Clonmines (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Clonmines was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. It was a rotten borough associated with the deserted Norman borough of Clonmines, in southwest County Wexford.

History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Clonmines was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament 1634–1635: James Brien and John Cullen 1639–1649: disenfranchised - no record 1661–1666: Francis Harvey and John Edgeworth

ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Edward Sherlock Nicholas White 1692 Henry Loftus Thomas Philips 1695 Maurice Annesley 1703 James Butler Walter Bunbury 1713 Nicholas Loftus George Houghton 1715 Philip Doyne November 1727 Thomas Loftus Henry PonsonbyAlso elected for Inistioge in 1727, for which he chose to sit 1727 Edward Corker 1734 William Tighe 1761 Henry Alcock Charles Tottenham 1768 Henry Loftus 1776 Arthur Loftus Charles Tottenham 1781 Thomas LoftusAlso elected for Fethard (County Wexford) in 1790, for which he chose to sit 1790 Nicholas Loftus Tottenham 1791 William Tankerville Chamberlain 1794 Charles Eustace 1798 Ponsonby Tottenham Luke Fox 1799 Henry Luttrell 1800 Henry Eustace 1801 Disenfranchised

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