Charleville was a constituency in County Cork represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
History The town of Charleville was named after Charles II. It was enfranchised in 1673, with a sovereign, 12 burgesses and freemen. It belonged to the Earl of Orrery, a branch of the Boyle family. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Charleville was represented with two members. At the end of the 18th Century the constituency was controlled by the Earl of Shannon and the Earl of Cork who each nominated one member. The compensation of £15,000 for the loss of the seats in the Acts of Union 1800 was divided equally between them.
Members of Parliament, 1673–1801
1689–1801
ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 John Baggot John Power 1692 Henry Boreman George CroftsExpelled in October 1692 1695 Hon. Charles Boyle John Ormsby 1703 George Evans Robert FitzGerald 1713 Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Bt Brettridge Badham 1715 George Evans William Boyle 1721 Henry Purdon 1725 James O'Brien 1727 John Lysaght Price Hartstonge 1744 Edward Barry 1759 Viscount Dungarvon 1761 Robert Barry Richard Longfield 1768 James Lysaght 1776 Richard Cox Thomas Warren October 1783 Rogerson Cotter John BennettAlso elected for Castlemartyr in 1783, for which he chose to sit 1783 Richard St George 1790 Sir John Blaquiere, 1st Bt 1798 Charles Boyle 1800 George Nugent 1801 Disenfranchised
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