Ennis was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800, the lower house in the Irish Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland. In the Patriot Parliament summoned by James II in 1689, Ennis was represented with two members. Following the Acts of Union 1800, it was succeeded by the Ennis constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
By 1783, the seat was in the control of the O'Brien and Burton families. Notable members include Sir Edward O'Brien, 4th Baronet. When his son, the Tory turned Irish rebel, William Smith O'Brien, became MP for the UK parliamentary seat of Ennis in 1831, The Times described the constituency as "his father's borough".
Members of Parliament, 1613–1801 1613 John Thornton of Doonass and Edmond Blood of Bohersallagh 1634–1635 Sir Barnaby O’Brien (sat for Carlow, replaced by Francis Windebank) and Sir Richard Sudwell 1639–1649 Simon Thorogood (replaced 1641 by Robert Casey) and Ralph Leventhorpe 1661–1666 William Purefoy of King's County and Isaac Granier of Kilrush
1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Florence MacCarthy Sir Theobald Butler 1692 Francis Burton John Gore 1695 Francis Gore 1703 Simon Purdon 1713 David Bindon 1713 Francis Gore 1715 David Bindon Samuel Bindon 1727 Arthur Gore 1731 David Bindon 1761 Thomas Burton Lucius Henry O'Brien 1768 Charles McDonnell Crofton Vandeleur 1776 William Burton Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Bt 1778 Francis Bernard 1783 Stewart Weldon John Thomas Foster 1790 Sir Lucius O'Brien, 3rd Bt William Burton Conyngham 1795 Sir Edward O'Brien, 4th Bt 1796 Lodge Evans Morres 1798 Nathaniel Sneyd 1798 John Ormsby Vandeleur 1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Ennis
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James Frost,The History and Topography of the County of Clare