Members of the 1689 Irish Parliament
The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the Irish Parliament called by James II during the 1689 to 1691 war in Ireland. The first since 1666, it held only one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689.
The Commons was 70 members short since there were no elections in Fermanagh and Donegal, while its members were overwhelmingly Old English and Catholic.[1] Sir Richard Nagle was elected Speaker while the Lords was led by Baron Fitton; it contained five Protestant peers and four Church of Ireland bishops, including Anthony Dopping, Bishop of Meath, who acted as leader of the opposition.[2]
Members of the Lords
Fitton spent much of his adult life in prison for criminal libel; allegedly selected by James because he was a Protestant, he promptly converted to Catholicism.[3] It included five Protestant peers, Granard, Longford, Barrymore, Howth and Rosse, who was Tyrconnell's son-in-law, plus four Church of Ireland bishops; Anthony Dopping, Bishop of Meath, acted as leader of the opposition.[2]
The members of the House of Lords are as follows:[4]
Members of the Commons
The House was 70 members short, since no elections were held in the northern provinces of Fermanagh and Donegal. Six members were Protestant, the remaining 224 Catholic, a minority being Gaelic or 'Old Irish', while the majority were from the Old English Catholic elite.[8] The Speaker or leader was Sir Richard Nagle, a wealthy Catholic lawyer and close ally of Tryrconnell.[9]
County Antrim | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
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Antrim County | Cormuck O'Neale | Randal Mac Donnell | ||
Belfast | Marcus Talbot | Daniel O'Neale | ||
County Armagh | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Armagh City | Francis Stafford | Constantine O'Neale | ||
Armagh County | Arthur Brownlow | Walter Hovendon | ||
County Carlow | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Carlow Borough | Marcus Baggot | John Warren | ||
Carlow County | Dudley Bagenal | (1638–1712) | Henry Luttrell | (d. 1717) |
Old Leighlin | Darby Long | Daniel Doran | ||
County Cavan | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Belturbet | Sir Edward Tyrrel Bt. | Philip Tuite | Newcastle, County Cavan | |
Cavan Borough | Philip Oge O'Reyly | Hugh Reily | Lara | |
Cavan County | Philip Reyley | Aghnecrevy | John Reyly | Garirobuck |
County Clare | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Clare County | Daniel O'Brien | John MacNamara | Crattlagh | |
Ennis | Florence MacNamara | Dromod | Theobald Butler | Shrangaloon |
County Cork | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Cork City | Sir James Fitz Edmond Cotter | knight | John Galloway | |
Cork County | Justin McCarthy | Sir Richard Nagle | Clogher, knight | |
Kinsale | Andrew Murrogh | Miles de Coursey | ||
Baltimore | Daniel O'Donavan | Jeremiah O'Donovan | Protestant | |
Bandonbridge | Charles Mac Carthy | Ballea | Daniel Mac Carthy | MacCarthy Reagh |
Charleville | John Baggot, Sr. | Baggotstown | John Power | Killballane |
Clonakilty (also Cloghnakilty) | Lt.-Col. Owen McCarthy | Daniel Fionn McCarthy | ||
Doneraile | Daniel O'Donovan | John Baggot, Jr. | Baggotstown | |
Midleton | Dermod Long | John Long | ||
Mallow (also Moyallow) | John Barret | Castlemore | David Nagle | Carragowne |
Rathcormack | James Barry | Barry was later absolved of treason on the basis that he was elected without his knowledge while in England.[10] | Edward Powel | |
Youghal | Thomas Uniack | alderman | Edward Gough | alderman |
County Dublin | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Dublin City | Sir Michael Creagh | Lord Mayor of Dublin, knight | Terence Dermot, Sr. | alderman |
Dublin County | Simon Luttrell | Luttrellstowne | Patrick Sarsfield | Lucan |
Newcastle | Thomas Arthur | Colganstown | John Talbot | Belgard |
Swords | Francis Barnwall | Woodparke, Co. Meath | Robert Russell | Drynham |
Dublin University | Sir John Meade, Bt | knight | Joseph Coghlan | |
