Carlow County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Carlow
Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Carlow County

Carlow County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Carlow County was represented with two members.^[1]

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Dudley Bagnal	Henry Lutterel
1692	Sir Thomas Butler, 3rd Bt	John Tench
1695		John Allen
1703		Pierce Butler ^{[note 1]}
1704	Thomas Burdett
1713	Jeffrey Paul
1715	Francis Harrison	Thomas Burdett ^{[note 2]}
1725	Jeffrey Paul	Thomas Burdett ^{[note 2]}
1727	Jeffrey Paul	Robert Burton
1730	Richard Butler ^{[note 3]}	Robert Burton
1761	Benjamin Burton	Thomas Butler
1767	John Hyde	Thomas Butler
1768	Beauchamp Bagenal	William Henry Burton
1776	William Bunbury
1778	Beauchamp Bagenal
1783	Sir Richard Butler, 7th Bt
1790	Henry Bruen
1796	Sir Richard Butler, 7th Bt
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Carlow County

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Carlow

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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