Bannow (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Bannow was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

Borough This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Bannow in County Wexford.

History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Bannow was represented with two members. Following the Acts of Union 1800 the borough was disenfranchised.

Members of Parliament 1634–1635: Pierce Neville and Walter Furlong (or Walter Stapleton) 1639–1649: Christopher Hollywood (expelled 1642) and Gerald Cheevers (expelled 1642) 1661–1666: Dr Dudley Loftus and Henry Warren

1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Francis Plowden Alexius Stafford 1692 Nathaniel Boyse John Cliffe 1715 James Boyse 1725 Samuel Boyse 1727 George Ogle 1730 William Harrison 1737 Nicholas Hume-LoftusStyled as The Honourable from 1751 1747 Hon. Henry Loftus 1761 Henry Mitchell 1768 Charles Tottenham Robert Hellen 1776 Henry Loftus Nicholas Loftus Tottenham 1790 Ponsonby Tottenham Ephraim Carroll 1798 William Loftus 1799 Robert Shaw February 1800 Joseph McClean March 1800 Thomas Prior 1801 Disenfranchised

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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