Killybegs (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Killybegs was not represented.

Members of Parliament, 1616–1801

1689–1801 1634–1635 Thomas Tallys and James Galbraith 1639–1649 Edward Tarleton and Thomas Tallys 1661 Sir Robert Murray and William Knight (sat for Belfast - replaced by Thomas Burton. Burton AWOL-replaced 1665 by Sir John Lyndon)

ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Killybegs was not represented in the Patriot Parliament 1692 Henry Conyngham Thomas Smith 1695Charles Hamilton Charles Melvyn 1703 Benjamin Parry 1710 Thomas Pearson 1713 Henry Maxwell Whig 1715 Charles Fane 1719 Robert Colvill 1727 William Conyngham Henry Conyngham 1739 Leslie Corry 1741 Henry Conyngham 1749 Henry Gore 1753 Francis Pierpoint Burton 1761 Richard Jones William Gerard Hamilton 1768 Henry HamiltonCreated a baronet in 1775 Thomas Allan 1776 William BurtonAlso elected for Ennis in 1776, for which he chose to sit 1777 John KnoxStyles as The Honourable from 1781 October 1783 William Burton Conyngham James FitzGeraldAlso elected for Tulsk in 1783, for which he chose to sit Patriot 1783 William Colvill May 1790 Francis Nathaniel BurtonAlso elected for County Clare in 1790, for which he chose to sit John Wolfe 1790 Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Bt January 1798 Francis Nathaniel BurtonAlso elected for County Clare in 1798, for which he chose to sit. Richard Archdall 1798 Francis McNamara 1801 Disenfranchised

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