Cavan County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Cavan County 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, Cavan County was represented with two members.^[1]

Election	First member	Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament	Philip Reyley	John Reyly
1692	Sir Francis Hamilton, 3rd Bt	Robert Saunders ^{[note 1]}
1697		Francis White
1703		Theophilus Butler
1713		Robert Saunders
1715	Mervyn Pratt	Brockhill Newburgh
1727	Charles Coote I	John Maxwell
1751	Hon. Brinsley Butler ^{[note 2]}	John Maxwell
1756		Hon. Barry Maxwell
1761		Charles Coote II
1766		William Stewart
1768	Hon. Barry Maxwell	George Montgomery	Patriot
1780	Hon. John James Maxwell
1783	Charles Stewart
1788		John Maxwell ^{[note 3]}
1788		Francis Saunderson
1793	Viscount Maxwell
1800	Nathaniel Sneyd
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Cavan

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 Commonscites: 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

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Cavan (1921–77)
Current	Cavan–Monaghan (1977–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	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
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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