Athy (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Athy
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1614 (1614)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Athy was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Athy was represented with two members.^[1]

Members of Parliament, 1614–1801

1613 John Weldon
1634 Sir Maurice Eustace
1639–1647 Sir Maurice Eustace, Speaker

1689–1801

Election	First member	First party	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	William FitzGerald		William Archbold
1692	Raphael Hunt		Richard Locke
1695	Maurice Keating		Richard Locke
1703			Richard Meredyth
1713			John Lyons
1715			Richard Allen
1727	Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Bt		Marcus Anthony Morgan
1741	Lord Offaly
1744	Walter Weldon
1753	Walter Weldon		Robert Sandford
May 1761	Henry Sandford ^{[note 1]}		James McManus
1761	Robert Sandford		James McManus
December 1761			Richard Stearne Tighe
1762			William Smith
1768	John St Leger		William Burgh
1769	Walter Hussey Burgh	Patriot	William Burgh
1776	Thomas Burgh		Thomas Burgh
1783	Lord Edward FitzGerald	Patriot	Thomas Burgh
1790	Lord Henry FitzGerald ^{[note 2]}	Patriot	Arthur Ormsby
1791	Frederick John Falkiner		Arthur Ormsby
1798	William Hare		Richard Hare
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Also elected for Kildare Borough in 1761, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Dublin City in 1790, for which he chose to sit

References

↑ 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 1-903688-09-4
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 Commons( ) cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Kildare

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athy (1614–1800) Harristown (1684–1800) Kildare Borough (????–1800) Kildare County (????–1800) Naas (1570–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Kildare (1801–85) North Kildare (1885–1922) South Kildare (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Kildare–Wicklow (1921–23) Kildare (1923–37, 1948–2002) Carlow–Kildare (1937–48) Kildare North (2002–) Kildare South (2002–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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