Ballyshannon_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)

Ballyshannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Ballyshannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Ballyshannon was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1613 to 1800.

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This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Ballyshannon in County Donegal. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Also elected for Kilmallock, for which he chose to sit
  2. [N 2]
    Also elected for Taghmon, for which he chose to sit
  3. [N 3]
    Also elected for County Londonderry in 1727, for which he chose to sit
  4. [N 4]
    Knighted in 1753
  5. [N 5]
    Also elected for County Londonderry in 1761, for which he chose to sit
  6. [N 6]
    Also elected for Londonderry City in 1768, for which he chose to sit

References

  1. [1]
    O'Hart 2007, p. 501.

Bibliography

  • Return of Members of Parliament (1878), vol. ii, p. 611–612.
  • 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 Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
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