Banagher (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Banagher was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History Banagher had two members in the 1689 Patriot Parliament summoned by King James II.

Members of Parliament, 1629–1801 1634–1635 Sir Edward Bagshawe and Richard Pigott 1639–1649 Thomas Little (expelled and replaced by Robert Smith) and Jacob Lovell (died and replaced 1642 by James Laughlyn. Laughlyn died and was replaced 1645 by Sir Robert Dixon) 1661–1666 Colonel Carey Dillon, later 5th Earl of Roscommon and Sir William Gore, 3rd Baronet

1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Terence Coghlan Terence Coghlan 1692 Thomas Lestrange William Sprigge 1703 George Eyre 1711 Charles Patrick Plunket 1713 Peter Holmes 1715 Thomas Lestrange 1727 George Holmes 1729 William Sprigge 1734 Galbraith HolmesDeclared not duly elected in 1735 November 1735 Robert Holmes December 1735 Richard Trench Henry Lestrange 1761 Peter Holmes John Pigott 1764 Sir John Meade, 4th Bt 1767 Henry Prittie 1768 Thomas Coghlan 1776 James Cavendish 1783 Richard Malone 1785 Edward Bellingham Swan 1790 Edward Hoare John Metge January 1798 John Brabazon PonsonbyAlso elected for Dungarvan in 1798, for which he chose to sit 1798 Arthur Dawson 1798 John MetgeAlso elected for Tallow in 1798, for which he chose to sit 1798 Edward Hoare 1800 John Philpot Curran Patriot 1801 Disenfranchised

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