Banagher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Banagher
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	King's County
Borough	Banagher
1629 (1629) (1629 (1629))–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Banagher was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

Banagher had two members in the 1689 Patriot Parliament summoned by King James II.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1629–1801

• 1634–1635 Sir Edward Bagshawe and Richard Pigott [2]
• 1639–1649 Thomas Little (expelled and replaced by Robert Smith) and Jacob Lovell (died and replaced 1642 by James Laughlyn. Laughlyn died and was replaced 1645 by Sir Robert Dixon)[3][4]
• 1661–1666 Colonel Carey Dillon, later 5th Earl of Roscommon and Sir William Gore, 3rd Baronet[4]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Terence Coghlan			Terence Coghlan
1692		Thomas Lestrange			William Sprigge
1703					George Eyre
1711					Charles Patrick Plunket
1713		Peter Holmes
1715		Thomas Lestrange
1727		George Holmes
1729					William Sprigge
1734		Galbraith Holmes[note 1]
November 1735					Robert Holmes[note 1]
December 1735		Richard Trench			Henry Lestrange
1761		Peter Holmes			John Pigott
1764					Sir John Meade, 4th Bt
1767					Henry Prittie
1768					Thomas Coghlan
1776					James Cavendish
1783					Richard Malone
1785					Edward Bellingham Swan
1790		Edward Hoare			John Metge
January 1798		John Brabazon Ponsonby[note 2]
1798					Arthur Dawson
1798		John Metge[note 3]
1798		Edward Hoare
1800		John Philpot Curran	Patriot
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

1. Declared not duly elected in 1735
2. Also elected for Dungarvan in 1798, for which he chose to sit
3. Also elected for Tallow in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
2. Kearney, Hugh. Strafford in Ireland 1633-1641: A Study in Absolutism. p. 232.
3. McGrath, Brid (29 May 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641" – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
4. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 622.

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.
• Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.