Harristown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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| Harristown | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Kildare |
| Borough | Harristown |
| 1684–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Harristown was a borough constituency in the Irish House of Commons until 1800, representing the borough of Harristown in the barony of Naas South, County Kildare.
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Harristown was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament, 1684–1801
1689–1801
| Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | James Nihell | Edmund FitzGerald | ||||
| 1692 | Sir Maurice Eustace[note 1] | Robert Graydon | ||||
| 1695 | Francis Wemys | |||||
| 1703 | Richard FitzPatrick | Robert Dixon | ||||
| 1713 | Benjamin Chetwood | Alexander Graydon | ||||
| 1715 | Robert Johnson | |||||
| 1721 | Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Bt | |||||
| 1727 | Edward Stratford | John Graydon | ||||
| 1740 | Agmondisham Vesey | |||||
| 1761 | Murrough O'Brien | Edward Sandford | ||||
| 1768 | Garret FitzGerald | Robert Graydon | ||||
| 1775 | Thomas Burgh | |||||
| 1776 | Richard Allen | Maurice Keating | ||||
| 1777 | Michael Keating | |||||
| 1781 | Charles John Crowle | |||||
| 1783 | Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt | Thomas Burgh | ||||
| 1790 | Arthur Burdett | |||||
| 1794 | Robert La Touche | |||||
| February 1797 | John (I) La Touche[note 2] | |||||
| 1797 | John (II) La Touche | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||