Harristown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Harristown was a borough constituency in the Irish House of Commons until 1800, representing the borough of Harristown in the barony of Naas South, County Kildare.

Harristown
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1684
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

History

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

Members of Parliament, 1684–1801

1689–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1689 Patriot Parliament		James Nihell			Edmund FitzGerald
1692		Sir Maurice Eustace[note 1]			Robert Graydon
1695		Francis Wemys
1703		Richard FitzPatrick			Robert Dixon
1713		Benjamin Chetwood			Alexander Graydon
1715		Robert Johnson
1721		Sir Walter Borrowes, 4th Bt
1727		Edward Stratford			John Graydon
1740		Agmondisham Vesey
1761		Murrough O'Brien			Edward Sandford
1768		Garret FitzGerald			Robert Graydon
1775		Thomas Burgh
1776		Richard Allen			Maurice Keating
1777					Michael Keating
1781					Charles John Crowle
1783		Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt			Thomas Burgh
1790					Arthur Burdett
1794		Robert La Touche
February 1797					John (I) La Touche [note 2]
1797					John (II) La Touche
1801		Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

1. Expelled in 1695. Nephew of Lord Chancellor Sir Maurice Eustace and cousin of Sir Maurice Eustace, Baronet
2. Also elected for Kildare County in 1797, for which he chose to sit

References

1. O'Hart (2007), p. 502

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.