Charleville (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
# Charleville (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

## History

The town of Charleville was named after Charles II. It was enfranchised in 1673, with a sovereign, 12 burgesses and freemen. It belonged to the Earl of Orrery, a branch of the Boyle family. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Charleville was represented with two members. At the end of the 18th Century the constituency was controlled by the Earl of Shannon and the Earl of Cork who each nominated one member. The compensation of £15,000 for the loss of the seats in the Act of Union 1800 was divided equally between them.

## Members of Parliament, 1673–1801

### 1689–1801

| Election | First member | First party | | Second member | Second party |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | John Baggot | | | John Power | |
| 1692 | Henry Boreman | | | George Crofts | |
| 1695 | Hon. Charles Boyle | | | John Ormsby | |
| 1703 | George Evans | | | Robert FitzGerald | |
| 1713 | Sir Matthew Deane, 3rd Bt | | | Brettridge Badham | |
| 1715 | George Evans | | | William Boyle | |
| 1721 | Henry Purdon | | | William Boyle | |
| 1725 | Henry Purdon | | | James O'Brien |
| 1727 | John Lysaght | | | Price Hartstonge | |
| 1744 | John Lysaght | | | Edward Barry | |
| 1759 | Viscount Dungarvon | | | Edward Barry | |
| 1761 | Robert Barry | | | Richard Longfield | |
| 1768 | Robert Barry | | | James Lysaght | |
| 1776 | Richard Cox | | | Thomas Warren | |
| October 1783 | Rogerson Cotter | | | John Bennett | |
| 1783 | Rogerson Cotter | | | Richard St George | |
| 1790 | Rogerson Cotter | | | Sir John Blaquiere, 1st Bt | |
| 1798 | Rogerson Cotter | | | Charles Boyle | |
| 1800 | Rogerson Cotter | | | George Nugent | |
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | Disenfranchised | Disenfranchised | Disenfranchised | Disenfranchised |
