Kinsale (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Kinsale
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Cork
Borough	Kinsale
1334 (1334) (1334 (1334))–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Kinsale (UKHC)

Kinsale was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

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

1559, Jan.
- Sir John Alan, knight, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland, of Alencourt and St.Wolstan's, Kildare.
- Francis Agar or Agard, Esq., of Grangegorman, Dublin, and of Fawston, Staffordshire.
1585, April.
- James Galwey, Esq., of Kinsale.
- Philip Roche, Esq., of Kinsale.
1613-1615
- James Roche Fitz-Philip
- Dominick Roche Fitz-Richard
1634-1635
- William Gallwey
- James Roche
1639-1641
- Patrick Roche Fitz-Richard
- Philip Roche Fitz-Richard
1661-1666
- St. John Broderick
- Randolph Clayton

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Andrew Murrogh	Miles de Courcy
1692	Edward Southwell	Jonas Stawell
1695	Edward Southwell	James Weller
1703	Henry Hawley	William Southwell
1713	Henry Hawley	Edward Southwell
September 1725	Anthony Stawell^[note 1]
1725	Sir Richard Meade, 3rd Bt
October 1731		Gervais Parker^[note 2]
November 1731		Richard Ponsonby
1745	Jonas Stawell	Richard Ponsonby
1761	John Folliott	Edward Southwell
1765	Agmondisham Vesey	Edward Southwell
1768	Agmondisham Vesey	James Kearney
1783	Cromwell Price
1790	William Rowley
1798	William Rowley	Samuel Campbell Rowley
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kinsale

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.
Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800., Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8
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 Cork and Borough/City

County Cork (????–1800)
Baltimore (1614–1800)
Bandonbridge (1614–1800)
Castlemartyr (1676–1800)
Charleville (1673–1800)
Clonakilty (1613–1800)
Cork City (1264–1800)
Doneraile (1640–1800)
Kinsale (1334?–1800)
Mallow (1613–1800)
Midleton (1671–1800)
Rathcormack (c.1611–1800)
Youghal (1374–1800)

Bandon (1801–1885)
Cork County (1801–1885)
Cork City (1801–1922)
East Cork (1885–1922)
Mid Cork (1885–1922)
North Cork (1885–1922)
North East Cork (1885–1922)
South Cork (1885–1922)
South East Cork (1885–1922)
West Cork (1885–1922)
Kinsale (1801–1885)
Mallow (1801–1885)
Youghal (1801–1885)

Historic	Cork Borough (1921–1969) Cork City (1977–1981) Cork City North-West (1969–1977) Cork City South-East (1969–1977) Cork East and North East (1921–1923) Cork Mid (1961–1981) Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–1923) Cork North (1923–1961) Cork North-East (1961–1981) Cork South (1948–1961) Cork South-East (1937–1948) Cork West (1923–1961)
Current	Cork East (1923–1937, 1948–1961, 1981–) Cork North-Central (1981–) Cork North-West (1981–) Cork South-Central (1981–) Cork South-West (1961–)

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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