This is a list of members of the Irish House of Commons between 1585 and 1586.
| Name | Constituency | Religion | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Anyas | Youghal | ||
| Richmond Archbold | Cross Tipperary | ||
| Sir Richard Aylward | County Waterford | Catholic[1] | Of Faithlegg[2] |
| Sir Nicholas Bagenal | County Down | Protestant | The Newry |
| Nicholas Ball | Dublin City | Catholic | Alderman of Dublin |
| Robert Barnewall | Ardee | ||
| John Barnewall | Drogheda | Of Brimore/Bremore, Dublin | |
| Richard Barnewall | County Meath | ||
| Edward Berkeley | County Antrim | Protestant | |
| Sir Richard Bingham | County Roscommon | Protestant | |
| Gerard Blancheville | County Kilkenny | ||
| Sir George Bourchier | King's County | Protestant | |
| Richard Bourke | County Limerick | ||
| Edward Brennan | Callan | ||
| Sir Valentine Browne | County Sligo | Protestant | |
| Henry Burnell | County Dublin | Catholic | Of Castleknock |
| James Butler | County Tipperary | ||
| Boetius Clancy | County Clare | Protestant[3] | Of Knockfine |
| Robert Codd | County Wexford | ||
| William Cogan | County Cork | His daughter married John de Courcy, 18th Baron Kingsale | |
| James Collen | Youghal | ||
| Gerald Comerford | Callan | Protestant | |
| Thomas Coppinger | Youghal | ||
| Redmond Everard | County Tipperary | Catholic | |
| Geoffrey Fenton | County Carlow | Protestant | Of Dublin - Principal Secretary of State |
| John Fitzedmond | County Cork | Of Cloyne | |
| John Fitzgerald | County Kerry | ||
| Matthew Fitzhenry | County Wexford | ||
| Thomas Fitzmaurice | County Kildare | ||
| James Galwey | Kinsale | Of Kinsale | |
| Roger Gerlone | County Louth | ||
| Robert Harpoll | Queen's County | ||
| Thomas Le Straunge | County Galway | ||
| Sir Hugh Magennis | County Down | Catholic | Of Rathfriland |
| John Meade | Cork City | ||
| William More | County Louth | ||
| John Netterville | County Meath | Catholic | |
| Richard Netterville | County Dublin | Catholic | Of Corballis/Corballies, Dublin |
| Sir John Norreys | County Cork | Protestant | Lord President of Munster |
| Thomas Norris | County Limerick | Protestant | |
| Edward Nugent of Disert | County Westmeath | ||
| Edward Nugent of Morton | County Westmeath | Catholic | [4] |
| Peter Nugent | Drogheda | ||
| Sir Turlough O'Brien | County Clare | Catholic | Of Inishdyman - Grandson of Connor O'Brien, King of Thomond |
| Faghna or Faghtna O'Farrell | County Longford | Catholic | O'Farrell Boy, Lord of South Annaly |
| William O'Farrell | County Longford | Catholic | O'Farrell Bane, Lord of North Annaly |
| Shane McBrien O'Neill | County Antrim | Of Shane's Castle | |
| Philip O'Reilly | County Cavan | Catholic | Of Cavan - Claimant to the Lordship of East Breifne |
| Edmund O'Reilly | County Cavan | Catholic | Claimant to the Lordship of East Breifne |
| Edmund Prendergast | Cross Tipperary | Of Newcastle, County Tipperary | |
| Philip Roche | Kinsale | Of Kinsale | |
| Robert Rothe | County Kilkenny | ||
| Sir Warham St Leger | Queen's County | Protestant | |
| Thomas Sarsfield | Cork City | ||
| Francis Shane | County Galway | ||
| James Sherlock | County Waterford | Of Grace Dieu, about a mile to the west of Waterford[5] | |
| Thomas Spring | County Kerry | Gentleman, son of Katherine ne Dermodo [6] | |
| William Sutton | County Kildare | ||
| George Taylor | Dublin City | Of Dublin | |
| Sir Henry Wallop | County Carlow | Protestant | Of Dublin |
| Nicholas Walsh | Waterford City | Protestant | Speaker |
| Henry Waring | King's County | ||
| Edward Waterhouse | Carrickfergus | Protestant |
The following present-day counties were not represented: County Armagh, County Donegal, County Fermanagh, County Leitrim, County Londonderry, County Monaghan and County Tyrone.
References
- ^ Canon Power churches
- ^ "Journal of the Waterford & South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society" Vol. IX.— No. I - Quarter — Jan to March 1906, page 52
- ^ "The History and Topography of the County of Clare" by James Frost - 'forsook his faith'
- ^ "This Edward Nugent the lawyer is conjectured both a dangerous and malicious man against the state. In the last parliament when an Act entitled “An Act for provision to be made for surety of the Majesty's most royal person” etc. was moved in the Lower House he used a long premeditated speech in defence of the mass and Romish religion with imputation of all good success whereunto and encounter since." Nugent, Brian (2008). Shakespeare Was Irish!. p. 200.citing Public Record Office of Northern Ireland item D3835/A/4/297 - Richard Nugent's notes on and transcriptions of State Papers, Home Office Papers, Hatfield House Papers, etc: 1850 - 1890
- ^ "Journal of the Waterford & South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society" Vol. IX.— No. I - Quarter — Jan to March 1906, page 52
- ^ Peyton's Survey, Paragraph 33
- Sources
- "Part II; Parliaments of Ireland". Return of the name of every member of the lower house of parliament of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with name of constituency represented, and date of return, from 1213 to 1874. Command papers. Vol. C.69-I. HMSO. 1878. pp. 603–691.
- Tracts relating to Ireland, Irish Archaeological Society, 1841-43, Volume 2, page 139
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