List of Irish MPs 1585–86

This is a list of members of the Irish House of Commons between 1585 and 1586.

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Name	Constituency	Religion	Notes
Richmond Archbold	Cross Tipperary
Sir Richard Aylward	Waterford County	Catholic[1]	Of Faithlegg[2]
Sir Nicholas Bagenal	Down	Protestant
Robert Barnewall	Ardee
John Barnewall	Drogheda
Richard Barnewall	Meath
Edward Berkeley	Antrim County	Protestant
Sir Richard Bingham	Roscommon County	Protestant
Gerard Blancheville	Kilkenny County
Sir George Bourchier	King's County	Protestant
Richard Bourke	Limerick County
Edward Brennan	Callan
Sir Valentine Browne	Sligo County	Protestant
Henry Burnell	Dublin County	Catholic
James Butler	Tipperary
Boetius Clancy	Clare	Protestant[3]
Robert Codd	Wexford County
William Cogan	Cork County		His daughter married John de Courcy, 18th Baron Kingsale
James Collen	Youghal
Gerald Comerford	Callan	Protestant
Thomas Coppinger	Youghal
Redmond Everard	Tipperary	Catholic
Geoffrey Fenton	Carlow County	Protestant	Principal Secretary of State
John Fitzedmond	Cork County
John Fitzgerald	Kerry
Matthew Fitzhenry	Wexford County
Thomas Fitzmaurice	Kildare County
James Galwey	Kinsale
Roger Gerlone	Louth
Robert Harpoll	Queen's County
Thomas Le Straunge	Galway County
Sir Hugh Magennis	Down	Catholic
John Meade	Cork City
William More	Louth
John Netterville	Meath	Catholic
Richard Netterville	Dublin County	Catholic
Sir John Norreys	Cork County	Protestant	Lord President of Munster
Thomas Norris	Limerick County	Protestant
Edward Nugent of Disert	Westmeath
Edward Nugent of Morton	Westmeath	Catholic	[4]
Sir Turlough O'Brien	Clare	Catholic	Grandson of Connor O'Brien, King of Thomond
Faghna or Faghtna O'Farrell	Longford County	Catholic	O'Farrell Boy, Lord of South Annaly
William O'Farrell	Longford County	Catholic	O'Farrell Bane, Lord of North Annaly
Shane McBrien O'Neill	Antrim County		Of Shane's Castle
Philip O'Reilly	Cavan County	Catholic	Claimant to the Lordship of East Breifne
Edmund O'Reilly	Cavan County	Catholic	Claimant to the Lordship of East Breifne
Edmund Prendergast	Cross Tipperary		Of Newcastle, County Tipperary
Philip Roche	Kinsale
Robert Rothe	Kilkenny County
Sir Warham St Leger	Queen's County	Protestant
Francis Shane	Galway County
James Sherlock	Waterford County		Of Grace Dieu, about a mile to the west of Waterford[5]
Thomas Spring	Kerry		Gentleman, son of Katherine ne Dermodo [6]
William Sutton	Kildare County
Sir Henry Wallop	Carlow County	Protestant
Nicholas Walsh	Waterford City	Protestant	Speaker
Henry Waring	King's County
Edward Waterhouse	Carrickfergus	Protestant

References

1. Canon Power churches
2. "Journal of the Waterford & South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society" Vol. IX.— No. I - Quarter — Jan to March 1906, page 52
3. "The History and Topography of the County of Clare" by James Frost - 'forsook his faith'
4. “This Edward Nugent the lawyer is conjectured both a dangerous and malicious man against the state. In the last parliament when an Act entitled “An Act for provision to be made for surety of the Majesty’s most royal person” etc. was moved in the Lower House he used a long premeditated speech in defence of the mass and Romish religion with imputation of all good success whereunto and encounter since.” Nugent, Brian (2008). Shakespeare Was Irish!. p. 200.citing Public Record Office of Northern Ireland item D3835/A/4/297 - Richard Nugent's notes on and transcriptions of State Papers, Home Office Papers, Hatfield House Papers, etc: 1850 - 1890
5. "Journal of the Waterford & South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society" Vol. IX.— No. I - Quarter — Jan to March 1906, page 52
6. Peyton's Survey, Paragraph 33

Sources

• "Part II; Parliaments of Ireland". Return of the name of every member of the lower house of parliament of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with name of constituency represented, and date of return, from 1213 to 1874. Command papers. C.69-I. HMSO. 1878. pp. 603–691.