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King's County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

King's County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

King's County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. The county was renamed as County Offaly after Irish independence.

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Members of Parliament

  • 1585: Sir George Bouchier and Henry Waring[1]
  • 1613–1615: Adam Loftus and Sir Francis Rushe[1]
  • 1634–1635: Sir William Colley and Terence Coghlan[2]
  • 1639–1649: John Coughlan and Sir William Parsons of Birr[3]
  • 1661–1666: John Weaver and Henry Lestrange[1]

1689–1801

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 622.
  2. [2]
    Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633-1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 232.
  3. [3]
    McGrath, Brid (1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641". TARA - Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. [4]
    from 1698 Sir William Parsons, 2nd Bt

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