Galway County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

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

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Galway County was represented with two members.^[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the constituency became Galway County (UK Parliament constituency).

Members of Parliament

Year	First member	Second member
1613–1615	Sir Valentine Blake, 1st Bt
1634–1635	Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Bt

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Bt			Sir Walter Blake, 6th Bt
1692		John Eyre			Sir Oliver St George, 1st Bt
1703					John French
1709		Edward Ormsby
1713		John Eyre			Patrick French
1715		Edward Ormsby			Frederick Trench
1727		John Eyre
1745		Hon. Thomas Bermingham
1750		George Warburton
1753		Charles Daly			Robert French
1761					Richard Trench
August 1768		Lord Dunkellin [note 1]			Denis Daly
1768		William Trench
1790					Joseph Blake
1798		Hon. Richard Trench
1800		Richard Martin
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Galway County

Notes

1. Declared not duly elected in 1768Pa

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 502

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.
• Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 978-1-903688-09-0
• T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
• 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.