Inistioge (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Inistioge or Innistiogue was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

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

Members of Parliament

1692–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Edward FitzGerald	James Bolger
1692	Edward Deane	Robert Stopford
1695	Thomas Keightley	Robert Stopford
1703	Edward Deane	Benjamin Portlock
1713		Charles Monck
1715		Edward Deane
1717	Stephen Deane ^{[note 1]}
1727	Folliot Ponsonby ^{[note 2]}
November 1727	Henry Ponsonby
1745	Edward Deane
1749	Edward Deane	Edward Herbert
1751	Joseph Deane	Edward Herbert
1761	Joseph Deane	John Hobson
1768	Joseph Matthews	Lodge Evans Morres
1776	Edward Tighe ^{[note 3]}	John Lloyd ^{[note 4]}
1777	John Flood	John Parnell ^{[note 5]}
1783	George Ponsonby	John Ussher
1790	George Ponsonby	John Lloyd
1797	Henry Tighe	John Lloyd
1798	Henry Tighe	William Tighe
1801	Disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Declared not duly elected in 1727
↑ Declared not duly elected in 1727
↑ Also elected for Athboy in 1776, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for King's County in 1776, for which he chose to sit
↑ Succeeded as 2nd Baronet in 1782

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 Kilkenny

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Callan (????–1800) Gowran (????–1800) Inistioge (????–1800) Knocktopher (????–1800) Kilkenny City (????–1800) Kilkenny County (????–1800) St Canice (1661–1800) Thomastown (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	County Kilkenny (1801–85) Kilkenny City (1801–85) North Kilkenny (1885–1922) South Kilkenny (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Carlow–Kilkenny (1921–37, 1948–) Kilkenny (1937–48)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–14) South (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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