Fethard (County Tipperary) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Fethard
Former constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created 1608 (1608)
Abolished 1800
Replaced by Disenfranchised

Fethard was a constituency in County Tipperary represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Fethard was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1608–1801

1689–1801

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
1689 Patriot Parliament Sir John Everard, 3rd Bt James Tobin
1692 Thomas Clere Richard Sankey
1695 Matthew Jacob Thomas Carter
1703 Epaphroditus Marsh
1713 Sir Redmond Everard, 4th Bt Cornelius O'Callaghan I
1715 Epaphroditus Marsh Guy Moore
1719 Stephen Moore I
1727 Matthew Jacob John Clere
1755 Robert O'Callaghan
1761 Cornelius O'Callaghan II Stephen Moore II
1768 Cornelius O'Callaghan III
later 1st Baron Lismore
John Croker
1776 David Walsh
1783 Thomas Barton
1785 Daniel Gahan
1798 John Taylor William Ponsonby
1801 Disenfranchised

Notes

    See also

    Fethard, South Tipperary

    References

    1. O'Hart (2007), p. 503

    Bibliography

    • O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
    • Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

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