Old Leighlin was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons, the lower house in the Irish Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland. It was based in Old Leighlin, near the town of Leighlinbridge in County Carlow. It was a bishop's borough, controlled by the Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin.
The borough was disfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800, with effect from 1 January 1801. £15,000 was paid to the Commissioners of First Fruits to be used at their discretion.
Members of Parliament ElectionFirst MPSecond MP1634 James Cusack Richard FitzGerald Sir Thomas Meredyth1639 James Cusack Roger Brereton Thomas Davills1642 Walter Chambré (died) 1646 Peter Wybrants1661 Sir Francis Butler Charles Meredyth 1689 Darby Long Daniel Doran 1692 John Dunbar Edward Jones 1695 Richard Boyle John Beauchamp 1703 James Agar John Tench 1713 John Beauchamp St Leger Gilbert 1727 Thomas Trotter 1745 Hon. Robert Jocelyn Thomas Carter 1757 Richard Rigby May 1761 John Bourke Francis Andrews 1761 Edward Nicholson 1768 Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt Thomas Monck 1773 John Blaquiere 1776 Hugh Massy 1777 Robert Jephson 1783 Hon. Henry Luttrell Hon. Arthur Acheson 1787 Sir Edward Leslie, 1st Bt 1790 Edward Cooke 1791 Patrick Duigenan 1798 Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Bt 1801 Constituency disenfranchised
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References
Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002),
Return of Members of Parliament (1878) vol. ii, p. 607.