Galway County (UK Parliament constituency)

Galway County
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Number of members	Two
Replaced by	Galway Connemara, East Galway, North Galway and South Galway

The UK Parliament constituency of County Galway was an historic Irish constituency, comprised the whole of County Galway, except for the Borough of Galway. It replaced the pre-Act of Union Parliament of Ireland constituency. Its representatives sat in the British House of Commons.

It returned two Members of Parliament.

The constituency was abolished in 1885 and replaced by smaller constituencies in the county.

Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1801)

Year	First member	Second member
1801	Richard Le Poer Trench	Richard Martin
1805		Denis Bowes Daly
1812	James Daly
1818		Richard Martin
1827		James Staunton Lambert
1830	Sir John Burke
1832	Thomas Barnewall Martin	James Daly
1835		John James Bodkin
1847	Thomas Burke	Christopher St. George
1852		Thomas Arthur Bellew
1857		William Henry Gregory
1865	Lord Dunkellin
1867	Viscount Burke
1871	Mitchell Henry
1872		John Philip Nolan
1872		William Le Poer Trench
1874		John Philip Nolan

The constituency was abolished in 1885 and replaced by the following constituencies:

• Galway Connemara
• Galway East
• Galway North
• Galway South

Elections

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References

• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)