Gowran was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Gowran was represented with two members.
Members of Parliament, 1609–1801 1613–1615 John Swayne and Thomas Stanton 1634–1635 John Hackett and James Kealy 1639–1649 Sir Patrick Wemyss and Peter Butler (Butler resigned and replaced 1641 by Piers Crosbie) 1661–1666 William Warden of Burnchurch and John Powell
1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Richard Butler Walter Kelly 1689 Robert Fielding 1692 Sir Charles Meredyth George Warburton 1695 Edward May Joseph Stepney 1703 Patrick Wemyss Robert MaudeCreated a baronet in 1705 November 1713 Sir Richard Levinge, 1st BtAlso elected for Kilkenny City in 1713, for which he chose to sit James AgarAlso elected for Callan in 1715, for which he chose to sit 1713 Patrick Wemyss November 1715 John Pepper 1715 David Chaigneau 1725 William Martin 1727 Henry Agar 1747 James Agar 1753 James Agar 1761 George Dunbar William Henry Burton 1768 Hon. John PonsonbyAlso elected for County Kilkenny in 1768, for which he chose to sit. James Agar 1769 Arthur Browne Henry Prittie 1776 James Agar John Butler 1777 Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Bt October 1783 Hon. Henry Welbore AgarAlso elected for County Kilkenny in 1783, for which he chose to sit. George Dunbar 1783 George Burdett 1790 Patrick Welch 1798 George Bunbury George Burdett 1800 Henry Verney Lovett Darby 1801 Constituency disenfranchised
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