Old Leighlin (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
# Old Leighlin (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Old Leighlin was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons, the lower house in the Irish Parliament of the Kingdom of Ireland. It based in Old Leighlin, near the town of Leighlinbridge in County Carlow. It was a bishop's borough, controlled by the Church of Ireland Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin.

The borough was disenfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800, with effect from 1 January 1801. £15,000 was paid to the Commissioners of First Fruits to be used at their discretion.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | First member | First party | | Second member | Second party |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1634 | James Cusack | | | Richard FitzGerald | |
| 1634 | James Cusack | | | Sir Thomas Meredyth | |
| 1639 | James Cusack | | | Roger Brereton | |
| 1639 | Thomas Davills | | | Roger Brereton | |
| 1642 | Walter Chambré (died) | | | Roger Brereton | |
| 1646 | Peter Wybrants | | | Roger Brereton | |
| 1661 | Sir Francis Butler | | | Charles Meredyth | |
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Darby Long | | | Daniel Doran | |
| 1692 | John Dunbar | | | Edward Jones | |
| 1695 | Richard Boyle | | | John Beauchamp | |
| 1703 | James Agar | | | John Tench | |
| 1713 | John Beauchamp | | | St Leger Gilbert | |
| 1727 | John Beauchamp | | | Thomas Trotter | |
| 1745 | Hon. Robert Jocelyn | | | Thomas Carter | |
| 1757 | Richard Rigby | | | Thomas Carter | |
| May 1761 | John Bourke | | | Francis Andrews | |
| 1761 | John Bourke | | | Edward Nicholson | |
| 1768 | Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt | | | Thomas Monck | |
| 1773 | Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt | | | John Blaquiere | |
| 1776 | Hugh Massy | | | John Blaquiere | |
| 1777 | Robert Jephson | | | John Blaquiere | |
| 1783 | Hon. Henry Luttrell | | | Hon. Arthur Acheson | |
| 1787 | Sir Edward Leslie, 1st Bt | | | Hon. Arthur Acheson | |
| 1790 | Edward Cooke | | | Hon. Arthur Acheson | |
| 1791 | Edward Cooke | | | Patrick Duigenan | |
| 1798 | Edward Cooke | | | Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Bt | |
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | Constituency disenfranchised | Constituency disenfranchised | Constituency disenfranchised | Constituency disenfranchised |

### Notes

* ↑ Sat for Strabane.
* ↑ Sat for Ballyshannon.
* ↑ Expelled for rebellion.
* ↑ Sat for Londonderry City.
* ↑ Sir John Blaquiere from 1774.
* ↑ Viscount Luttrell from 1785.
