Enniscorthy was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801.
History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Enniscorthy was represented with two members.
Members of Parliament, 1613–1801 1613–1615, Sir Edward Fisher and Richard Perkins 1634–1635, Sir Arthur Loftus and Thomas Newcomen 1639–1649, William Swanton and Ralph Waddington (unseated and replaced by Sir Thomas Esmond, 1st Baronet, (expelled 1642))George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Baronetage, volume II (Exeter, 1902) page 255. 1661, Timothy Stampe and James Napper (Napper AWOL and replaced in 1662 by George Carleton)
1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 James Devereux Dudley Colclough 1689 Arthur Waddington 1692 Richard Barry John Seymour September 1703 Morley Saunders John AsgillExpelled in 1703 1703 William Berry 1713 Richard Le Hunt 1715 William Berry 1740 Anderson Saunders 1747 Hon. Thomas George Southwell 1761 Beauchamp Bagenal John Grogan 1768 Cornelius Grogan 1769 Sir Edward Newenham Patriot 1776 Frederick FloodCreated a baronet in 1780 Mountifort Longfield October 1783 William Alexander EnglishDeclared not duly elected in 1783 1783 Conway Heatley 1790 Vesey Colclough 1795 Robert Cornwall January 1798 William Congreve AlcockAlso elected for Waterford City in 1798, for which he chose to sit 1798 Thomas Whaley February 1800 Peter Burrowes June 1800 Thomas Dawson 1801 Disenfranchised
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