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Galway was a constituency representing the town of Galway in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Galway Borough was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament, 1264–1801

• 1560 Jonoke Lynch and Peter Lynch
• 1585 Jonoke Lynch and Peter Lynch and Robert French
• 1613–1615 Geoffrey Lynch and Sir Valentine Blake, 1st Baronet
• 1634–1635 Sir Thomas Blake (expelled) and Nicholas Lynch
• 1639–1642 Sir Robuck Lynch, 2nd Baronet and Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Baronet
• 1661–1666 Edward Eyre and John Eyre

1689–1801

Notes

1. Declared not duly elected in 1715
2. Declared not duly elected in 1748
3. Also elected for County Galway in 1783, for which he chose to sit.

References

1. O'Hart 2007, p. 502.
2. ^ McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
3. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.

Bibliography

• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
• 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.

• Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
• Westminster constituencies in County Galway (historic)
• Politics of Galway (city)
• 1264 establishments in Ireland
• 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
• Constituencies established in 1264
• Constituencies disestablished in 1800