Clonakilty was a constituency in County Cork

County Cork

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 represented in the Irish House of Commons

Irish House of Commons

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 to 1800.

History

Established by a charter

Charter

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 of King James I of England

James I of England

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 granting it to Sir Richard Boyle, it was purchased from Lord Burlington by Speaker Boyle in 1738 and he nominated the provost

Provost (civil)

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 from three burgesses elected by the Corporation

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 and freemen. In the Patriot Parliament

Patriot Parliament

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 of 1689 summoned by King James II

James II of England

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, Clonakilty was represented with two members. In the 1783 election 7 voted. It was disenfranchised by the Act of Union 1800

Act of Union 1800

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 and Lord Shannon received compensation of £15,000. It was sometimes known as Cloghnakilty.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

• 1613-1615
• 1634-1635
• 1639-1641
• 1661-1666 Joshua Boyle
  Joshua Boyle
  Joshua Boyle was a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons, initially elected to represent the borough of Mallow in 1641, and was sworn in as recorder of Parliament on March 1 of the same year....
  
   (April 6, 1661 - ?)

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...		Owen MacCarthy			Daniel Fionn MacCarthy
1692		Francis Bernard Francis Bernard (lawyer) Francis Bernard SL was an Irish lawyer and politician.He was the son of Francis Bernard of Castle Mahon. Bernard sat as Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons. He represented Clonakilty between 1692 and 1695 and subsequently Bandonbridge between 1695 and 1727...			Percy Freke
1695		Bryan Townsend Bryan Townsend Bryan Townsend was an Irish politician and sailor.He was the second son of Richard Townsend and his wife Mary Hyde. Towsend served in the Royal Navy and commanded HMS Swiftsure...
1703		Ralph Freke			George Freke
1713		Richard Cox
1725		Francis Bernard
1727					Richard Cox  Succeeded as 2nd Baronet in 1733
1761		Viscount Boyle Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon KP, PC was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He represented Dungarvan and Cork County, and then succeeded his father as Earl of Shannon. -Family:...   Also elected for Cork County Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Cork County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:This constituency was the borough in County Cork. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.-History:...  in 1761, for which he chose to sit
May 1761		Henry Sheares
1766					Matthew Parker
1768		Richard Longfield			Riggs Falkiner Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet Sir Riggs Falkiner, 1st Baronet was an Irish baronet and politician.He was the oldest son of Caleb Falkiner and his wife Ruth Riggs, daughter of Edward Riggs, and cousin of Daniel Falkiner. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Clonakilty from 1768 to 1776 and subsequently for Castlemartyr to...
1776		Thomas Adderley			Attiwell Wood
1784					Charles O'Neill
1792		Sir Nicholas Colthurst, 3rd Bt
1793					Viscount Boyle Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon KP, PC , styled Viscount Boyle from 1764 until 1807, was among the last surviving Members of the Parliament of Ireland. He represented Cork County in the new Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1807...
1796		Thomas Prendergast
1797					John Hobson
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