Carysfort was a borough constituency for Carysfort, now Macreddin, in County Wicklow 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 ...

until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

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, Carysfort was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament, 1634–1801

*1634–1635

Guildford Slingsby Guilford Slingsby (1610–1643) was a member of the Yorkshire gentry who was confidential secretary to Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, and present during the trial which ended in his execution in April 1641. Slingsby sat in the Parlia ...

.Guildford Slingsby at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
/ref> and John Hoey *1639–1649

Philip Mainwaring Sir Philip Mainwaring (1589 – 2 August 1661) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1625 and 1661. Mainwaring was the seventh son of Randall Mainwaring, of Peover, Cheshire and Margaret Fitton, daughte ...

and Francis Cosbie *1661–1666 Thomas Maule and John Boswell

1689–1801

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* * {{coord missing, County Wicklow 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