County Galway (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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County Galway
Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Galway
() ( ())–1801 (1801)
Replaced by	County Galway (UKHC)

County Galway was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Galway was represented with two members.^[1] Following the Acts of Union 1800 the county was represented by the Westminster constituency of County Galway.

Year	First member	Second member
1585	Francis Shaen	Thomas Lestrange
1613–1615	John Moore of Brizes	Sir William Bourke
1634–1635	Sir Richard Blake	Sir Valentine Blake
1639–1645	Sir Ulick Bourke, 1st Baronet	Sir Richard Blake
1661–1666	Sir Oliver St George, 1st Baronet	Chidley Coote

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Sir Ulick Burke, 3rd Bt	Sir Walter Blake, 6th Bt
1692	John Eyre	Sir Oliver St George, 1st Bt
1703	John Eyre	John French
1709	Edward Ormsby	John French
1713	John Eyre	Patrick French
1715	Edward Ormsby	Frederick Trench
1727	John Eyre
1745	Hon. Thomas Bermingham
1750	George Warburton
1753	Charles Daly	Robert French
1761	Charles Daly	Richard Trench
August 1768	Lord Dunkellin^{[note 1]}	Denis Daly
1768	William Trench	Denis Daly
1790	William Trench	Joseph Blake
1798	Hon. Richard Trench
1800	Richard Martin
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Galway

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.
Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 978-1-903688-09-0
T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
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

County Galway (1801–1885)
Galway Town (1801–1918)
Galway Connemara (1885–1922)
East Galway (1885–1922)
North Galway (1885–1922)
South Galway (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Galway (1921–1937) Galway North (1948–1961) Galway North-East (1969–1977) Galway South (1948–1961) Clare–South Galway (1969–1977)
Current	Galway East (1937–1948, 1961–1969, 1977–) Galway West (1937–) Roscommon–Galway (2016–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	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
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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