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Cavan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Created
  
1611 (1611)

Replaced by
  
Disenfranchised

Abolished
  
1800

Founded
  
1611

Cavan Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.

Contents

Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough of Cavan in County Cavan.

History

It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1611 to 1800. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Cavan Borough was represented with two members. The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Act of Union 1800.

Members of Parliament, 1611–1801

  • 1613–1615
  • Oliver Lambart, 1st Baron Lambart (died 1618)
  • 1634–1635
  • Brockhill Taylor (died 1636)
  • 1639–1649

    • Irish MPs sat in the Parliament of the Protectorate

  • 1661–1666

    • References

    Cavan Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) Wikipedia
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