County Down | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Down County | Murtogh Mac Gennis | Green-Castle | Ever Mac Gennis | Castlewellan |
Killyleagh (also Killileagh) | Bernard Mac Gennis | Ballygorianbeg | Torl O'Neile | Drummekelly |
Newry | Rowland White | Rowland Savage | ||
County Galway | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Athenry | James Talbot | Mount Talbot | Charles Daly | Dunsandle |
Galway Borough | Oliver Martin | John Kirwan | ||
Galway County | Sir Ulick Burke | Glinsk | Sir Walter Blake | |
Tuam | James Lally | Tullindaly | William Bourk | Carrowfrila |
County Kerry | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Ardfert | Col. Roger MacElligot | Cornelius Mac Gillicuddy | ||
Dingle (also Dingle Icouch) | Edward Rice FitzJames | Ballinelig, County Limerick | John Hussey | Culmullin |
Kerry County | Nicholas Brown | Sir Thomas Crosby | knight | |
Tralee | Maurice Hussey | Kerrys | James Hackett | alderman |
County Kildare | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Athy | William FitzGerald | William Archbold | ||
Harristown | James Nihell | Edmond FitzGerald | ||
Kildare Borough | Francis Leigh | Robert Porter | ||
Kildare County | John Wogan | George Aylmer | ||
Naas | Walter Lord Dungan | Charles White | ||
County Kilkenny | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Callan | Walter Butler | Thady Meagher | ||
Gowran | Colonel Robert Fielding | womaniser | Walter Kelly | doctor of physick |
Inistioge | Edward FitzGerald | James FitzGerald | ||
Kilkenny City | John Rooth | Mayor | James Bryan | alderman |
Kilkenny County | John Grace | Courtstown | Robert Walsh | Cloneneassy |
Knocktopher | Harvey Morres | Henry Meagh | ||
Thomastown | Robert Grace Sr. | Robert Grace Jr. | ||
King's County (Offaly) | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Banagher | Terence Coghlan | Esq. | Terence Coghlan | gent. |
King's County | Heward Oxburgh | Owen Carrol | ||
Philipstown | John Connor | Heward Oxburgh | ||
County Leitrim | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Jamestown | Alexander Mac Donnell | William Shanley | ||
Leitrim | Edmond Reynolds | Iriel Farrell | ||
County Limerick | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Askeaton | John Bourke | Cahirmoyhill | Edward Rice | |
Kilmallock | Sir William Hurley, Bt. | John Lacy | ||
Limerick City | Nicholas Arthur | alderman | Thomas Harrold | alderman |
Limerick County | Sir John FitzGerald, Bt. | Gerald FitzGerald | Knight of Glin | |
County Longford | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Lanesborough | Oliver FitzGerald | Roger Farrell | ||
Longford County | Roger Farrell | Robert Farrell | ||
St Johnstown | Sir William Ellis | Protestant | Lt.-Col. James Nugent | |
County Louth | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Ardee | Hugh Gernon | John Babe | ||
Carlingford | Christopher Peppard FitzIgnatius | Bryan Dermot | ||
Dundalk | Robert Dermot | John Dowdall | ||
Drogheda | Henry Dowdall | recorder | Christopher Peppard FitzGeorge | alderman |
Louth | Thomas Bellew | William Talbot | ||
County Mayo | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Castlebar | John Bermingham | portreeve | Thomas Bourke | |
Mayo County | Gerald Moore | Walter Bourke | ||
County Meath | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Athboy | John Trynder | Robert Longfield | ||
Kells | Patrick Everard | John Delamare | ||
Meath County | Sir William Talbot, Bt. | Sir Patrick Barnwall, Bt. | ||
Navan | Christopher Cusack | Corballis | Christopher Cusack | Rathaldran |
Ratoath | John Hussey | James FitzGerald | ||
Trim | Capt. Nicholas Cusacke | Walter Nangle | ||
County Monaghan | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Bryan Mac Mahon | Hugh Mac Mahon | |||
Queen's County (Laois) | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Ballynakill | Sir Gregory Byrne, Bt. | Oliver Grace | Chief Remembrancer of the Exchequer | |
Maryborough | Pierce Bryan | Thady FitzPatrick | ||
Portarlington | Sir Henry Bond, Bt. | Sir Thomas Hacket | knight | |
Queen's County | Sir Patrick Trant | knight | Edmond Morres | |
