County Kerry 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 (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

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 ...

until its abolition on 1 January 1801. Following the

Act 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 ...

the county retained two seats.

Boundaries and boundary changes

This constituency was based in

County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

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 16 ...

of 1689 summoned by James II, Kerry was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament

* 1585–1586: John Fitzgerald and Thomas Spring * 1613–1615: Daniel O'Sullivan Beare and Stephen Rice of Ballyruddell * 1634–1635: John FitzGerald and Walter Crosbie and

Sir Valentine Browne Sir Valentine Browne (died 1589), of Croft, Lincolnshire, was auditor, treasurer and victualler of Berwick-upon-Tweed. He acquired large estates in Ireland during the Plantation of Munster, in particular the seignory of Molahiffe. He lived at R ...

* 1639–1649:

(died 1640 and replaced by Maurice Fitzgerald) and Sir Edward Denny * 1654: Sir

Hardress Waller Sir Hardress Waller (1666), was an English Protestant who settled in Ireland and fought for Parliament in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. A leading member of the radical element within the New Model Army, he signed the death warrant for the Exe ...

; Henry Ingoldsby (First Protectorate Parliament, Westminster) * 1656: Sir

; Henry Ingoldsby (Second Protectorate Parliament, Westminster) * 1659: Sir

; Henry Ingoldsby (Third Protectorate Parliament, Westminster) * 1661–1666: Captain John Blennerhassett, snr and Arthur Denny

1689–1801

References

Bibliography

* * Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), , and onlin
History of the Irish Parliament Online – Ulster Historical Foundation
*

T. W. Moody Theodore William Moody (26 November 1907 – 11 February 1984) was a historian from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Background Early life Moody was born in Belfast, to a poor family who made their living from dressmaking and iron turning and wa ...

, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, ''A New History of Ireland 1534–1691'', Oxford University Press, 1978 * {{coord missing, County Kerry Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) Historic constituencies in County Kerry 1800 disestablishments in Ireland Constituencies disestablished in 1800