Clonmines (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Clonmines was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. It was a rotten borough associated with the deserted Norman borough of Clonmines, in south-west County Wexford.

History

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

Members of Parliament

1661: Francis Harvey

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Edward Sherlock	Nicholas White
1692	Henry Loftus	Thomas Philips
1695	Henry Loftus	Maurice Annesley
1703	James Butler	Walter Bunbury
1713	Nicholas Loftus	George Houghton
1715	Philip Doyne	George Houghton
November 1727	Thomas Loftus	Henry Ponsonby ^{[note 1]}
1727		Edward Corker
1734		William Tighe
1761	Henry Alcock	Charles Tottenham
1768	Henry Loftus	Charles Tottenham
1776	Arthur Loftus	Charles Tottenham
1781	Thomas Loftus ^{[note 2]}
1790	Nicholas Loftus Tottenham
1791		William Tankerville Chamberlain
1794		Charles Eustace
1798	Ponsonby Tottenham	Luke Fox
1799		Henry Luttrell
1800		Henry Eustace
1801	Disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Also elected for Inistioge in 1727, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Fethard (County Wexford) in 1790, for which he chose to sit

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 504

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 Wexford

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Bannow (????–1800) Clonmines (????–1800) Enniscorthy (1613–1800) Fethard (1613–1800) Gorey (????–1800) New Ross (????–1800) Taghmon (????–1800) Wexford Borough (????–1800) Wexford County (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	New Ross (1801–85) Wexford County (1801–85) Wexford Borough (1801–85) North Wexford (1885–1922) South Wexford (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Wexford (1921–)

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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