Donegal Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Donegal Borough 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. It is now represented in the Dáil.

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...

, Donegal Borough was not represented.

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689	Donegal Borough 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	William Conolly William Conolly William Conolly , also known as Speaker Conolly, was an Irish politician, Commissioner of Revenue, lawyer and landowner.-Career:...	John Hamilton
1695		William Gore
1703	Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Bt Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet Sir Ralph Gore, 4th Baronet was a Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.The Gore Baronetcy, of Magherabegg in the County of Donegal, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 2 February 1622 for Paul Gore .The fourth Baronet served as Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer and as Speaker...	Richard Jones
1713	Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Bt Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Baronet was an Irish politician and baronet.He was the son of Paul Gore, himself son of Sir Arthur Gore, 1st Baronet, and his wife Anne Gore, daughter of Sir John Gore. Gore succeeded his grandfather as baronet in 1697. He was High Sheriff of Mayo in 1711 and Member of... Also elected for Mayo Mayo (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Mayo was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.- County Divisions :Baronies in County Mayo:[n 8]Burrishoole... in 1715, for which he chose to sit	George Macartney
1715	Henry Maxwell Henry Maxwell Henry Maxwell is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country in the 1957 and 1960 World Cups.-Playing career:Maxwell played for the Point Chevalier Pirates in the Auckland Rugby League competition. He represented Auckland and in 1955 he was first selected for the New...	Robert Miller
1725		Alexander Montgomery Alexander Montgomery (1686–1729) Colonel Alexander Montgomery was an Irish soldier and politician.Montgomery of the Scots Greys cavalry, lived in Convoy House, Convoy, County Donegal, Ireland. He was born in 1686, the second son of Major John Montgomery and his first wife Catherine, the daughter of the Reverend James Auchinleck...
1727		Arthur Gore Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran PC , known as Sir Arthur Gore, 3rd Baronet from 1741 to 1757 and as Viscount Sudley from 1758 to 1762, was an Irish politician.... Succeeded as 3rd Baronet in 1741
1730	John Folliott
1759	John Folliott	Hon. Arthur Saunders Gore Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran KP, PC styled The Honourable from 1758 to 1762, and then known as Viscount Sudley from 1762 to 1773, was an Irish peer and politician....
1761	Robert Doyne	John Knox
1768	Viscount Sudley Arthur Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran Arthur Saunders Gore, 2nd Earl of Arran KP, PC styled The Honourable from 1758 to 1762, and then known as Viscount Sudley from 1762 to 1773, was an Irish peer and politician....	Richard Gore Richard Gore Richard Gore was an English merchant adventurer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1611.Gore was the son of Gerard Gore, an alderman of the City of London. He was auditor from 1601 to 1603. In 1604, Gore was elected Member of Parliament for City of London and sat until 1611...
1774	Barry Yelverton Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore Barry Yelverton, 1st Viscount Avonmore, PC KC was an Irish judge and politician.-Life:He was the eldest son of Francis Yelverton of Blackwater, County Cork. Educated at Trinity College Dublin, he was for some years an assistant master under Andrew Buck in the Hibernian Academy... Also elected for Carrickfergus Carrickfergus (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Carrickfergus was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1326 to 1800.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:This constituency was the borough of Carrickfergus in County Antrim. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.-History:In the Patriot Parliament of 1689... in 1776, for which he chose to sit
1776		James Cuffe James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley James Cuffe, 1st Baron Tyrawley was an Irish peer and politician. His father was James Cuff of Elmhall and Ballinrobe Castle and his mother was Elizabeth, sister of Arthur Gore, 1st Earl of Arran.... Also elected for Mayo Mayo (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Mayo was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.- County Divisions :Baronies in County Mayo:[n 8]Burrishoole... in 1776, for which he chose to sit
June 1776	Henry Vaughan Brooke Henry Vaughan Brooke -Background:Brooke originated from a family with roots in the counties Fermanagh as well as Donegal and was the son of Basil Brooke. His mother was Jane, daughter of Henry Wrey. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin until 1761 and when his father died seven years later, he interited the...
1777		Robert Longfield
1779		Henry Cope
October 1783	Henry Hatton	Viscount Sudley Arthur Gore, 3rd Earl of Arran Arthur Saunders Gore, 3rd Earl of Arran , known as Viscount Sudley from 1773 to 1809, was an Irish peer and Tory Member of Parliament.... Also elected for Baltimore Baltimore (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Baltimore was a potwalloper constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1801.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:This constituency was based in the town of Baltimore in County Cork.-Potwalloper:... in 1783, for which he chose to sit
1783	Henry Hatton	Sir John Evans-Freke, 2nd Bt
1790	William Downes	Humphrey Butler
1797	William Keller	Humphrey Butler
1798	Hugh O'Donnell	William Cusack-Smith
1799	Charles Kendal Bushe Charles Kendal Bushe Charles Kendal Bushe , was an Irish lawyer and judge. Known as "silver-tongued Bushe", he was Solicitor-General for Ireland from 1805 to 1822 and Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland from 1822 to 1841....	William Cusack-Smith
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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