Youghal (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Youghal
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1374 (1374)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Youghal - one seat only.

Youghal was a parliamentary borough represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. It was a corporation with burgesses and freemen.

History

In 1700 the borough was under the patronage of Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington. It passed through his granddaughter Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington to her husband William Cavendish, later Duke of Devonshire, who by 1758 had entrusted it to Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon. Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough sent one MP to Westminster, still under the patronage of the Earls of Shannon.

A Topographical Directory of Ireland, published in 1837, describes the Parliamentary history of the borough of Youghal in County Cork.

The borough appears to have exercised the elective franchise by prescription, as, though no notice of that privilege appears in any of its charters, it continued to send two members to the Irish parliament from the year 1374 till the Union, since which period it has returned one member to the imperial parliament; the right of election was vested solely in the members of the corporation and the freemen, whether resident or not; but by the act of the 2nd of Wm. IV., cap. 88, it has been granted to the £10 householders, and the non-resident freemen have been disfranchised. A new boundary has been drawn round the town, including an area of 212 statute acres.

Members of Parliament

1559 John Walch and John Portyngall
1585 Thomas Coppinger James Collen, Francis Annias
1613 Edmund Coppinger and John Forrest
1689 Patriot Parliament
- Thomas Uniack
- Edward Gough

1692–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1692	Henry Boyle	Robert FitzGerald
1695	Henry Boyle	Robert FitzGerald
1703	Henry Luther	John Hayman
1713	Henry Luther	Boyle Smyth
1715	Francis Palmes	Arthur Hyde
1719	Henry Rugge	Arthur Hyde
October 1721		Richard FitzPatrick
1721		Arthur Hyde
1727	James Tynte	James O'Brien
1758	Arthur Hyde	James O'Brien
1761	Sir John Colthurst, 1st Bt	Bellingham Boyle
1768	James Dennis	Joseph Lysaght
1776	James Dennis	James Uniacke
1777	Robert Uniacke	James Uniacke
1798	Robert Uniacke	John Keane
1801	Succeeded by Westminster constituency of Youghal

Elections

1613 June 7: Edmund Coppinger 62 votes; John Forrest 53; Thomas Ronayne 12; Henry Gosnold 6.^[1]
1628 October 9: William Bluet and Edward Gough returned.^[2]
1634 June/July: Edward Gough 59; Theobald Ronane 41; Edward Stoute 21; Christmas Harford 5.^[3]
1639 February 25: Edward Gough 51; Theobald Ronaine 44; William Gough (son of Richard) 21; Nicholas Forest 10.^[4]
1695
1703
1713
1715
1719 July 20: (by-election on the death of Francis Palmes) Henry Rugge 88 votes; Sir John Osberne, baronet, 60.^[5]
1727
1761
1768
1776
1783
1790
1797
1800 January: Robert Uniacke re-elected after appointment as Master General of the Ordnance of Ireland.^[6]

References

Sources

Johnston-Liik, E.M., ed. (28 February 2002). "Youghal". History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800. Ulster Historical Foundation. ISBN 978-1-903688-09-0. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 978-1-84682-030-4
Caulfield, Richard (1878). The Council Book of the Corporation of Youghal: From 1610 to 1659, from 1666 to 1687, and from 1690 to 1800. J. Billings and Sons. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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.

Citations

Parliamentary constituencies in County Cork and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Baltimore (1614–1800) Bandonbridge (1614–1800) Castlemartyr (1676–1800) Charleville (1673–1800) Clonakilty (1613–1800) Cork City (1264–1800) Cork County (????–1800) Doneraile (1640–1800) Kinsale (1334?–1800) Mallow (1613–1800) Midleton (1671–1800) Rathcormack (c.1611–1800) Youghal (1374–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Bandon (1801–85) Cork County (1801–85) Cork City (1801–1922) East Cork (1885–1922) Mid Cork (1885–1922) North Cork (1885–1922) North East Cork (1885–1922) South Cork (1885–1922) South East Cork (1885–1922) West Cork (1885–1922) Kinsale (1801–85) Mallow (1801–85) Youghal (1801–85)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Cork Borough (1921–69) Cork City (1977–81) Cork City North–West (1969–77) Cork City South–East (1969–77) Cork East (1923–37, 1948–61, 1981–) Cork East and North East (1921–23) Cork Mid (1961–81) Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–23) Cork North (1923–61) Cork North–Central (1981–) Cork North–East (1961–81) Cork North–West (1981–) Cork South (1948–61) Cork South–Central (1981–) Cork South–East (1937–48) Cork South–West (1961–) Cork West (1923–61)

European Parliament 1979–present	Munster (1979–2004) South (2004–)

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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