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 fran ...
to 1800. Following the
Act of Union 1800 the county retained two seats.
Boundaries and boundary changes
This constituency was based in
County Kerry.
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, Kerry was represented with two members.
Members of Parliament
* 1585: 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[
* 1639–1649: Valentine Browne II (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 Ex ...
; Henry Ingoldsby (First Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
* 1656: 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 Ex ...
; Henry Ingoldsby (Second Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
* 1659: 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 Ex ...
; Henry Ingoldsby (Third Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
* 1661–1666: Captain John Blennerhassett, snr and Arthur Denny
1689–1801
Notes
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
*
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Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
Historic constituencies in County Kerry
1800 disestablishments in Ireland
Constituencies disestablished in 1800