Athenry_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)

Athenry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Athenry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency


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

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History

Athenry was represented as early as 1378.[1]

In the first Parliament of Elizabeth, Athenry was represented by Thomas Cusack, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and John Hooker, an Englishman. Hooker wrote the Irish additions to the 1587 update of Holinshed's Chronicles, in which he describes his own participation in a debate on a bill for the impost of wines.[2][citation needed]

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Athenry was represented with two members.[3]

Members of Parliament

1689–1801

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Notes


    References

    1. Commissioners on Municipal Corporations in Ireland (1835). "Athenry". Appendix to the First Report, Part I. 287 §2.; "Close Roll, 1 Richard II, No.81". CIRCLE. Trinity College Dublin. 22 January 1378. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
    2. Patterson, Annabel (1994). Reading Holinshed's Chronicles. University of Chicago Press. pp. 29–30. ISBN 9780226649122.; THE SVPPLIE OF THE Irish Chronicles extended to this present yeare of our Lord 1586, and the 28 of the reigne of queene Elisabeth. University of Oxford. 2008–2013 [1587]. pp. Vol.3 p.111. Retrieved 24 May 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
    3. O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
    4. McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641 (thesis thesis). Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of History. hdl:2262/77206.
    5. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

    Bibliography

    • 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.


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