Castlebar 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 fran ...

from 1614 to 1800. The area is in County Mayo. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those who were married to Catholics could not vote.

History

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, Castlebar was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

*1613–1615 Sir John Bingham and Thomas Peyton *1634–1635 Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Bt *1639–1648 Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Bt and Sir George Carr *1661–1666 Sir George Bingham, 2nd Bt and William Rowse (AWOL and replaced 1665 by Sir Hugh Middleton, 3rd Baronet)

1689–1801

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* * {{coord missing, County Mayo Castlebar Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Mayo 1614 establishments in Ireland 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies established in 1614 Constituencies disestablished in 1800