List of Irish MPs 1585–86

This is a list of members of the Irish House of Commons between 1585 and 1586.

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Name	Constituency	Religion	Notes
Archbold , RichmondRichmond Archbold	Cross Tipperary
Aylward , Sir RichardSir Richard Aylward	Waterford County	Catholic[1]	Of Faithlegg[2]
Bagenal , Sir NicholasSir Nicholas Bagenal	Down	Protestant
Barnewall , RobertRobert Barnewall	Ardee
Barnewall , JohnJohn Barnewall	Drogheda
Barnewall , RichardRichard Barnewall	Meath
Berkeley , EdwardEdward Berkeley	Antrim County	Protestant
Bingham, Sir RichardSir Richard Bingham	Roscommon County	Protestant
Blancheville , GerardGerard Blancheville	Kilkenny County
Bourchier , Sir GeorgeSir George Bourchier	King's County	Protestant
Bourke , RichardRichard Bourke	Limerick County
Brennan , EdwardEdward Brennan	Callan
Browne , Sir ValentineSir Valentine Browne	Sligo County	Protestant
Burnell, HenryHenry Burnell	Dublin County	Catholic
Butler, JamesJames Butler	Tipperary
Clancy, BoetiusBoetius Clancy	Clare	Protestant[3]
Codd , RobertRobert Codd	Wexford County
Cogan , WilliamWilliam Cogan	Cork County		His daughter married John de Courcy, 18th Baron Kingsale
Collen , JamesJames Collen	Youghal
Comerford, GeraldGerald Comerford	Callan	Protestant
Coppinger , ThomasThomas Coppinger	Youghal
Everard , RedmondRedmond Everard	Tipperary	Catholic
Fenton , GeoffreyGeoffrey Fenton	Carlow County	Protestant	Principal Secretary of State
Fitzedmond , JohnJohn Fitzedmond	Cork County
Fitzgerald , JohnJohn Fitzgerald	Kerry
Fitzhenry , MatthewMatthew Fitzhenry	Wexford County
Fitzmaurice , ThomasThomas Fitzmaurice	Kildare County
Galwey , JamesJames Galwey	Kinsale
Gerlone , RogerRoger Gerlone	Louth
Harpoll , RobertRobert Harpoll	Queen's County
Le Straunge , ThomasThomas Le Straunge	Galway County
Magennis , Sir HughSir Hugh Magennis	Down	Catholic
Meade , JohnJohn Meade	Cork City
More , WilliamWilliam More	Louth
Netterville , JohnJohn Netterville	Meath	Catholic
Netterville, RichardRichard Netterville	Dublin County	Catholic
Norreys , Sir JohnSir John Norreys	Cork County	Protestant	Lord President of Munster
Norris, ThomasThomas Norris	Limerick County	Protestant
Nugent of Disert, EdwardEdward Nugent of Disert	Westmeath
Nugent of Morton, EdwardEdward Nugent of Morton	Westmeath	Catholic	[4]
O'Brien , Sir TurloughSir Turlough O'Brien	Clare	Catholic	Grandson of Connor O'Brien, King of Thomond
O'Farrell , Faghna or FaghtnaFaghna or Faghtna O'Farrell	Longford County	Catholic	O'Farrell Boy, Lord of South Annaly
O'Farrell , WilliamWilliam O'Farrell	Longford County	Catholic	O'Farrell Bane, Lord of North Annaly
O'Neill , Shane McBrienShane McBrien O'Neill	Antrim County		Of Shane's Castle
O'Reilly , PhilipPhilip O'Reilly	Cavan County	Catholic	Claimant to the Lordship of East Breifne
O'Reilly , EdmundEdmund O'Reilly	Cavan County	Catholic	Claimant to the Lordship of East Breifne
Prendergast , EdmundEdmund Prendergast	Cross Tipperary		Of Newcastle, County Tipperary
Roche , PhilipPhilip Roche	Kinsale
Rothe , RobertRobert Rothe	Kilkenny County
St Leger, Sir WarhamSir Warham St Leger	Queen's County	Protestant
Shane, FrancisFrancis Shane	Galway County
Sherlock , JamesJames Sherlock	Waterford County		Of Grace Dieu, about a mile to the west of Waterford[5]
Springe , ThomasThomas Springe	Kerry		Gentleman, son of Katherine ne Dermodo [6]
Sutton , WilliamWilliam Sutton	Kildare County
Wallop , Sir HenrySir Henry Wallop	Carlow County	Protestant
Walsh, NicholasNicholas Walsh	Waterford City	Protestant	Speaker
Waring, HenryHenry Waring	King's County
Waterhouse, EdwardEdward Waterhouse	Carrickfergus	Protestant

References

1. Canon Power churches
2. "Journal of the Waterford & South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society" Vol. IX.— No. I - Quarter — Jan to March 1906, page 52
3. "The History and Topography of the County of Clare" by James Frost - 'forsook his faith'
4. “This Edward Nugent the lawyer is conjectured both a dangerous and malicious man against the state. In the last parliament when an Act entitled “An Act for provision to be made for surety of the Majesty’s most royal person” etc. was moved in the Lower House he used a long premeditated speech in defence of the mass and Romish religion with imputation of all good success whereunto and encounter since.” Nugent, Brian (2008). Shakespeare Was Irish!. p. 200.citing Public Record Office of Northern Ireland item D3835/A/4/297 - Richard Nugent's notes on and transcriptions of State Papers, Home Office Papers, Hatfield House Papers, etc: 1850 - 1890
5. "Journal of the Waterford & South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society" Vol. IX.— No. I - Quarter — Jan to March 1906, page 52
6. Peyton's Survey, Paragraph 33

Sources

• "Part II; Parliaments of Ireland". Return of the name of every member of the lower house of parliament of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with name of constituency represented, and date of return, from 1213 to 1874. Command papers. C.69-I. HMSO. 1878. pp. 603–691.