Maryborough_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)

Maryborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Maryborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Irish constituency until 1800

Maryborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800. The town is known as Portlaoise since 1929.

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Members of Parliament

  • 1585 Robert Gale, Thomas Lambyne and George Harvey[1]
  • 1613–1615 Sir Adam Loftus and Alexander Barrington[1]
  • 1634–1635 Sir Walter Crosbie, 1st Baronet and Sir William Gilbert[1]
  • 1639–1649 Sir Nicholas White (died and replaced 1644 by Henry Gilbert) and Sir William Gilbert[1]
  • 1661–1666 John Gilbert and George St George (sat for Leitrim and replaced 1661 by Alexander Pigott)[2]

1689–1801

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Notes

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 630.
  3. [3]
    from 1766 Sir John Parnell, 1st Bt

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