Athenry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Pre-1801 Irish constituency
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Athenry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
| Athenry | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Galway |
| Borough | Athenry |
| 1378–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
History
Athenry was represented as early as 1378.[1]
In the first Parliament of Elizabeth, Athenry was represented by Thomas Cusack, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Andrew Browne. In Elizabeth's second Parliament, one of its representatives was John Hooker, an Englishman. Hooker wrote the Irish additions to the 1587 update of Holinshed's Chronicles, in which he describes his own participation in a debate on a bill for the impost of wines.[2]
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Athenry was represented with two members.[3]
Members of Parliament
- 1559 Sir Thomas Cusack and Andrew Browne
- 1569 John Hooker and another
- 1585 William Browne and Nicholas Lynch[4]
- 1613–1615 Stephen Browne and Ludovic Bodkin[5]
- 1634–1635 David Burke and Richard Martyn[5]
- 1639–1649 Geoffrey Browne and John Blake alias Caddell[6]
- 1661 Henry Whaley and Sir Henry Waddington[6]
1689–1801
| Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | James Talbot | Charles Daly | ||||
| 1692 | Edward Pearce | Richard Whaley | ||||
| 1695 | John Ormsby | |||||
| 1721 | Robert Blakeney | |||||
| 1725 | Arthur Ormsby | |||||
| 1727 | John Blakeney | |||||
| 1733 | Thomas Bolton | |||||
| 1741 | James Daly | |||||
| 1747 | Robert Blakeney | |||||
| 1763 | John Blakeney | |||||
| 1768 | Theophilus Blakeney | |||||
| 1776 | John Blakeney | |||||
| 1781 | William Blakeney | |||||
| 1783 | Theophilus Blakeney | |||||
| 1790 | William Blakeney | |||||
| 1800 | William Needham | Michael Burke | ||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||