Mallow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Mallow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800 and was incorporated by Charter of 1613, with a further charter of 1689. It was a manor borough, the franchise being vested in the freeholders of the manor and the returning officer its Seneschal. It was controlled by the Jephson family until the 1780s.

Members of Parliament

1613–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1613 Samuel Molyneux James Ware 1634 Sir Thomas Wenman Donogh O'Brien 1639 William Kingsmill Thomas Beckett 1642 Joshua Boyle 1661 Heywood St Leger Thomas Pooley 1689 John Barret David Nagle 1692 Laurence Clayton John Jephson 1695 William Jephson 1699 Bartholomew Purdon 1713 William Jephson Anthony Jephson 1716 William Brodrick 1727 Sir Courthorpe Clayton 1756 Denham Jephson 1761 William Jephson 1768 Denham Jephson 1781 Anthony Jephson 1783 Sir James Cotter, 2nd Bt 1790 John Longfield 1801 Replaced by Westminster constituency Mallow

Elections 1692 1695 1699 (by-election) 1703 1713 1715 1716 1727 1756 1761 1768 1776 1781 1783 1790 1797

References Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), , T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978 Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press

See also Mallow (UK Parliament constituency), 1801–1885 Irish House of Commons List of Irish constituencies