Inistioge_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)

Inistioge (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Inistioge (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Inistioge or Innistiogue was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

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History

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

Members of Parliament

  • 1585 David Power and Robert Archdeacon[2]
  • 1613–1615 William Murphy and Crihen Murphy[2]
  • 1634–1635 Griffen Murphy and James Dulan (or Neilan)[2]
  • 1639–1649 John Wandesford[3] and Robert Loftus (Loftus died and replaced 1640 by John Fitzgerald)[2]
  • 1661–1666 Sir William Petty[4] and Joseph Deane[5]

1689–1801

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Declared not duly elected in 1727
  2. [N 2]
    Also elected for Athboy in 1776, for which he chose to sit
  3. [N 3]
    Also elected for King's County in 1776, for which he chose to sit
  4. [N 4]
    Succeeded as 2nd Baronet in 1782

References

  1. [1]
    O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
  2. [2]
    McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  3. [3]
    "Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885". Alex. Thom & Co. 1887. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. [4]
    McCormick, Ted. William Petty: And the Ambitions of Political Arithmetic. p. 123.
  5. [5]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 620.

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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