Cashel (also known as Cashel Borough) was a constituency represented in the

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until its abolition on 1 January 1801. It returned two members to the

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to 1800.

Borough

This constituency was the

parliamentary borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

Cashel, County Tipperary Cashel (; ) is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 4,422 in the 2016 census. The town gives its name to the ecclesiastical province of ''Cashel''. Additionally, the ''cathedra'' of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel ...

History

In the

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of 1689 summoned by

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, Cashel was represented with two members. Following the

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the borough retained one parliamentary seat in the

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Members of Parliament

* 1585 Denis Conway and Patrick Kearney * 1613–1615 John Sale and Dr John Haley * 1634–1635 Thomas Little and Dr John Haley * 1639–1649 Thomas Little (died and replaced 1640 by Richard Haley (recorder)) and Patrick Boyton * 1661–1666 Richard Le Hunte and Eliah Greene

1689–1801

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* * {{Tipperary constituencies Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Tipperary Cashel, County Tipperary 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800