Bandonbridge was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons

Irish House of Commons

The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...

 to 1800.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was based in the town of Bandon

Bandon, County Cork

Bandon is a town in County Cork, Ireland. With a population of 5,822 as of census 2006, Bandon lies on the River Bandon between two hills. The name in Irish means "Bridge of the Bandon", a reference to the origin of the town as a crossing-point on the river. In 2004 Bandon celebrated its...

 in County Cork

County Cork

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.

Following the Act of Union 1800

Act of Union 1800

The Acts of Union 1800 describe two complementary Acts, namely:* the Union with Ireland Act 1800 , an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, and...

 the borough was disfranchised but retained one seat at the Union.

History

It was incorporated by charter

Charter

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 in 1641 with a Provost

Provost (civil)

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, 12 Burgesses and freemen. It had a Corporation

Corporation

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, the patron being Francis Bernard and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 50 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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, Bandonbridge was represented with two members.

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...		Charles MacCarthy			Daniel MacCarthy Reagh
1692		Sir William Moore, 2nd Bt			Edward Riggs
1695		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...
1703					Richard Gorges
1713					Arthur Bernard
1715					Martin Bladen
1727		George Freke			Stephen Bernard
1731		Bellingham Boyle
1761		William Conner			Thomas Adderley
1766		Francis Bernard
1776		William Brabazon Ponsonby William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby , PC was a leading Irish Whig politician, being a member of the Irish House of Commons, and after 1800, of the United Kingdom parliament. Ponsonby was the son of the Hon...			Lodge Evans Morres Lodge de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency Lodge Evans de Montmorency, 1st Viscount Frankfort de Montmorency PC , known as Lodge Morres until 1800 and as The Lord Frankfort between 1800 and 1816, was an Irish politician.-Background:...
1783		Francis Bernard Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Bandon Francis Bernard, 1st Earl of Bandon was an Irish peer and politician.He was the only son of James Bernard and his wife Esther Smith, daughter of Percy Smith. Between 1778 and 1783, Bernard sat as Member of Parliament for Ennis...
1790		Broderick Chinnery Sir Broderick Chinnery, 1st Baronet Sir Broderick Chinnery, 1st Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.He was the fourth son of Reverend George Chinnery and his wife Eleanor Whitfield, daughter of William Whitfield. Chinnery was barrister and became High Sheriff of County Cork in 1786. He sat as Member of Parliament for...   Created a baronet in 1799
1796					William Ponsonby
1798					Robert William O'Callaghan
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...		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Bandon Bandon (UK Parliament constituency) Bandon was a Parliamentary constituency covering the town of Bandon in County Cork, Ireland...