Carysfort was a
borough constituency
In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one member to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons.
Within the United Kingdom there are five bodies with members elected by ...
for Carysfort, now
Macreddin
Macreddin (;logainm.ieMacreddin East formerly also Moycreedin; formerly officially Carysfort, also Cariesfort), is a hamlet in County Wicklow, in the southern foothills of the Wicklow Mountains, 4 km north of Aughrim on the back road to ...
, in
County Wicklow
County Wicklow ( ; ga, Contae Chill Mhantáin ) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by t ...
represented in the
Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
History
In the
Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by
James II James II may refer to:
* James II of Avesnes (died c. 1205), knight of the Fourth Crusade
* James II of Majorca (died 1311), Lord of Montpellier
* James II of Aragon (1267–1327), King of Sicily
* James II, Count of La Marche (1370–1438), King C ...
, Carysfort was represented with two members.
Members of Parliament, 1634–1801
*1634–1635
Guildford Slingsby.
[Guildford Slingsby at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]
/ref> and John Hoey[
*1661–1666 Thomas Maule and John Boswell][
]
1689–1801
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Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
Historic constituencies in County Wicklow
1629 establishments in Ireland
1800 disestablishments in Ireland
Constituencies established in 1629
Constituencies disestablished in 1800