Cashel (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Cashel (also known as Cashel Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.

Cashel
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	? (?)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Cashel

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough of Cashel, County Tipperary.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Cashel was represented with two members.[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough retained one parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament

• 1585 Denis Conway and Patrick Kearney [2]
• 1613–1615 John Sale and Dr John Haley [2]
• 1634–1635 Thomas Little and Dr John Haley [2]
• 1639–1649 Thomas Little (died and replaced 1640 by Richard Haley (recorder)) and Patrick Boyton [2]
• 1661–1666 Richard Le Hunte and Eliah Greene [2]

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		Denis Kearney			James Hackett
1692		Samuel Greene			Samuel Hughes
1695					Anthony Maude [3]
1703					Kingsmill Pennefather
1710		Matthew Pennefather
1715					Richard Buckworth
1734		Richard Pennefather
1739					William Carr
1753					Kingsmill Pennefather
1771					William Pennefather
1777		Richard Pennefather
1783					William Pennefather
1798					Joseph Lysaght
1799					Richard Bagwell
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Cashel

Notes

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 503
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 633.
3. or Arthur Maude

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 Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.