Kildare Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Kildare was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition in 1801.

History

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

Members of Parliament

• 1560 John Abells and John Moore
• 1585 John Wesley and William Shirgold
• 1613–1615 Thomas Farbeck and Walter Fitzgerald
• 1634–1635 Christopher Wandesford and Philip Pilsworth
• 1639–1642 Christopher Wandesford (replaced by Nicholas Whyte) and Sir George Wentworth (died and replaced 1641 by Patrick Sarsfield) (Whyte and Sarsfield expelled 1642)
• 1642–1649 Alexander Borrowes (died and replaced 1643 by Robert Kennedy)
• 1661–1666 Francis Peasley (sat for Newcastle – replaced by Sir Thomas Harman) and John Pecke

1689–1801

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