Maryborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. The town has been known as Portlaoise since 1929.
| Maryborough | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | Queen's County |
| Borough | Maryborough (now Portlaoise) |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
Members of Parliament
edit- 1585 Robert Gale, Thomas Lambyne and George Harvey[1]
- 1613–1615 Sir Adam Loftus and Alexander Barrington[1]
- 1634–1635 Sir Walter Crosbie, 1st Baronet and Sir William Gilbert[1]
- 1639–1649 Sir Nicholas White (died and replaced 1644 by Henry Gilbert) and Sir William Gilbert[1]
- 1661–1666 John Gilbert and George St George (sat for Leitrim and replaced 1661 by Alexander Pigott)[2]
1689–1801
edit| Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Pierce Bryan | Thady FitzPatrick | ||||
| 1692 | St Leger Gilbert | Periam Pole | ||||
| 1695 | John Weaver | |||||
| 1703 | Robert Pigott | |||||
| November 1713 | Gerald Bourke | Edward Dodsworth | ||||
| 1713 | Robert Pigott | William Wall | ||||
| 1730 | Warner Westenra | |||||
| 1755 | John Pigott | |||||
| 1755 | Bartholomew William Gilbert | |||||
| May 1761 | William Gilbert | Eyre Coote | ||||
| 1761 | John Parnell[3] | |||||
| 1764 | Hunt Walsh | |||||
| 1776 | Robert Jocelyn, Viscount Jocelyn | |||||
| 1778 | John Tydd | |||||
| 1782 | Hon. Richard FitzPatrick | |||||
| October 1783 | Sir John Parnell, 2nd Bt | Charles Henry Coote | ||||
| 1783 | Sir Arthur Brooke, 1st Bt | |||||
| 1785 | Frederick Trench | |||||
| 1790 | Samuel Hayes | |||||
| 1796 | Hon. John Vesey | |||||
| 1798 | Eyre Coote | Henry Parnell | ||||
| 1800 | Edward Dunne | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
Notes
edit- 1 2 3 4 McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641. Department of History (PhD thesis). Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206.
- ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 630.
- ↑ from 1766 Sir John Parnell, 1st Bt
References
edit- 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.