Galway was a constituency representing the town of Galway in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Galway Borough was represented with two members.
Members of Parliament, 1264–1801 1560 Jonoke Lynch and Peter Lynch 1585 Jonoke Lynch and Peter Lynch and Robert French 1613–1615 Geoffrey Lynch and Sir Valentine Blake, 1st Baronet 1634–1635 Sir Thomas Blake (expelled) and Nicholas Lynch 1639–1642 Sir Robuck Lynch, 2nd Baronet and Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Baronet 1661–1666 Edward Eyre and John Eyre
1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Oliver Martin John Kirwan 1692 Sir Henry Bellasis Nehemiah Donnellan 1695 Richard St George Robert Ormsby 1703 Edward Eyre John StauntonDeclared not duly elected in 1715 1713 Samuel Eyre 1715 Robert Shaw 1716 Edward Eyre 1727 John Staunton Thomas Staunton 1732 Thomas Staunton 1735 Dominick Bourke 1748 Hon. Richard FitzPatrickDeclared not duly elected in 1748 1748 John Eyre 1761 Hon. Richard FitzPatrick 1767 Denis Daly 1768 James Daly Robert French 1771 Anthony Daly 1776 Denis Bowes Daly 1783 Denis DalyAlso elected for County Galway in 1783, for which he chose to sit. 1783 Anthony Daly 1790 Denis Daly Sir Skeffington Smyth, 1st Bt 1792 Peter Daly 1798 St George Daly George Ponsonby 1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Galway Borough
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