Fermanagh (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coordinates: 54°27′04″N 7°42′47″W / 54.451°N 7.713°W

Fermanagh
Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Fermanagh

Fermanagh was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

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

Members of Parliament

1613–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1613		Sir Henry Folliott			Sir John Davies Speaker
1634		Sir William Cole			Sir John Hume
1639		Rory Maguire, expelled 1642			Sir William Cole
1661		Sir John Cole,1st Baronet			William Davys, died and repl. 1662 by Henry Blennerhassett
1689		Fermanagh was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692		James Corry			Abraham Creighton
1695					Christopher Irwin
1713					Sir Gustavus Home, 3rd Bt
1719		John Corry
1713		Richard Cole
1727					Henry Brooke
1731		Nicholas Archdall
1761		Mervyn Archdall			Arthur Brooke [note 1]
1783					Arthur Cole-Hamilton
1790					Viscount Cole
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Fermanagh

Notes

1. Created a baronet in 1764

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 503

• Parliamentary Memoirs of Fermanagh and Tyrone, from 1613 to 1885

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.