Athboy (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Athboy was a constituency in County Meath represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Athboy
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1613
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Athboy was represented with two members.[1]

Members of Parliament, 1560–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1560		Michael Moore			James Blake[2]
1585		William Browne			Patrick Terrell[2]
1613		Richard Browne			Melchior Moore[2]
1634		Richard Browne			Peter Terrell[3]
1639		Richard Browne (died and replaced 1642 by Francis Paisley)			Walter Dowdall (died and replaced 1642 by Ralph Wallis)[3][2]
1661		Sir Richard Reynell, 1st Baronet			John Bligh[2]
1689 Patriot Parliament		John Trinder			Robert Longfield
1692		Thomas Bligh			Peter Westenra
1695		Garret Wesley			James Napper
1703		Robert Johnson			John Wade
1705		Robert Johnson
1713		John Bligh
1715					Thomas Bligh
1721		Richard Ashe [note 1]
1727		Robert Napper
1739		Hon. John Bligh
1748		William Napper
1761		William Tighe
1775					Hon. John Crosbie [note 2]
1776		Edward Tighe			William Chapman
1783		Hugh Howard			Thomas Cherburgh Bligh
1800		Hon. Edward Bligh
1801		Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

1. Also elected for Trim in 1727, for which he chose to sit
2. Styled as Viscount Crosbie from 1776

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 503
2. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 628.
3. https://www.academia.edu/32918712/Archbishop_John_Bramhall_and_Church_lands_in_Athboy_1641_1663

Bibliography

• O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
• Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.