Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Cork County
Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Cork County

Cork County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough in County Cork. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Cork County was represented with two members. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough retained two parliamentary seats in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament

• 1585: April. Sir John Norreys, knt. William Cogan, Esq. John Fitzgerald, Esq., of Cloyne.
• 1613: April 19. Dermod McCarthy, Esq., of Lohort. Andrew Barrett, Esq., of Ballincollig.
• 1634: June 23. Sir William St. Leger, knt., of Doneraile. Sir Donagh McCarthy, knt.
• 1639: March 2. Sir William St. Leger, knt., of Doneraile. Sir Donagh McCarthy, knt. Redmond Roche, of Cahirduggan, expelled the 22nd of June, 1642, for the 1641 Rebellion.
• 1661: April 25. Hon. Richard Boyle. Sir Henry Tynte, knt., of Roxhall.
• 1661: June 2. Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet of Burton, in place of Tynte, deceased.
• 1665: Dec. 7th. Roger Boyle, in place of Richard Boyle, translated to the Lords.
• 1665-1666: John St Ledger (d.31 March 1696).

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Justin McCarthy			Sir Richard Nagle
1692		Sir St John Brodrick			Henry Boyle
1695					Thomas Brodrick	Whig
1703		Sir John Perceval, 5th Bt
1713					Alan Brodrick	Whig
1715		Henry Boyle			St John Brodrick
1728					Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Bt
1747					Arthur Hyde
1756		Viscount Dungarvan
1759		Richard Townsend
1761					Viscount Boyle
1765					Hon. John Lysaght
1768					John Hyde
1776					Sir Robert Deane, 6th Bt
1781					James Bernard
1783		Viscount Kingsborough
1791					Abraham Morris
1797					Viscount Boyle
1798		Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Cork County

Bibliography

• Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
• T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
• Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8
• Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons() cites: