Inistioge or Innistiogue was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
| Inistioge | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| Borough | Inistioge |
| –1801 | |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
History edit
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Inistioge was represented with two members.[1]
Members of Parliament edit
- 1585 David Power and Robert Archdeacon[2]
- 1613–1615 William Murphy and Crihen Murphy[2]
- 1634–1635 Griffen Murphy and James Dulan (or Neilan)[2]
- 1639–1649 John Wandesford[3] and Robert Loftus (Loftus died and replaced 1640 by John Fitzgerald)[2]
- 1661–1666 Sir William Petty[4] and Joseph Deane[5]
1689–1801 edit
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Edward FitzGerald | James Bolger | ||||
| 1692 | Edward Deane | Robert Stopford | ||||
| 1695 | Thomas Keightley | |||||
| 1703 | Edward Deane | Benjamin Portlock | ||||
| 1713 | Charles Monck | |||||
| 1715 | Edward Deane | |||||
| 1717 | Stephen Deane[note 1] | |||||
| 1727 | Folliot Ponsonby[note 1] | |||||
| November 1727 | Henry Ponsonby | |||||
| 1745 | Edward Deane | |||||
| 1749 | Edward Herbert | |||||
| 1751 | Joseph Deane | |||||
| 1761 | Joseph Deane | John Hobson | ||||
| 1768 | Joseph Matthews | Lodge Evans Morres | ||||
| 1776 | Edward Tighe[note 2] | John Lloyd[note 3] | ||||
| 1777 | John Flood | John Parnell[note 4] | ||||
| 1783 | George Ponsonby | John Ussher | ||||
| 1790 | John Lloyd | |||||
| 1797 | Henry Tighe | |||||
| 1798 | William Tighe | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
- ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ^ "Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885". Alex. Thom & Co. 1887. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ McCormick, Ted. William Petty: And the Ambitions of Political Arithmetic. p. 123.
- ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 620.
Bibliography edit
- O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
- 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.