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County Cavan (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Pre-1801 Irish constituency

Field	Value
name	County Cavan
type	county
county	County Cavan
region	Ireland
seats	2
parliament	ihc
abolished	1801
next	Cavan (UKHC)

County Cavan was a constituency representing County Cavan in the Irish House of Commons, the lower house in the Irish Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland from 1611 to 1800.

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

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, County Cavan was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament

Election	First MP	Second MP
1585		Philip Reilly
1613		Sir Oliver Lambart
1634		Sir Stephen Butler
1639		Colonel Philip O'Reilly (expelled 1642)
1661		Sir Francis Hamilton, 3rd Baronet
1689		Philip Reyley
1692		Sir Francis Hamilton, 3rd Bt
1697		Francis White
[1703](1703-irish-general-election)		Theophilus Butler
[1713](1713-irish-general-election)		Robert Saunderson
[1715](1715-irish-general-election)		Mervyn Pratt
[1727](1727-irish-general-election)		Charles Coote I
1751		Hon. Brinsley Butler
1756		Hon. Barry Maxwell
[1761](1761-irish-general-election)		Charles Coote II
1766		William Stewart
[1768](1768-irish-general-election)		Hon. Barry Maxwell
1780		Hon. John James Maxwell
[1783](1783-irish-general-election)		Charles Stewart
1788		John Maxwell
1788		Francis Saunderson
1793		Viscount Maxwell
1800		Nathaniel Sneyd
1801		Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Cavan

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Elections

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References

Bibliography

References

McGrath, Bríd. (24 October 1998). "A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640-1641".
"Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2".
"County Cavan".

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