Kildare County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Kildare County
Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1801
Replaced by	Kildare

Kildare County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1801.

History

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

Members of Parliament

Parliament of Henry VI

1429 Sir Richard FitzEustace

Parliament of James I

1613-1615 Gilbert Domvile
1613-1615 Sir William Talbot, 1st Baronet

Parliament of Charles II

1661-1666 Robert Fitzgerald

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	John Wogan	George Aylmer
1692	George FitzGerald	Robert FitzGerald
1698	George FitzGerald	Henry Colley
1703	Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt	Thomas Keightley
1709	Joshua Allen ^{[note 1]}	Thomas Keightley
1715		Brabazon Ponsonby ^{[note 2]}
1725		Francis Allen
1727	Richard Allen	Maurice Keating
1745	Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Bt	Maurice Keating
1761	Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Bt	Arthur Pomeroy
1776	Lord Charles FitzGerald	Arthur Pomeroy
1783	Lord Charles FitzGerald	John Wolfe
1790	Lord Edward FitzGerald	Maurice Bagenal St Leger Keating
1798	John La Touche	Maurice Bagenal St Leger Keating
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kildare

Notes

↑ Styled as The Honourable from 1717
↑ Styled as The Honourable from 1721

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.
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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