Banagher was a
constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...
represented in the
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, but on a highly restrictive fran ...
until 1800.
History
Banagher had two members in the 1689
Patriot Parliament
Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it held only one session, which lasted from 7 May ...
summoned by
King James II
James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Re ...
.
Members of Parliament, 1629–1801
*1634–1635 Sir
Edward Bagshawe and Richard Pigott
*1639–1649 Thomas Little (expelled and replaced by Robert Smith) and Jacob Lovell (died and replaced 1642 by James Laughlyn. Laughlyn died and was replaced 1645 by Sir Robert Dixon)
[
*1661–1666 Colonel Carey Dillon, later 5th ]Earl of Roscommon
Earl of Roscommon was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 5 August 1622 for James Dillon, 1st Baron Dillon. He had already been created Baron Dillon on 24 January 1619, also in the Peerage of Ireland. The fourth Earl was a court ...
and Sir William Gore, 3rd Baronet
Sir William Gore, 3rd Baronet PC (Ire) (died 1700) was an Anglo-Irish baronet and magistrate.
He was the oldest son of Sir Ralph Gore, 2nd Baronet and his wife Anne Caulfeild, second daughter of William Caulfeild, 2nd Baron Caulfeild. In 1661, ...
1689–1801
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Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
Historic constituencies in County Offaly
1629 establishments in Ireland
1800 disestablishments in Ireland
Constituencies established in 1629
Constituencies disestablished in 1800