 WGW Sligo County, Ireland
Members of parliament
County and Borough of Sligo
- 1585 April...Sir valentine Brown, Knt...Ross Castle, Kerry
John Crofton, Esq......Lissedunne, Roscommon
John Marbury, Esq.
- 1613 April...Thady O'Hara, Esq.......Coolaney
Bryan M'Donough, Esq......Colooney
- 1616-1634...No Parlliament held in Ireland
- 1634 April...Sir George Radcliffe, Knt....Rathmines, Dublin?
Theobald Taffe......Ballymote?
Teige O'Connor, Esq.....Sligo
Farrall O'Garagh, Esq....Coolavin*
These last two appear in a manuscript in the British Museum
Farrell O'Gara was the financial supporter of the monks who wrote the
-Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland - Annals of the Four masters
and was....one the two knights elected to represent the county of sligo in the parliament held in Dublin this present year of our Lord, 1634.
- 1639 February 24...Sir George Radcliffe, Knt....Rathmines, Dublin
Hon. Theobald Taffe.....Ballymote
While it is impossible to prove at this late date; the insertion of Radcliffe
and Taffe into the 1634 Parliament lists seems to have been an
error by a later transcriber. JPG
- 1640 April 27...Patrick Cassy.....Grange
Cassy served in place of Radcliffe who was out of the country
- 1654......Sir Robert King....Roscommon
Sir John Temple- chosen for Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon in Cromwell's Parliament in Westminster
- 1661 April 16....Francis gore, Knt.....Artarmon
Robert Morgan, Esq....Longford Castle
- 1689 may 7....Henry Crofton, Esq.....Longford Castle
Oliver O'Gara, Esq....Coolavin*
*Oliver was the son of John and grandson of Farrell O'Gara. He later became an officer in the service of
France and Spain and being knighted as the Baronet of Roscommon by James III, in 1727.
These two were summuned by writs of James II
Contributor:
 John Garrah
jpgar@ptd.net
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