Clonakilty
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Cork
Borough	Clonakilty
1613 (1613) (1613 (1613))–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Disfranchised

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

History

Established by a charter of King James I of England granting it to Sir Richard Boyle, it was purchased from Lord Burlington by Speaker Boyle in 1738 and he nominated the provost from three burgesses elected by the Corporation and freemen. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Clonakilty was represented with two members.^[1] In the 1783 election 7 voted. It was disenfranchised by the Act of Union 1800 and Lord Shannon received compensation of £15,000. It was sometimes known as Cloghnakilty.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

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.
Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4
T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8
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.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Cork and Borough/City

County Cork (????–1800)
Baltimore (1614–1800)
Bandonbridge (1614–1800)
Castlemartyr (1676–1800)
Charleville (1673–1800)
Clonakilty (1613–1800)
Cork City (1264–1800)
Doneraile (1640–1800)
Kinsale (1334?–1800)
Mallow (1613–1800)
Midleton (1671–1800)
Rathcormack (c.1611–1800)
Youghal (1374–1800)

County Cork (1801–1885)
Bandon (1801–1885)
Cork City (1801–1922)
East Cork (1885–1922)
Mid Cork (1885–1922)
North Cork (1885–1922)
North East Cork (1885–1922)
South Cork (1885–1922)
South East Cork (1885–1922)
West Cork (1885–1922)
Kinsale (1801–1885)
Mallow (1801–1885)
Youghal (1801–1885)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Cork Borough (1921–1969) Cork City (1977–1981) Cork City North-West (1969–1977) Cork City South-East (1969–1977) Cork East and North East (1921–1923) Cork Mid (1961–1981) Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West (1921–1923) Cork North (1923–1961) Cork North-East (1961–1981) Cork South (1948–1961) Cork South-East (1937–1948) Cork West (1923–1961)
Current	Cork East (1923–1937, 1948–1961, 1981–) Cork North-Central (1981–) Cork North-West (1981–) Cork South-Central (1981–) Cork South-West (1961–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone