Ballyshannon (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Ballyshannon
Former Borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1613 (1613)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Ballyshannon (also known as Ballyshannon Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1613 to 1800.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was the borough of Ballyshannon in County Donegal. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800.

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Ballyshannon was not represented.^[1]

Election	First member	First party	Second member
1689	Ballyshannon was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692	Francis Folliott		John Folliott
1695			Hon. Henry Folliott
1697			Richard Warburton
1703	Richard Geering		Richard Warburton
1713	Owen Wynne		John Rochfort
November 1727	William Conolly ^{[note 1]}	Whig	Thomas Pearson
1727	William James Conolly		Thomas Pearson
1737	William James Conolly		Edward Walpole ^{[note 2]}
1754	Michael Clarke		Edward Walpole ^{[note 2]}
May 1761			Thomas Conolly ^{[note 3]}
1761			John Gustavus Handcock
1766			Hugh Henry Mitchell
1768			Francis Andrews ^{[note 4]}
1769			William Gamble
1776	John Staples		Sir Michael Cromie, 1st Bt
1783	William Ogilvie
1790	Thomas Dickson
January 1798	Viscount Corry		David Babington
1798	Sir William Richardson, 1st Bt		David Babington
1801	Disenfranchised

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.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Donegal

Ballyshannon (1613–1800)
Donegal Borough (1613–1800)
Donegal County (1613–1800)
Killybegs (1613–1800)
Lifford (1613–1800)
St Johnstown (1618–1800)

Donegal (1801–85)
East Donegal (1885–1922)
North Donegal (1885–1922)
South Donegal (1885–1922)
West Donegal (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Donegal East (1937–61) Donegal West (1937–61) Donegal–Leitrim (1969–77) Donegal North–East (1961–77, 1981–2016) Donegal South–West (1961–69, 1981–2016)

Current	Donegal (1921–37, 1977–81, 2016–)

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

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