Doneraile (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Doneraile 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...

until 1800.

History

In the 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...

of 1689 summoned by King James II

James II of England

James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...

, Doneraile was represented with two members.

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
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...	Daniel O'Donovan Daniel O'Donovan Daniel O'Donovan of Mahoonagh and Feenagh, was the hereditary chief of the remnants of the Uí Fidgenti, and represented the Manor of Doneraile in James II's 1690 Patriot Parliament...	John Baggot
1692	Arthur St Leger	John St Leger
1695	John Hayes	Edward Denny Edward Denny Edward Denny may refer to:Sir Edward Denny, Knight Banneret of Bishops Stortford Edward Denny, 1st Earl of Norwich *Sir Edward Denny, 4th Baronet...
1703	Sir Francis Brewster Francis Brewster Sir Francis Brewster , was a writer on trade and a citizen and alderman of Dublin, Ireland. He was lord mayor of that city in 1674.-Case against public abuses:...	William Philips
1705	Joseph Kelly	William Philips
1713	Sir John St Leger	Bartholomew Purdon
1715	Hon. Arthur St Leger	William Causabon
1727	John Waller	Jephson Busteed Declared not duly elected in 1727
1728	John Waller	Hon. Hayes St Leger
1743	William Harward	Hon. Hayes St Leger
1751	William Harward	Sir John Colthurst, 1st Bt
1761	John St Leger	St Leger Aldworth Changed surname to St Leger in 1767
1768	Richard Aldworth
1776	Hayes St Leger Styled as The Honourable from 1785
1777		Richard St Leger
1783		James Chatterton
1788	John Harrison
1790	John Bagwell
1792	John Maxwell John Maxwell-Barry, 5th Baron Farnham John Maxwell-Barry, 5th Baron Farnham PC was an Irish Representative peer and politician.He was the son of Henry Maxwell, Lord Bishop of Meath, and grandson of John Maxwell, 1st Baron Farnham...
January 1798	Peter Holmes	John Townsend John Townsend (Irish politician) John Townsend was an Irish politician.He was the third son of Richard Townsend, son of Bryan Townsend, and his second wife Elizabeth Beecher, daughter of Henry Beecher and granddaughter of Thomas Beecher... Also elected for Castlemartyr Castlemartyr (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Castlemartyr was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1676 to 1800.- Boundaries and boundary changes :... in 1798, for which he chose to sit
1798		Barry Boyle St Leger
1800		Francis Aldborough Prittie
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...	Disenfranchised

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