Harristown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Harristown
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1684 (1684)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Harristown was a borough constituency representing Harristown, County Kildare in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

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

Members of Parliament, 1684–1801

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	James Nihell	Edmund FitzGerald
1692	Sir Maurice Eustace ^{[note 1]}	Robert Graydon
1695	Francis Wemys	Robert Graydon
1703	Richard FitzPatrick	Robert Dixon
1713	Benjamin Chetwood	Alexander Graydon
1715	Robert Johnson
1721	Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Bt
1727	Edward Stratford	John Graydon
1740	Agmondisham Vesey	John Graydon
1761	Murrough O'Brien	Edward Sandford
1768	Garret FitzGerald	Robert Graydon
1775	Thomas Burgh	Robert Graydon
1776	Richard Allen	Maurice Keating
1777		Michael Keating
1781		Charles John Crowle
1783	Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt	Thomas Burgh
1790	Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt	Arthur Burdett
1794	Robert La Touche	Arthur Burdett
February 1797		John La Touche ^{[note 2]}
1797		John La Touche
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Expelled in 1695
↑ Also elected for Kildare County in 1797, 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 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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