Lismore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Lismore
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Waterford
Borough	Lismore
–1801 (1801)
Replaced by	Disfranchised

Lismore was a parliamentary constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition in 1800. Located in County Waterford, it returned two members to Parliament and was disenfranchised following the Acts of Union with Great Britain.

Members of Parliament

• 1613–1615 Sir Richard Boyle and Francis Annesley^[1]
• 1634–1635 James Barry, later Lord Barry and Stephen Crowe^[1]
• 1639–1649 Sir John Browne and Stephen Crowe^[1]
• 1661–1666 Adam Loftus and William Fitzgerald^[1]

1692–1801

Election	First MP			Second MP
1692		George Rogers			Arthur Shaen[2]
1703		Sir James Jeffreys
1715		Thomas Meredyth
1719		Sir John Osborne, 7th Bt
1725					Hugh Dixon
1727		Noblett Dunscomb			Thomas Carter[3]
1728					Richard Aldworth
1745		William Bristow
1759		Ponsonby Moore
1761		Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Bt			Stephen Moore
1766					Henry Cavendish, 2nd Bt
1768					James Gisborne
1776		Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Bt[4]
1778					Richard Musgrave[5]
1791		Robert Paul
1796		George Ponsonby
1798		Sir Henry Cavendish, 2nd Bt
1801		Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

1. Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 635.
2. from 1695 Sir Arthur Shaen, 2nd Bt
3. Also returned for Hillsborough, for which he chose to sit
4. Declared not duly elected in 1790
5. from 1782 Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Bt

References

• Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.