Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Cork County

Former county constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created|  ()
Abolished| 1800
Seats| 2
Replaced by| Cork County

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

## Contents

* 1 Boundaries and Boundary Changes
* 2 History
* 3 Members of Parliament
* 3.1 1689–1801
* 3.2 Notes
* 4 References
* 5 Bibliography

## Boundaries and Boundary Changes[edit]

This constituency consisted of the County Cork. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland up to 1800.

## History[edit]

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Cork County was represented with two members.[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough retained two parliamentary seats in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

## Members of Parliament[edit]

* 1585: April. Sir John Norreys, knt. William Cogan, Esq. John Fitzgerald, Esq., of Cloyne.
* 1613: 19 April. Dermod McCarthy, Esq., of Lohort. Andrew Barrett, Esq., of Ballincollig.
* 1634: 23 June. Sir William St. Leger, knt., of Doneraile. Sir Donagh McCarthy, knt.
* 1639: 2 March. Sir William St Leger, knt., of Doneraile. Donagh McCarthy, knt.
* 1641: 20 February. Redmond Roche (MP) in place of Donagh McCarthy, who succeeded his father as 2nd Viscount of Muskerry.[2]
* 1641: 22 June. Redmond Roche, of Cahirduggan, expelled for siding with the 1641 Rebellion.
* 1642: 2 July. ? in place of William St Leger who died.
* 1661: 25 April. Hon. Richard Boyle. Sir Henry Tynte, knt., of Roxhall.
* 1661: 2 June. Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet of Burton, in place of Tynte, deceased.
* 1665: 7 December. Roger Boyle, in place of Richard Boyle, translated to the Lords.
* 1665-1666: John St Ledger (d.31 March 1696).

### 1689–1801[edit]

Election |  | First member | First party |  | Second member | Second party

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1689 Patriot Parliament |  | Justin McCarthy |  |  | Sir Richard Nagle |
1692  |  | Sir St John Brodrick |  |  | Henry Boyle |
1695  |  | Thomas Brodrick | Whig
1703  |  | Sir John Perceval, 5th Bt |
1713  |  | Alan Brodrick | Whig
1715  |  | Henry Boyle |  |  | St John Brodrick |
1728  |  | Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Bt |
1747  |  | Arthur Hyde |
1756  |  | Viscount Dungarvan |
1759  |  | Richard Townsend |
1761  |  | Viscount Boyle |
1765  |  | Hon. John Lysaght |
1768  |  | John Hyde |
1776  |  | Sir Robert Deane, 6th Bt |
1781  |  | James Bernard |
1783  |  | Viscount Kingsborough |
1791  |  | Abraham Morris |
1797  |  | Viscount Boyle |
1798  |  | Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald |
1801 |  | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Cork County

### Notes[edit]

## References[edit]

1. ^ O'Hart (2007), p. 500
2. ^ McGrath 1997, p. 257: "Redmond replaced his nephew by marriage McCarthy."

## Bibliography[edit]

* McGrath, Brid (1997). "Redmond Roche Cork County". A Biographical Dictionary of the Membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640 to 1641 (Thesis). Vol. 1\. Dublin: Trinity College. pp. 257–258. hdl:2262/77206. – Parliaments & Biographies (PDF downloaded from given URL)
* O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. 2\. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
* Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
* T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
* Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8
* 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.

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Parliamentary constituencies in County Cork and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800|

* Baltimore (1614-1800)
* Bandonbridge (1614-1800)
* Castlemartyr (1676-1800)
* Charleville (1673-1800)
* Clonakilty (1613-1800)
* Cork City (1264-1800)
* Cork County (????-1800)
* Doneraile (1640-1800)
* Kinsale (1334?-1800)
* Mallow (1613-1800)
* Midleton (1671-1800)
* Rathcormack (c.1611-1800)
* Youghal (1374-1800)

Westminster 1801-1922
and First Dáil 1918|

* Bandon (1801-1885)
* Cork County (1801-1885)
* Cork City (1801-1922)
* East Cork (1885-1922)
* Mid Cork (1885-1922)
* North Cork (1885-1922)
* North East Cork (1885-1922)
* South Cork (1885-1922)
* South East Cork (1885-1922)
* West Cork (1885-1922)
* Kinsale (1801-1885)
* Mallow (1801-1885)
* Youghal (1801-1885)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present|

| Historic|

* Cork Borough (1921-1969)
* Cork City (1977-1981)
* Cork City North-West (1969-1977)
* Cork City South-East (1969-1977)
* Cork East and North East (1921-1923)
* Cork Mid (1961-1981)
* Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921-1923)
* Cork North (1923-1961)
* Cork North-East (1961-1981)
* Cork South (1948-1961)
* Cork South-East (1937-1948)
* Cork West (1923-1961)

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Current|

* Cork East (1923-1937, 1948-1961, 1981-)
* Cork North-Central (1981-)
* Cork North-West (1981-)
* Cork South-Central (1981-)
* Cork South-West (1961-)

European Parliament
1979-present|

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