Dungarvan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Dungarvan was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Dungarvan
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1610
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Dungarvan

History

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

Members of Parliament, 1610–1801

• 1560 Henry Stafford (or Gifford) and John Challoner [2]
• 1613–1615 Peter Rowe and Thomas Fitz-Harrys [2]
• 1634–1635 Sir Peter Smithe of Ballynatray and John Hore [2]
• 1639–1649 Sir Richard Osborne, 2nd Baronet and John Hore [2]
• 1661–1665 John Fitzgerald of Dromana and Sir Allen Broderick [2]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		John Hore			Martin Hore
1692		Charles Bourchier			William Buckner
1703		James Barry (1659-1717)			Roger Power
1709					Henry Pyne
1713		James Barry (1689-1743)			Robert Carew
1715		James Barry (1659-1717)
1717		Redmond Barry
1721					James Barry (1689-1743)
1727		Benjamin Parry			Thomas Carter [note 1]
October 1727					Thomas Uniacke [note 2]
1728					Robert Dillon
1736		Robert Roberts
1747					John Ussher
1749					Richard Boyle [note 3]
1758		Robert Boyle-Walsingham
1761					Thomas Carew
1768		Sir William Osborne, 8th Bt			Robert Carew
1776					John Bennett [note 4]
1777					Godfrey Greene
1783		Marcus Beresford
1790					Chambre Brabazon Ponsonby
January 1798					John Brabazon Ponsonby
April 1798		Edward Lee
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Dungarvan

Notes

1. Also elected for Hillsborough in 1727, for which he chose to sit
2. Declared not duly elected in 1727
3. Styled as Viscount Boyle from 1756
4. Declared not duly elected in 1776

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 504
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 635.

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.