Ballyshannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Ballyshannon 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...

from 1613 to 1800.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

of Ballyshannon

Ballyshannon

Ballyshannon is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is located where the N3 and N15 cross the River Erne, and claims to be the oldest town in Ireland.-Location:...

in County Donegal

County Donegal

County Donegal is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Donegal. Donegal County Council is the local authority for the county...

. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland

Parliament of Ireland

The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. In its early mediaeval period during the Lordship of Ireland it consisted of either two or three chambers: the House of Commons, elected by a very restricted suffrage, the House of Lords in which the lords...

from 1613 to 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...

, Ballyshannon was not represented.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

1613–1615 ? Paul Gore
Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet
Sir Paul Gore, 1st Baronet was an Irish politician, soldier and baronet.Born in London, he was the eldest son of Gerard Gore and his wife Helen Davenant, daughter of Ralph Davenant. Gore had come to Ireland as a commander of a troup of horse and in 1602, he was despatched to accompany Rory Ó...
1634-1635 ?
1639-1649 ?
1661-1666 Sir Robert King, 1st Baronet
Earl of Kingston
Earl of Kingston is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1768 for Edward King, 1st Viscount Kingston. He had already succeeded his father as fifth Baronet of Boyle Abbey and been created Baron Kingston, of Rockingham in the County of Roscommon in 1764 and Viscount Kingston in 1766,...

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689	Ballyshannon was not represented 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...
1692	Francis Folliott	John Folliott
1695		Hon. Henry Folliott Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott was an Irish nobleman and politician.He succeeded to the title Baron Folliott and to extensive Irish estates on the death in 1697 of his father Thomas Folliott of Ferney Hall, Onibury, Ludlow, Shropshire and Wardtown Castle, Ballymacaward, Co Donegal...
1697		Richard Warburton Richard Warburton Sir Richard Warburton was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1601 and 1610.Warburton was the third son of Peter Warburton of Hefferston Grange in Weaversham, Cheshire and his wife Alice Cooper, daughter of John Cooper of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire. He was educated...
1703	Richard Geering
1713	Owen Wynne	John Rochfort
November 1727	William Conolly William Conolly William Conolly , also known as Speaker Conolly, was an Irish politician, Commissioner of Revenue, lawyer and landowner.-Career:... Also elected for Londonderry County Londonderry County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Londonderry County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-Members of Parliament:1634: Tristram Beresford1656–1658: Tristram Beresford*1661–1666: Tristram Beresford -1692–1801:... in 1727, for which he chose to sit	Thomas Pearson
1727	William James Conolly William James Conolly William James Conolly was an Irish politician.He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Ballyshannon at a by-election in 1727. At the general election earlier that year his uncle William Conolly, the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, had been elected for the seat, but chose to continue...	Thomas Pearson
1737		Edward Walpole Edward Walpole Sir Edward Walpole KB PC was a British politician, and a younger son of Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister from 1721 to 1742.... Knighted in 1753
1754	Michael Clarke
May 1761		Thomas Conolly Thomas Conolly (1738–1803) Thomas Conolly was an Irish landowner.He was the son of William James Conolly of Castletown House, by his wife Lady Anne, daughter of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford... Also elected for Londonderry County Londonderry County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Londonderry County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-Members of Parliament:1634: Tristram Beresford1656–1658: Tristram Beresford*1661–1666: Tristram Beresford -1692–1801:... in 1761, for which he chose to sit
1761		John Gustavus Handcock John Gustavus Handcock John Gustavus Handcock was an Irish politician.He was the sixth son of William Handcock and his wife Susan Warburton, daughter of Richard Warburton. His older brother was William Handcock and his cousins were William Handcock, 1st Viscount Castlemaine and Richard Handcock, 2nd Baron Castlemaine...
1766		Hugh Henry Mitchell
1768		Francis Andrews Francis Andrews Francis Andrews was an Irish politician.In 1758 he was appointed Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and in 1759 was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Midleton. From 1761 until his death he sat for the City of Londonderry... Also elected for Londonderry City Londonderry City (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Londonderry City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.-1692–1801:... in 1768, for which he chose to sit
1769		William Gamble
1776	John Staples John Staples John Staples was an Irish Member of Parliament.He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Newtown Limavady from 1765 to 1768, for Clogher from 1768 to 1776, for Ballyshannon from 1776 to 1783, for Newtown Limavady again from 1783 to 1795 and for County Antrim from 1796 to 1800, and then for Antrim...	Sir Michael Cromie, 1st Bt
1783	William Ogilvie
1790	Thomas Dickson
January 1798	Viscount Corry Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl Belmore , styled The Honourable from 1781 to 1797 and then known as Viscount Corry to 1802, was an Irish nobleman and politician.-Politics and inheritance:...	David Babington
1798	Sir William Richardson, 1st Bt Sir William Richardson, 1st Baronet Sir William Richardson, 1st Baronet was a Irish politician.He was the son and heir of St George Richardson, MP for Augher ....	David Babington
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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