| County Sligo | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Sligo |
| ?–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | County Sligo (UKHC) |
County Sligo was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
Members of Parliament
- 1585 Sir Valentine Browne, James Crofton and John Marbury[1]
- 1613–1615 Brian McDonagh and Thady O'Hara[1]
- 1634–1635 Fearghal Ó Gadhra (Farrell O'Gara) and Tadgh O’Connor Sligo[1]
- 1639–1649 Theobald Taaffe (inherited peerage 1642) and George Radcliffe (replaced April 1641 by Patrick Casey)[1]
- 1661–1666 Sir Francis Gore and Robert Morgan[2]
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | Henry Crofton | Oliver O'Gara | ||||
| 1692 | Hugh Morgan | Edward Wingfield | ||||
| 1713 | Chidley Coote | William Ormsby | ||||
| 1719 | Joshua Cooper I | |||||
| 1727 | Owen Wynne | |||||
| 1737 | James Wynne | |||||
| 1749 | Owen Wynne | |||||
| 1757 | Benjamin Burton | |||||
| 1761 | Sir Edward King, 5th Bt | |||||
| 1765 | Paul Annesley Gore | |||||
| 1768 | Joshua Cooper II | |||||
| 1778 | Owen Wynne | |||||
| 1783 | Charles O'Hara | |||||
| 1790 | Joshua Edward Cooper | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by Westminster constituency of County Sligo | |||||
References
- 1 2 3 4 McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
- ↑ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 632.
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
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