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Tralee was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons.

Borough

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Tralee in County Kerry.

Following the Acts of Union 1800 the borough retained one parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Members of Parliament

It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800.

• 1613–1615: Robert Blennerhassett and Humphrey Dethicke
• 1634–1635: Sir Beverley Newcomen and Sir George Radcliffe (sat for Armagh – replaced by Robert Blennerhassett)
• 1639–1649: Thomas Maul and Henry Osbourne (Osbourne resigned 1641)
• 1661–1666: John Blennerhassett and Francis Lynn
• 1674: Cpt Robert Blennerhassett

1689–1801

Notes

1. ^ Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 618.
2. ^ McGrath, Brid (1998). A biographical dictionary of the membership of the Irish House of Commons 1640–1641 (thesis). Department of History, Trinity College Dublin. hdl:2262/77206.
3. Humphrys, Mark. "Capt. Robert Blennerhassett, of Castle Conway". humphrysfamilytree.com.
4. from 1785 Sir William Godfrey, 1st Bt

Elections

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See also

• List of Irish constituencies

References

• Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

• Historic constituencies in County Kerry
• Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801)
• Tralee
• 1613 establishments in Ireland
• 1800 disestablishments in Ireland
• Constituencies established in 1613
• Constituencies disestablished in 1800