Ballyshannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Ballyshannon
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1613
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Ballyshannon (also known as Ballyshannon Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1613 to 1800.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough of Ballyshannon in County Donegal. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Ballyshannon was not represented.^[1]

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

• 1613–1615 ? Paul Gore
• 1634-1635 ?
• 1639-1649 ?
• 1661-1666 Sir Robert King, 1st Baronet and William Hill

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689		Ballyshannon was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692		Francis Folliott			John Folliott
1695					Hon. Henry Folliott
1697					Richard Warburton
1703		Richard Geering
1713		Owen Wynne			John Rochfort
November 1727		William Conolly [note 1]	Whig		Thomas Pearson
1727		William James Conolly
1737					Edward Walpole [note 2]
1754		Michael Clarke
May 1761					Thomas Conolly [note 3]
1761					John Gustavus Handcock
1766					Hugh Henry Mitchell
1768					Francis Andrews [note 4]
1769					William Gamble
1776		John Staples			Sir Michael Cromie, 1st Bt
1783		William Ogilvie
1790		Thomas Dickson
January 1798		Viscount Corry			David Babington
1798		Sir William Richardson, 1st Bt
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Also elected for Londonderry County in 1727, for which he chose to sit
2. Knighted in 1753
3. Also elected for Londonderry County in 1761, for which he chose to sit
4. Also elected for Londonderry City in 1768, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 501

Bibliography

• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
• Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.