Athenry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

History Athenry was represented as early as 1378.;

In the first Parliament of Elizabeth, Athenry was represented by Thomas Cusack, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Andrew Browne. In Elizabeth's second Parliament, one of its representatives was John Hooker, an Englishman. Hooker wrote the Irish additions to the 1587 update of Holinshed's Chronicles, in which he describes his own participation in a debate on a bill for the impost of wines.;

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

Members of Parliament 1559 Sir Thomas Cusack and Andrew Browne 1569 John Hooker and another 1585 William Browne and Nicholas Lynch 1613–1615 Stephen Browne and Ludovic Bodkin 1634–1635 David Burke and Richard Martyn 1639–1649 Geoffrey Browne and John Blake alias Caddell 1661 Henry Whaley and Sir Henry Waddington

1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 James Talbot Charles Daly 1692 Edward Pearce Richard Whaley 1695 John Ormsby 1721 Robert Blakeney 1725 Arthur Ormsby 1727 John Blakeney 1733 Thomas Bolton 1741 James Daly 1747 Robert Blakeney 1763 John Blakeney 1768 Theophilus Blakeney 1776 John Blakeney 1781 William Blakeney 1783 Theophilus Blakeney 1790 William Blakeney 1800 William Needham Michael Burke 1801 Constituency disenfranchised

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