Cork County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

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

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough in County Cork. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Cork County was represented with two members.^[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough retained two parliamentary seats in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

1585: April. Sir John Norreys, knt. William Cogan, Esq. John Fitzgerald, Esq., of Cloyne.
1613: April 19. Dermod McCarthy, Esq., of Lohort. Andrew Barrett, Esq., of Ballincollig.
1634: June 23. Sir William St. Leger, knt., of Doneraile. 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. Sir Henry Tynte, knt., of Roxhall.
1661: June 2. Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet of Burton, in place of Tynte, deceased.
1665: Dec. 7th. Roger Boyle, in place of Richard Boyle, translated to the Lords.
1665-1666: John St Ledger (d.31 March 1696).

Election	First member	Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament	Justin McCarthy	Sir Richard Nagle
1692	Sir St John Brodrick	Henry Boyle
1695	Sir St John Brodrick	Thomas Brodrick	Whig
1703	Sir John Perceval, 5th Bt	Thomas Brodrick	Whig
1713	Sir John Perceval, 5th Bt	Alan Brodrick	Whig
1715	Henry Boyle	St John Brodrick
1728		Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Bt
1747		Arthur Hyde
1756	Viscount Dungarvan
1759	Richard Townsend
1761		Viscount Boyle
1765		Hon. John Lysaght
1768		John Hyde
1776		Sir Robert Deane, 6th Bt
1781		James Bernard
1783	Viscount Kingsborough	James Bernard
1791		Abraham Morris
1797		Viscount Boyle
1798	Robert Uniacke Fitzgerald	Viscount Boyle
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Cork 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.
Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8
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 Cork and Borough/City

Baltimore (1614–1800)
Bandonbridge (1614–1800)
Castlemartyr (1676–1800)
Charleville (1673–1800)
Clonakilty (1613–1800)
Cork City (1264–1800)
Cork County (????–1800)
Doneraile (1640–1800)
Kinsale (1334?–1800)
Mallow (1613–1800)
Midleton (1671–1800)
Rathcormack (c.1611–1800)
Youghal (1374–1800)

Bandon (1801–85)
Cork County (1801–85)
Cork City (1801–1922)
East Cork (1885–1922)
Mid Cork (1885–1922)
North Cork (1885–1922)
North East Cork (1885–1922)
South Cork (1885–1922)
South East Cork (1885–1922)
West Cork (1885–1922)
Kinsale (1801–85)
Mallow (1801–85)
Youghal (1801–85)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Cork Borough (1921–69) Cork City (1977–81) Cork City North–West (1969–77) Cork City South–East (1969–77) Cork East and North East (1921–23) Cork Mid (1961–81) Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–23) Cork North (1923–61) Cork North–East (1961–81) Cork South (1948–61) Cork South–East (1937–48) Cork West (1923–61)

Current	Cork East (1923–37, 1948–61, 1981–) Cork North–Central (1981–) Cork North–West (1981–) Cork South–Central (1981–) Cork South–West (1961–)

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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