Joshua Boyle was a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 in the Irish House of Commons

Irish House of Commons

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, initially elected to represent the borough

Borough

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 of Mallow

Mallow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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 in 1641, and was sworn in as recorder of Parliament on March 1 of the same year.

The esquire

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 of Castle Lyons, he was elected to represent the borough of Clonakilty

Clonakilty (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Clonakilty was a constituency in County Cork represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.-History:Established by a charter of King James I of England granting it to Sir Richard Boyle, it was purchased from Lord Burlington by Speaker Boyle in 1738 and he nominated the provost from three...

on April 8, 1661.

"Joshua Boyle Esq. of Castle Lyons" was again listed as having been elected the MP to represent Mallow ninety years after the first election, though it is assumed to have been a relative of the now-deceased original Boyle.