Old Leighlin (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Old Leighlin was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disfranchised.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was based in Old Leighlin, near the town of Leighlinbridge in County Carlow.

Members of Parliament

1692–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1692	John Dunbar	Edward Jones
1695	Richard Boyle	John Beauchamp
1703	James Agar	John Tench
1713	John Beauchamp	St Leger Gilbert
1727	John Beauchamp	Thomas Trotter
1745	Hon. Robert Jocelyn	Thomas Carter
1757	Richard Rigby	Thomas Carter
May 1761	John Bourke	Francis Andrews ^[1]
1761	John Bourke	Edward Nicholson
1768	Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt	Thomas Monck
1773	Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt	John Blaquiere ^[2]
1776	Hugh Massy
1777	Robert Jephson
1783	Hon. Henry Luttrell ^[3]	Hon. Arthur Acheson
1787	Sir Edward Leslie, 1st Bt
1790	Edward Cooke
1791		Patrick Duigenan
1798		Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Bt
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Sat for Londonderry City
↑ from 1774 Sir John Blaquiere
↑ from 1785 Henry Luttrell, Viscount Luttrell

Elections

1695
1703
1713
1715
1727
1761
1768
1776
1783
1790
1796 (by-election)
1797

References

Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
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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