Cork County 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 the borough

Parliamentary borough

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 in County Cork

County Cork

County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...

. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland 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

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, Cork County was represented with two members. 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 retained two parliamentary seats in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament

• 1585, April. Sir John Norreys, knt. William Cogan, Esq. John Fitzgerald
  John Fitzgerald
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  , Esq., of Cloyne
  Cloyne
  Cloyne is a small town to the south-east of the town of Midleton in eastern County Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland. It is also a see city of the Anglican Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, while also giving its name to a Roman Catholic diocese...
  
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• 1613, April 19. Dermod McCarthy, Esq., of Lohort. Andrew Barrett, Esq., of Ballincollig
  Ballincollig
  Ballincollig is a satellite town in County Cork, Ireland, approximately 9 km west of Cork city. It is located beside the River Lee on the R608 regional road. In 2006 the population of Ballincollig DED was 16,308. The nearest towns include: Ballinora, Ovens, Killumney, Inniscarra, Blarney ,...
  
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• 1634, June 23. Sir William St. Leger, knt., of Doneraile
  Doneraile
  Doneraile is a town in County Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland. It is located on the R581 regional road 8 km east of the N20 road which runs from Limerick to Cork. It is about 12 km north of Mallow town...
  
  . Sir Donagh McCarthy, knt.
• 1639, March 2. Sir William St. Leger, knt., of Doneraile. Sir Donagh McCarthy, knt. Redmond Roche, of Cahirduggan, expelled the 22nd of June, 1642, for the 1641 Rebellion.
• 1661, April 25. Hon. Richard Boyle
  Richard Boyle
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  . Sir Henry Tynte, knt., of Roxhall.
• 1661, June 2. Sir John Perceval, bart., of Burton, vice Tynte, deceased.
• 1665, Dec. 7th. Roger Lord Broghill, vice Boyle, deceased.
• 1665-1666, John St Ledger (d.31 March 1696).

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...		Justin McCarthy Justin McCarthy, Viscount Mountcashel Justin McCarthy, Viscount Mountcashel was a Jacobite general in the Williamite War in Ireland.McCarthy was the younger son of Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty, from the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty who had lands in County Desmond. The family had had their property confiscated under the...			Sir Richard Nagle Richard Nagle Sir Richard Nagle was an Irish politician and lawyer. He held the positions of Attorney-General for Ireland, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, Lord Justice of Ireland and Secretary of State and War for Ireland under King James II. He fled to France in 1691, joining James II at Saint Germain,...
1692		Sir St John Brodrick St John Brodrick (1627–1711) Sir St John Brodrick, of Midleton was an Irish Member of Parliament.He represented County Cork in the Irish House of Commons from 1692 to 1693 and from 1695 to 1699....			Henry Boyle Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton, PC , was an Anglo-Irish politician of the early eighteenth century.-Biography:...
1695					Thomas Brodrick
1703		Sir John Perceval, 5th Bt John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont PC, FRS , known as Sir John Perceval, 5t, from 1691 to 1715, as The Lord Perceval from 1715 to 1722 and as The Viscount Perceval from 1722 to 1733, was an Anglo-Irish politician....
1713					Alan Brodrick Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton PC was an Irish lawyer and politician.-Background:He was the second son of Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan, near Midleton in County Cork, by his wife Alice , daughter of Laurence Clayton of Mallow, County Cork and sister of Colonel Randall Clayton M.P., of...
1715		Henry Boyle Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon, PC was a prominent Irish politician.Boyle was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Boyle , second son of Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery. His mother was Lady Mary O'Brien, daughter of Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin...			St John Brodrick St John Brodrick (died 1728) The Honourable St John Brodrick , was an Irish politician.Brodrick was son of Alan Brodrick, 1st Viscount Midleton and brother of Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton....
1728					Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Bt Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Baronet Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Baronet was an Irish baronet and politician.He was the son of Sir Robert Deane, 2nd Baronet and his wife Anne Bettridge, daughter of Colonel William Bettridge./Anne Brettridge, one of the three daughters and co-heiresses of Captain Roger Brettridge of Castles Brettridge,...
1747					Arthur Hyde
1756		Viscount Dungarvan
1759		Richard Townsend Richard Townsend (politician) Richard Townsend was an Irish politician.He was the oldest son of Richard Townsend, son of Bryan Townsend, and his second wife Elizabeth Beecher, daughter of Henry Beecher and granddaughter of Thomas Beecher. His younger brother was John Townsend. Townsend served as colonel of the Cork Militia and...
1761					Viscount Boyle Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon KP, PC was an Irish peer and Member of Parliament. He represented Dungarvan and Cork County, and then succeeded his father as Earl of Shannon. -Family:...
1765					Hon. John Lysaght
1768					John Hyde
1776					Sir Robert Deane, 6th Bt Robert Deane, 1st Baron Muskerry Robert Tilson Deane, 1st Baron Muskerry PC , known as Sir Robert Deane, 6th Baronet from 1770 to 1781, was an Irish politician....
1781					James Bernard James Bernard (politician) James Bernard was an Irish politician and ancestor of the Earls of Bandon.He was the grandson of Francis Bernard, a Solicitor-General for Ireland and Member of Parliament. Bernard represented Cork County in the Irish House of Commons from 1781 until his death in 1790.He married Esther Smith,...
1783		Viscount Kingsborough
1791					Abraham Morris
1797					Viscount Boyle Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon KP, PC , styled Viscount Boyle from 1764 until 1807, was among the last surviving Members of the Parliament of Ireland. He represented Cork County in the new Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1807...
1798		Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald Colonel Robert Uniacke-FitzGerald was an Irish politician.Descended from the Munster Desmond FitzGerald Knights of Glin and Kerry, through Sir Garrett FitzGerald Knt of Lisquinlan and Sir Robert Tynte of Youghal and Ballycrenane...
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 Cork County Cork County (UK Parliament constituency) Cork County was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....