Cavan Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons

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...

 from 1611 to 1800.

Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

 of Cavan

Cavan

Cavan is the county town of County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The town lies in the north central part of Ireland, near the border with Northern Ireland...

 in County Cavan

County Cavan

County Cavan is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Cavan. Cavan County Council is the local authority for the county...

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History

It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland

Parliament of Ireland

The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. In its early mediaeval period during the Lordship of Ireland it consisted of either two or three chambers: the House of Commons, elected by a very restricted suffrage, the House of Lords in which the lords...

 from 1611 to 1800. In the Patriot Parliament

Patriot Parliament

The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The...

 of 1689 summoned by King James II

James II of England

James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...

, Cavan Borough was represented with two members. The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Act of Union 1800

Act of Union 1800

The Acts of Union 1800 describe two complementary Acts, namely:* the Union with Ireland Act 1800 , an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and...

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Members of Parliament, 1611–1801

• 1613–1615
  • Oliver Lambart, 1st Baron Lambart
    Oliver Lambart, 1st Baron Lambart
    Oliver Lambart, 1st Lord Lambart, Baron of Cavan was a military commander and an MP in the Irish House of Commons. He was Governor of Connaught in 1601. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor in 1603. He is buried in Westminster Abbey...
    
     (died 1618)
• 1634–1635
  • Brockhill Taylor
    Brockhill Taylor
    Brockhill Taylor was a member of Parliament for Cavan Borough from 1634 to 1635 in the Irish House of Commons.In 1609 his father, John Taylor from Cambridge, had received the patantee of Ballyhaise, namely of arable land in Barony of Loughtee. The new landowners replaced the existing Irish...
    
     (died 1636)
• 1639–1649

Irish MPs sat in the Parliament of the Protectorate

• 1661–1666

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The...		Philip Og O'Reilly Philip Og O'Reilly Philip Og O’Reilly was an M.P. for Cavan Borough in the Irish parliament of 1689.-Early Life:His name in Gaelic was Phillip Óg O’Raghallaigh. His ancestry was Phillip Óg mac Aodh Buidhe mac Maol Mordha Ruadh mac Phillip Dubh mac Aodh Conallach O’Raghallaigh, of whom the latter two ancestors were...			Hugh Reily Hugh Reily Hugh Reily, also known as Hugh Reilly or Hugh O’Reilly was M.P. for Cavan Borough in the Patriot Parliament of 1689 and a famous political author. His Irish name was Aodh O’Raghallaigh and his ancestors were the Lords of East Breifne and Chiefs of the O’Reilly clan. Reilly was a close relative of...
1692		Thomas Ashe			Robert Saunders
1709					Joseph Addison Joseph Addison Joseph Addison was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was a man of letters, eldest son of Lancelot Addison...
1713		Charles Lambart Charles Lambart Charles Lambart may refer to:*Charles Lambart, 1st Earl of Cavan*Charles Lambart, 3rd Earl of Cavan...			Theophilus Clements
1715		Thomas Nesbitt
1729					Henry Clements
1745					Robert Clements
1747					Edward Weston Edward Weston (politician) - Early life and education :He was the second son of Stephen Weston [q. v.], bishop of Exeter. He was born at Eton in 1703, and was educated at Eton College and at King's College, Cambridge, where he was admitted in 1719, graduating B.A. in 1723 and M.A...
1750		Cosby Nesbitt
1761					Nathaniel Clements Nathaniel Clements Nathaniel Clements was an Irish politician and financial figure, important in the political and financial administration of Ireland in the mid-18th century.-Early history:Clements was the fifth son of Robert Clements...   Also elected for Leitrim Leitrim (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Leitrim was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800-1692–1801:...  in 1768, for which he chose to sit
1768					Thomas Nesbitt
1769		Henry Theophilus Clements
1776		Nathaniel Clements Nathaniel Clements Nathaniel Clements was an Irish politician and financial figure, important in the political and financial administration of Ireland in the mid-18th century.-Early history:Clements was the fifth son of Robert Clements...   Also elected for Carrick Carrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Carrick was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. It returned two members.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:...  in 1776, for which he chose to sit
1777		John Clements
1783		Henry Theophilus Clements
1790		Lord Charles James FitzGerald Charles FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale Rear-Admiral Charles James FitzGerald, 1st Baron Lecale PC , styled Lord Charles FitzGerald between 1761 and 1800, was an Irish naval commander and politician.-Background:...
1798		Viscount Clements Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim Nathaniel Clements, 2nd Earl of Leitrim, KP PC , styled The Honourable from 1783 to 1795, and then Viscount Clements to 1804, was an Irish nobleman and politician....   Also elected for Leitrim Leitrim (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Leitrim was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800-1692–1801:...  in 1798, for which he chose to sit
1798		George Cavendish
1801 United Kingdom general election, 1801 The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...		Disenfranchised