County Mayo (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
| County Mayo | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Mayo |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Mayo |
County Mayo was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793, under the Penal Laws, Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
Members of Parliament
[edit]- 1585 Thomas Williams and John Browne[1]
- 1613–1614 Tiobóid na Long Bourke, 1st Viscount Mayo and Sir Thomas Burke[1]
- 1634–1635 Sir Thomas Bourke and Sir Roger O'Shaunessy[1]
- 1639–1649 Sir Theobald Bourke, Baronet, and Thomas Bourke[1]
- 1658 Sir Thomas Sadlier
- 1661 Sir Arthur Gore and Sir James Cuffe[1]
1689–1801
[edit]| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Gerald Moore | Walter Bourke | ||||
| 1692 | Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd Bt | Francis Cuffe I | ||||
| 1695 | John Bingham | |||||
| 1707 | Henry Bingham | |||||
| 1715 | Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Bt | Francis Cuffe II | ||||
| 1719 | Michael Cuffe | |||||
| 1727 | John Bingham[2] | |||||
| 1742 | James Cuffe I | |||||
| 1749 | Sir John Bingham, 6th Bt | |||||
| 1751 | Paul Annesley Gore | |||||
| 1761 | Hon. Peter Browne-Kelly | Sir Charles Bingham, 7th Bt | ||||
| 1768 | James Cuffe II | |||||
| 1776 | Arthur Browne | |||||
| 1779 | George Browne | |||||
| 1782 | Denis Browne | |||||
| 1798 | George Jackson | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by Westminster constituency of Mayo | |||||
Notes
[edit]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.