County Roscommon | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Boyle | Capt. John King | Terence Mac Dermot | alderman | |
Roscommon Borough | John Dillon | John Kelly | ||
Roscommon County | Charles Kelly | John Bourke | ||
County Sligo | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Sligo Borough | Terence Mac Donogh | James French | ||
Sligo County | Henry Crofton | Longford House, Beltra | Oliver O'Gara | |
County Tipperary | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Cashel | Denis Kearny | alderman | James Hackett | alderman |
Clonmel | Nicholas White | alderman | John Bray | alderman |
Fethard | Sir John Everard, Bt. | James Tobin | Fethard | |
Tipperary | Nicholas Purcell | Loughmore | James Butler | Graingebegg |
County Tyrone | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Dungannon | Arthur O'Neale | Peter Donnelly | Dungannon | |
Strabane | Christopher Nugent | Daniel Donnelly | ||
Tyrone | Colonel Gordon O'Neale | Lewis Doe | Dungannon | |
County Waterford | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Dungarvan | John Hore | Martin Hore | ||
Waterford City | John Porter | Nicholas FitzGerald | ||
Waterford County | John Power | Matthew Hore | ||
County Westmeath | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Athlone | Edmond Malone | Ballynahoune | Edmond Malone | counsellor at law |
Fore (also Fowre) | John Nugent | Donore | Christopher Nugent | Dardistown |
Kilbeggan | Bryan Geoghegan | Donore | Charles Geoghegan | Syonane |
Mullingar | Gerald Dillon | prime sergeant | Edmond Nugent | Carlanstowne |
Westmeath County | William Nugent | Hon. Col. Henry Dillon | ||
County Wexford | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Bannow | Francis Plowden | Dr. Alexius Stafford | ||
Clonmines (also Cloghmine) | Edward Sherlock | Dublin City | Nicholas White | Rosse, merchant |
Enniscorthy | James Devereux | Carigmenan | Arthur Waddington | portreeve |
Fethard | Rt Hon. Col. James Porter | Capt. Nicholas Stafford | ||
Gorey (also Newburgh) | Abraham Strange | Toberduffe | Richard Doyle | Kilcorky |
New Ross | Luke Dormer | Richard Butler | ||
Taghmon | George Hore | Polehore | Walter Hore | Harperstown |
Wexford Borough | William Talbot | Francis Rooth | merchant | |
Wexford County | Walter Butler | Monfin | Patrick Colclough | Mochury |
County Wicklow | ||||
Constituency | First Member | Notes | Second Member | Notes |
Blessington | James Eustace | Maurice Eustace | ||
Carysfort | Hugh Roe Byrne | Pierce Archbold | (upon default of whose appearance Bartholomew Polewhele) | |
Wicklow Borough | Francis Toole | Thomas Byrne | ||
Wicklow County | Richard Butler | William Talbot |
References
- Harris 2006, p. 437.
- Moody, Martin and Byrne 2009, p. 489.
- Slater 2007, p. Online.
- G.E.C., ed. Vicary Gibbs and H. Arthur Doubleday, The Complete Peerage, vol. III (1913) Appendix D.
- The Complete Peerage, vol. III, p. 117.
- John D'Alton, King James's Irish Army List, vol. II (1861) p. 413.
- King James's Irish Army List, vol. II, p. 182.
- Szechi 1994, pp. 47-48.
- McGuire 2004, p. Online.
- "Imposition on Grants". House of Commons Journal. London: British History Online. 12: 278–280. 20 May 1698. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
Sources
- Harris, Tim (2005). Revolution: The Great Crisis of the British Monarchy, 1685–1720 (2007 ed.). Penguin. ISBN 978-0141016528.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- McGuire, James (2004). Nagle, Sir Richard (Online ed.). Oxford DNB.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Moody; Martin; Byrne (eds.) (2009). A New History of Ireland: Volume III: Early Modern Ireland 1534-1691. OUP. ISBN 9780198202424.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Slater, Victor (2004). Fitton, Alexander [styled Sir Alexander Fitton], Jacobite Baron Fitton (Online ed.). Oxford DNB.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Szechi, Daniel (1994). The Jacobites: Britain and Europe 1688-1788. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719037740.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)