County Cork (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

County Cork
Former county constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Cork
–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byCounty Cork (UKHC)

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

Area

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

History

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

Members of Parliament

  • 1376:[2] Richard de Wynchedoun and Philip, son of Robert White, were elected to come to England to consult with the king and council about the government of Ireland and about an aid for the king.
  • 1420: John Mithe and Thomas Halle[3]
  • 1463: Robert Rochford, Esq. and Edward Penkeston, knight[4][5] which also states that 'no knights were returned for a long time from thence'
  • 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.[6]
  • 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

Election First MP Second MP
1689 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 County Cork

References

  1. ^ O'Hart 2007, p. 500.
  2. ^ (Clarke 1932–34, p. 125)
  3. ^ (Richardson & Sayles 1947)
  4. ^ Curtis, Edmund (1923). A history of mediaeval Ireland from 1110 to 1513. London: Macmillan and Co Ltd. p. 374. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  5. ^ Irish Archaeological Society (1843). Tracts relating to Ireland. Vol. 2. Dublin. p. xiv. Retrieved 23 November 2025. citing a statute later printed in 3 Edward IV, ch 55 or 103
  6. ^ McGrath 1997, p. 257: "Redmond replaced his nephew by marriage McCarthy."

Bibliography

  • 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.
  • Clarke, Maude V. (1932–34). "William of Windsor in Ireland, 1369-1376". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature. 41: 55–130. JSTOR 25515963.
  • Richardson, Henry Gerald; Sayles, George Osborne (1947). Parliaments And Councils Of Mediaeval Ireland (PDF). Vol. 1. Dublin: Stationery Office. p. xxx (38/308). Retrieved 1 March 2026.

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