County Kildare was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1297 to 1801.
History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Kildare was represented with two members.
Members of Parliament
1376: John Rocheforde and Peter Rowe were elected to come to England to consult with the king and council about the government of Ireland and about an aid for the king. 1420 Walran Eustace and Richard Barby 1429 Sir Richard FitzEustace 1560 Nicholas Eustace and James Flattisbury 1585 William Sutton and Thomas Fitzmorris 1613–1615 John Sutton and Sir William Talbot, 1st Baronet 1634–1635 Sir Nicholas Whyte and Maurice Eustace (Speaker) 1639 Maurice Fitzgerald (expelled and replaced 1642 by Henry Warren) and Maurice Eustace (Speaker) 1661–1666 Hon Robert Fitzgerald and Sir Paul Davys
1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 John Wogan George Aylmer 1692 George FitzGerald Robert FitzGerald 1698 Henry Colley 1703 Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Bt Thomas Keightley 1709 Joshua AllenStyled as The Honourable from 1717 1715 Brabazon PonsonbyStyled as The Honourable from 1721 1725 Francis Alen 1727 Richard Allen Maurice Keating 1745 Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Bt 1761 Arthur Pomeroy 1776 Lord Charles FitzGerald 1783 John Wolfe 1790 Lord Edward FitzGerald Patriot/Whig Maurice Bagenal St Leger Keating 1798 John La Touche 1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kildare
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