Youghal was a parliamentary borough represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. It was a corporation with burgesses and freemen.
History In 1700 the borough was under the patronage of Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington. It passed through his granddaughter Charlotte Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington to her husband William Cavendish, later Duke of Devonshire, who by 1758 had entrusted it to Henry Boyle, 1st Earl of Shannon. Following the Acts of Union 1800 the borough sent one MP to Westminster, still under the patronage of the Earls of Shannon.
A Topographical Directory of Ireland, published in 1837, describes the parliamentary history of the borough of Youghal in County Cork:
Members of Parliament 1559–1801 1376: Bernard Baret and Richard Cristofre were elected to come to England to consult with the king and council about the government of Ireland and about an aid for the king. ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1559 John Walch John Portyngall 1585 Thomas Coppinger James Collen 1613 Edmund Coppinger John Forrest 1634 Edward Gough Theobald Ronayne 1661 Sir Boyle Maynard Owen Silver 1689 Thomas Uniack Edward Gough 1692 Henry Boyle Robert FitzGerald 1695 Henry Boyle 1703 Henry Luther John Hayman 1713 Boyle Smyth 1715 Francis Palmes Arthur Hyde 1719 Henry Rugge October 1721 Richard FitzPatrick 1721 Arthur Hyde 1727 James Tynte James O'Brien 1758 Arthur Hyde 1761 Sir John Colthurst, 1st Bt Bellingham Boyle 1768 James Dennis Joseph Lysaght 1776 James Uniacke 1777 Robert Uniacke 1798 John Keane 1801 Succeeded by Westminster constituency of Youghal
Elections 1613 June 7 Edmund Coppinger 62 votes; John Forrest 53; Thomas Ronayne 12; Henry Gosnold 6.Caulfield 1878, p.22 1628 October 9 William Bluet and Edward Gough returned.Caulfield 1878, pp.146–7 1634 June/July Edward Gough 59; Theobald Ronane 41; Edward Stoute 21; Christmas Harford 5.Caulfield 1878, p.181 1639 February 25 Edward Gough 51; Theobald Ronaine 44; William Gough (son of Richard) 21; Nicholas Forest 10.Caulfield 1878, p.197 1695 1703 1713 1715 1719 July 20 (by-election on the death of Francis Palmes) Henry Rugge 88 votes; Sir John Osberne, baronet, 60.Caulfield 1878, p.413 1727 1761 1768 1776 1783 1790 1797 1800 January Robert Uniacke re-elected after appointment as Master General of the Ordnance of Ireland.Johnston-Liik 2002
References Sources
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
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