Galway Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Galway Borough
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1264 (1264)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Galway Borough

Galway Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

History

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

Members of Parliament, 1264–1801

1640 Sir Richard Blake

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Oliver Martin	John Kirwan
1692	Sir Henry Bellasis	Nehemiah Donnellan
1695	Richard St George	Robert Ormsby
1703	Edward Eyre	John Staunton ^{[note 1]}
1713	Samuel Eyre
1715	Robert Shaw
1716	Robert Shaw	Edward Eyre
1727	John Staunton	Thomas Staunton
1732	John Staunton	Thomas Staunton
1735	Dominick Bourke
1748	Hon. Richard FitzPatrick ^{[note 2]}
1748	John Eyre
1761		Hon. Richard FitzPatrick
1767		Denis Daly
1768	James Daly	Robert French
1771	Anthony Daly	Robert French
1776	Anthony Daly	Denis Bowes Daly
1783	Denis Daly ^{[note 3]}
1783	Anthony Daly
1790	Denis Daly	Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt
1792	Peter Daly	Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt
1798	St George Daly	George Ponsonby
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Galway Borough

Notes

↑ Declared not duly elected in 1715
↑ Declared not duly elected in 1748
↑ Also elected for Galway County in 1783, 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.
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 Galway and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athenry (1310–1800) Galway Borough (1264–1800) Galway County (1264–1800) Tuam (1614–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Galway County (1801–85) Galway Borough (1801–1918) Galway Connemara (1885–1922) East Galway (1885–1922) North Galway (1885–1922) South Galway (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Galway (1921–37) Galway East (1937–48, 1961–69, 1977–) Galway North (1948–61) Galway North–East (1969–77) Galway South (1948–61) Clare–Galway South (1969–77) Galway West (1937–) Roscommon–Galway (2016–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) North-West (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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