Castlemartyr (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Castlemartyr
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1676 (1676)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Castlemartyr (also known as Castlemartyr Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1676 to 1800.

Boundaries and boundary changes

This constituency was the borough of Castlemartyr in County Cork. After its establishment in 1676 it had a sovereign, 12 burgesses and freemen. It was the base of Speaker Boyle and this family had control until disenfrachisement.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Castlemartyr was not represented.^[1] Under the terms of the Act of Union 1800, the constituency was disenfranchised and abolished in 1801. The 2nd Earl of Shannon received £15,000 compensation for its disenfranchisement.

Members of Parliament, 1676–1801

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689	Castlemartyr was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692	Sir Richard Hull	Robert Pooley
1695	Samuel Morris	Robert Pooley
September 1703	Thomas Keightley ^{[note 1]}	Joseph Deane ^{[note 2]}
1703	Robert FitzGerald	Sir Thomas Dilkes
1709	Robert FitzGerald	St John Brodrick
1713	William Southwell	Robert Oliver
1715	Bartholomew Purdon	Charles Coote
1727		John FitzGerald
1728		Michael O'Brien Dilkes
1737	Thomas Evans
1753	John Lysaght ^{[note 3]}
1761	Anthony Malone	John Magill
1768	Sir John Colthurst, 1st Bt	Attiwell Wood
1775	John Bennett	Attiwell Wood
1776	James Lysaght	Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Bt
1783	John Bennett	Broderick Chinnery
1787	Henry Cox	Broderick Chinnery
1790	Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt	Charles O'Neill ^{[note 4]}
1792		John Hobson
1798		John Townsend
1801	Disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Also elected for Kildare County in 1703, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Dublin County in 1703, for which he chose to sit
↑ Styled as The Honourable from 1758
↑ Also elected for Clonakilty in 1790, for which he chose to sit

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 500

Bibliography

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Cork and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Baltimore (1614–1800)
Bandonbridge (1614–1800)
Castlemartyr (1676–1800)
Charleville (1673–1800)
Clonakilty (1613–1800)
Cork City (1264–1800)
Cork County (????–1800)
Doneraile (1640–1800)
Kinsale (1334?–1800)
Mallow (1613–1800)
Midleton (1671–1800)
Rathcormack (c.1611–1800)
Youghal (1374–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Bandon (1801–85)
Cork County (1801–85)
Cork City (1801–1922)
East Cork (1885–1922)
Mid Cork (1885–1922)
North Cork (1885–1922)
North East Cork (1885–1922)
South Cork (1885–1922)
South East Cork (1885–1922)
West Cork (1885–1922)
Kinsale (1801–85)
Mallow (1801–85)
Youghal (1801–85)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Cork Borough (1921–69) Cork City (1977–81) Cork City North–West (1969–77) Cork City South–East (1969–77) Cork East and North East (1921–23) Cork Mid (1961–81) Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–23) Cork North (1923–61) Cork North–East (1961–81) Cork South (1948–61) Cork South–East (1937–48) Cork West (1923–61)

Current	Cork East (1923–37, 1948–61, 1981–) Cork North–Central (1981–) Cork North–West (1981–) Cork South–Central (1981–) Cork South–West (1961–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Munster (1979–2004)
South (2004–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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