Rathcormack (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Rathcormack
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1611
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Rathcormack (also known as Rathcormack Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. It was a mix of Potwalloping and a Manor Borough established by Charter and remained tied to the borough and surrounding area. The franchise was vested in the £5 and until 1793, Protestant Freeholders and after 1782 a year's residence was necessary. It was disenfranchised with the coming of the Act of Union and compensation of £15,000 was paid to the representatives of the Tonson family

Boundaries and boundary changes

This constituency was the borough of Rathcormack in County Cork. After its establishment in 1611 it had a sovereign, 12 burgesses and freemen. Under the terms of the Act of Union 1800, the constituency was disenfranchised and abolished in 1800.

Members of Parliament

• 1613-1615
• 1634-1635
• 1639-1641
• 1661-1666
• 1689 Patriot Parliament
  • 1689 James Barry
  • 1689 Edward Powel

1692–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1692		James Barry			Robert Foulke
September 1703					Daniel Gahan [1]
1703		John Silver
1713		James Barry			Edward Corker
November 1715					Jephson Busteed
1715		James Tynte
1727		James Barry			Redmond Barry
1728					William FitzHerbert
1743					Joseph Leeson
1743		Brettridge Badham
1745		John Magill
1757					Abraham Devonsher
1761		James Dennis
1768		James Barry
1776		William Tonson			Francis Bernard Beamish
1783		Charles Francis Sheridan			Sackville Hamilton
1784					Thomas Orde
1790		Henry Duquerry			John Philpot Curran
January 1798		Charles McDonnell			Henry Boyle, Viscount Boyle
1798					William Bagwell
1801		Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

1. from 1705 Sir Daniel Gahan

Elections

• 1692
• 1695
• 1703
• 1713
• 1715
• 1716
• 1727
• 1743
• 1745
• 1757
• 1761
• 1768
• 1776
• 1783
• 1790
• 1797
• 1798

See also

• Rathcormack, a town in County Cork
• Irish House of Commons
• List of Irish constituencies

References

• 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.