County Galway (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Pre-1801 Irish constituency
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County Galway was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
Replaced byCounty Galway (UKHC)
| County Galway | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Galway |
| –1801 | |
| Replaced by | County Galway (UKHC) |
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Galway was represented with two members.[1] Following the Acts of Union 1800 the county was represented by the Westminster constituency of County Galway.
Members of Parliament
| Year | First member | Second member |
|---|---|---|
| 1585 | Francis Shaen | Thomas Lestrange |
| 1613–1615 | John Moore of Brizes | Sir William Bourke |
| 1634–1635 | Sir Richard Blake | Sir Valentine Blake |
| 1639–1645 | Sir Ulick Bourke, 1st Baronet | Sir Richard Blake |
| 1661–1666 | Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet | Chidley Coote |
1689–1801
| Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Bt | Sir Walter Blake, 6th Bt | ||||
| 1692 | John Eyre | Sir Oliver St George, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1703 | John French | |||||
| 1709 | Edward Ormsby | |||||
| 1713 | John Eyre | Patrick French | ||||
| 1715 | Edward Ormsby | Frederick Trench | ||||
| 1727 | John Eyre | |||||
| 1745 | Hon. Thomas Bermingham | |||||
| 1750 | George Warburton | |||||
| 1753 | Charles Daly | Robert French | ||||
| 1761 | Richard Trench | |||||
| August 1768 | Lord Dunkellin[note 1] | Denis Daly | ||||
| 1768 | William Trench | |||||
| 1790 | Joseph Blake | |||||
| 1798 | Hon. Richard Trench | |||||
| 1800 | Richard Martin | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Galway | |||||
Notes
- Declared not duly elected in 1768Pa