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Ballyshannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Summary

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Field	Value
name	Ballyshannon
type	borough
borough	Ballyshannon
county	County Donegal
region	Ireland
parliament	ihc
year	1613
abolished	1801
next	Disfranchised
seats	2

**Ballyshannon ** was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1613 to 1800.

Borough

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Ballyshannon in County Donegal. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Election	First MP	Second MP
April 1613		Paul Gore
1613		Sir Arthur Savage
June 1634		Thomas Leake
December 1634		James Dillon
1639		Sir Robert Meredith
April 1661		Kilmallock]], for which he chose to sit
May 1661		Robert King
1689		Ballyshannon was not represented in the Patriot Parliament.
1692		Francis Folliott
1695		Hon. Henry Folliott
1697		Richard Warburton
1703		Richard Geering
1713		Owen Wynne
November 1727	Whigs (British political party)}}"		County Londonderry]] in 1727, for which he chose to sit
1727		William James Conolly
1737		Edward WalpoleKnighted in 1753
1754		Michael Clarke
May 1761		Thomas ConollyAlso elected for County Londonderry in 1761, for which he chose to sit
1761		John Gustavus Handcock
1766		Hugh Henry Mitchell
1768		Londonderry City]] in 1768, for which he chose to sit
1769		William Gamble
1776		John Staples
1783		William Ogilvie
1790		Thomas Dickson
January 1798		Viscount Corry
1798		Sir William Richardson
1801		Disenfranchised

Notes

References

Bibliography

Return of Members of Parliament (1878), vol. ii, p. 611–612.

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