Clonakilty (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Clonakilty was a constituency in County Cork represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

History Established by a charter of King James I of England granting it to Sir Richard Boyle, it was purchased from Lord Burlington by Speaker Boyle in 1738 and he nominated the provost from three burgesses elected by the Corporation and freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Clonakilty was represented with two members. In the 1783 election 7 voted. It was disenfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800 and Lord Shannon received compensation of £15,000. It was sometimes known as Cloghnakilty.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1613 Sir Edward Harris Sir Henry Gosnold 1634 Sir Robert Travers Philip Mainwaring 1639 Sir Robert Travers Peregrine Banastre 1661 Joshua Boyle Arthur Freke 1689 Owen MacCarthy Daniel Fionn MacCarthy 1692 Francis Bernard Percy Freke 1695 Bryan Townsend 1703 Ralph Freke George Freke 1713 Richard Cox 1725 Francis Bernard 1727 Richard CoxSucceeded as 2nd Baronet in 1733 1761 Viscount BoyleAlso elected for County Cork in 1761, for which he chose to sit May 1761 Henry Sheares 1766 Matthew Parker 1768 Richard Longfield Riggs Falkiner 1776 Thomas Adderley Attiwell Wood 1784 Charles O'Neill 1792 Sir Nicholas Colthurst, 3rd Bt 1793 Viscount Boyle 1796 Thomas Prendergast 1797 John Hobson 1801 Disenfranchised

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Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), 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