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Doneraile (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 22, 2025
Entity authorityQ5295670 ↗
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Doneraile was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Doneraile is in County Cork, Ireland.

History

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

Daniel O'Donovan of Mahoonagh and Feenagh was a Member of James II's 1689-92 Patriot Parliament who represented the Manor of Doneraile.

Members of Parliament, 1640–1801

1689–1801

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References

Bibliography

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).

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This entry incorporates text from “Doneraile (Parliament of Ireland constituency)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.