Carrick (also known as Carrigdrumruske or Carrick-on-Shannon Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1800. It returned two members.
Borough This constituency was the borough of Carrick-on-Shannon in County Leitrim.
History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Carrick was not represented. Under the terms of the Acts of Union 1800, the constituency was disenfranchised and abolished.
Members of Parliament, 1614–1801 1613–1615 Maurice Griffith and Thomas Bellot 1639–1649 Sir George St George and John Jackson 1661–1666 Richard Barrett and Thomas Carr
1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Carrick was not represented in the Patriot Parliament 1692 Roger Smith Owen Wynne August 1695 Richard St GeorgeAlso elected for Galway Borough in 1695, for which he chose to sit John French 1695 Arthur Cooper 1703 Sir George St George Oliver St George 1713 John French 1714 Edward Ormsby 1715 John Ussher Richard St George 1741 St George St George 1755 John Pomeroy 1761 Robert French 1763 Dudley Alexander Sydney Cosby 1768 Henry Sandford Robert ClementsAlso elected for County Donegal in 1776, for which he chose to sit. 1776 Nathaniel Clements 1777 Edward Sneyd 1777 Robert Tighe 1781 Edward King October 1783 Hon. Thomas Pelham George SandfordAlso elected for Roscommon in 1783, for which he chose to sit. 1783 Edward King 1790 Hon. Nathaniel ClementsStyled as Viscount Clements from 1795Also elected for County Leitrim in 1798, for which he chose to sit. 1794 Nathaniel Sneyd 1798 William Gore 1800 Robert Tighe 1801 Disenfranchised
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