Galway was a

constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

representing the town of

Galway Galway ( ; , ) is a City status in Ireland, city in (and the county town of) County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lough Corrib and Galway Bay. It is the most populous settlement in the province of Connacht, the List of settleme ...

in the

Irish House of Commons The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland that existed from 1297 until the end of 1800. The upper house was the Irish House of Lords, House of Lords. The membership of the House of Commons was directly elected, ...

until its abolition on 1 January 1801.

History

In the

Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament is the name commonly used for the Irish Parliament session called by King James II during the Williamite War in Ireland which lasted from 1688 to 1691. The first since 1666, it held only one session, which lasted from 7 May ...

of 1689 summoned by James II, Galway Borough was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament, 1264–1801

*1560 Jonoke Lynch and Peter Lynch *1585 Jonoke Lynch and Peter Lynch and Robert French *1613–1615 Geoffrey Lynch and Sir Valentine Blake, 1st Baronet *1634–1635 Sir Thomas Blake (expelled) and Nicholas Lynch *1639–1642 Sir Robuck Lynch, 2nd Baronet and

Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Baronet Sir Valentine Blake, 3rd Baronet (died 1652) was an Irish merchant and politician. Biography Blake was the eldest of three sons of Sir Thomas Blake and Juliane, daughter of Geoffrey Browne. He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 19 July 1628 ...

*1661–1666 Edward Eyre and John Eyre

1689–1801

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