Belturbet Belturbet (; ) is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. It lies on the N3 road, around north of Cavan town and from Dublin. It is also located around south of the border with Northern Ireland, between the counties of Cavan and Fermanagh, and fr ...

was a constituency 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 fra ...

from 1611 to 1800. In the

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 ...

of 1689 summoned by James II, Belturbet was represented with two members. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote. It was in the control of the Earl of Lanesborough. The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the

Acts of Union 1800 The Acts of Union 1800 (sometimes incorrectly referred to as a single 'Act of Union 1801') were parallel acts of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Irela ...

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

*1613–1615 Sir Hugh Wirrall and George Grimesditch *1634–1635 Sir Arthur Blundell and Sir

William Ryves Sir William Ryves (1570–1647) was a barrister and judge , and a member of a distinguished Dorsetshire family. He enjoyed a successful legal career in Ireland, holding office as Attorney-General for Ireland and as a justice of the Court of Ki ...

*1639–1649 John Borlase, later

Lord Justice of Ireland The Lords Justices (more formally the Lords Justices General and General Governors of Ireland) were deputies who acted collectively in the absence of the chief governor of Ireland (latterly the Lord Lieutenant) as head of the executive branch o ...

Terry Clavin, 'Borlase, Sir John ()', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 and Richard Ashe (expelled 1642) *1661–1666 Stephen Butler (died and replaced 1662 by

Francis Butler Francis or Frank Butler may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Frank Butler (musician) (1928–1984), American jazz drummer *Frank Butler (writer) (1890–1967), American film writer * Frank E. Butler (1850–1926), Irish-American stage performer a ...

) and Thomas Warsopp

1689–1801

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