Cavendish
1801	Disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Also elected for Leitrim in 1768, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Carrick in 1776, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Leitrim in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 501

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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