Galway Borough was a United Kingdom

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 Parliament constituency, in Ireland. It returned one MP 1801–1832, two MPs 1832–1885 and one thereafter. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain

Great Britain

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 and Ireland

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 took effect on 1 January 1801.

Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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 of Galway

Galway

Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...

 in County Galway

County Galway

County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...

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Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1801)

  Year	Member
  1801	St. George Daly
  1801	John Brabazon Ponsonby John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby, GCB was a longtime British diplomat and politician.-Political career:Ponsonby, eldest son of the 1st Baron Ponsonby, and brother of Sir William Ponsonby , was born about 1770. He served as a Member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons for Tallow...
  1802	Denis Bowes Daly Denis Bowes Daly Denis Bowes Daly PC , was an Irish politician.Daly was the eldest son of Hyacynth Daly of Dalystown, and his cousion Rose Daly of Raford, both of County Galway. He was brought into the Irish parliament by his cousion, Denis Daly of Dunsandle, where he served from 1776 to 1801...
  1805	James Daly James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal was an Irish politician.-Background:Daly was the eldest son of Denis Daly and Lady Henrietta, daughter of Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham. The Right Reverend Robert Daly was his younger brother.-Political career:Daly was elected Member of...
  1811	Frederick Ponsonby
  1813	Valentine Blake
  1820	Michael George Prendergast
  1826	James O'Hara
  1831	John James Bodkin

• Representation increased to two seats (1832)

  Year	First member	Second member
  1832	Andrew Henry Lynch	Lachlan MacLachlan
  1833		Martin Joseph Blake
  1841	Sir Valentine Blake, Bt
  1847	James Henry Monahan James Henry Monahan James Henry Monahan was one of the outstanding Irish judges of his time, and one of the first Roman Catholics to achieve judicial eminence.-Background and education:...
  1847	Anthony O'Flaherty
  1857		Lord Dunkellin Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin Ulick Canning de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician.-Background:Dunkellin was the eldest son of Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, and the Hon. Harriet, daughter of George Canning. He was educated at Eton-Military career:Dunkellin was a Lieutenant-Colonel in...
  1859	John Orrell Lever John Orrell Lever John Orrell Lever was an English shipping owner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1859 and 1885....
  1865	Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Bt Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet PC , JP was an Irish baronet and Liberal Party politician from County Kerry....	Michael Morris Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin PC, QC , known as Sir Michael Morris, Bt, from 1885 to 1889 and as The Lord Morris between 1889 and 1900, was an Irish lawyer and judge...
  1867		George Morris
  1868		William St Lawrence William St Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth William Ulick Tristram St Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth KP was an Irish peer, styled Viscount St Lawrence until 1874. He became Earl of Howth in 1874 on the death of Thomas St Lawrence, 3rd Earl of Howth and was appointed a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 8 May 1884....
  1874	Frank Hugh O'Donnell Frank Hugh O'Donnell Frank Hugh O'Donnell , born Francis Hugh MacDonald was an Irish writer, journalist and nationalist politician.-Early life:...	George Morris
  1874	Michael Francis Ward Michael Francis Ward Michael Francis Ward was an Irish doctor, surgeon, politician and nationalist MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Home Rule League represented Galway Borough from 1874 until 1880.Ward was born in Galway in 1845, the son of Timothy...
  1880	Thomas Power O'Connor	John Orrell Lever John Orrell Lever John Orrell Lever was an English shipping owner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1859 and 1885....

• Representation reduced to one seat (1885)

Election		Member	Party
	1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Thomas Power O'Connor	Irish Parliamentary Party Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...
	1886	William Henry O'Shea	Irish Nationalist
	1886 United Kingdom general election, 1886 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the UK general election, 1886*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	John Pinkerton John Pinkerton (politician) John Pinkerton was an Irish Protestant nationalist politician and Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. As a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party he represented Galway Borough from 1886 to 1900.Born in Ballymoney, Co Antrim, the son...	Irish Parliamentary Party Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...
	18901		Anti-Parnellite
	1900 United Kingdom general election, 1900 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1900*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Martin Morris Martin Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin Martin Henry FitzPatrick Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin PC , was an Irish Conservative Member of Parliament .-Background and education:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1901	Arthur Alfred Lynch Arthur Alfred Lynch Arthur Alfred Lynch was an Irish Australian civil engineer, physician, journalist, author, soldier, anti-imperialist and polymath. He served as MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and represented Galway Borough...	Irish Parliamentary Party Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...
	1903	Charles Ramsay Devlin Charles Ramsay Devlin Charles Ramsay Devlin was a Canadian politician who was a Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons, in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, and an Irish MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.-Career:Born in Aylmer, Lower Canada, the son of...	Irish Parliamentary Party Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...
	1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Stephen Gwynn	Irish Parliamentary Party Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...
1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...		Constituency abolished

¹There was no election but the IPP split into two factions, and Pinkerton joined the faction opposing Parnell

Charles Stewart Parnell

Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...

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