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County Sligo (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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County Sligo
Former county constituency
for the Irish House of Commons
CountyCounty Sligo
? (?) (? (?))–1801 (1801)
Seats2
Replaced byCounty Sligo (UKHC)

County Sligo was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Members of Parliament

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  • 1585 Sir Valentine Browne, James Crofton and John Marbury[1]
  • 1613–1615 Brian McDonagh and Thady O'Hara[1]
  • 1634–1635 Fearghal Ó Gadhra (Farrell O'Gara) and Tadhg O’Connor Sligo[1]
  • 1639–1649 Theobald Taaffe (inherited peerage 1642) and George Radcliffe (replaced April 1641 by Patrick Casey)[1]
  • 1661–1666 Sir Francis Gore and Robert Morgan[2]

1689–1801

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Election First member First party Second member Second party
1689 Henry Crofton Oliver O'Gara
1692 Hugh Morgan Edward Wingfield
1713 Chidley Coote William Ormsby
1719 Joshua Cooper I
1727 Owen Wynne
1737 James Wynne
1749 Owen Wynne
1757 Benjamin Burton
1761 Sir Edward King, 5th Bt
1765 Paul Annesley Gore
1768 Joshua Cooper II
1778 Owen Wynne
1783 Charles O'Hara
1790 Joshua Edward Cooper
1801 Succeeded by Westminster constituency of County Sligo

References

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  1. ^ a b c d McGrath, Brid (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641". hdl:2262/77206 – via www.tara.tcd.ie.
  2. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 632.