List of Irish MPs 1661–1666

This is a list of members elected to the Irish House of Commons in 1661. The parliament sat until 1666 and consisted of almost 300 MPs at a time during this period.

NameConstituencyNotes
James Annesley, Lord AnnesleyCounty WaterfordReplace Richard Power who succeeded to a peerage in 1661
Nicholas BaylyNewry
Henry BellinghamCounty Louth
Randal BeresfordColeraine
Tristram BeresfordCounty Londonderry
Sir George BinghamCastlebar
Richard BlayneyCounty Monaghan
John BlennerhassettCounty Kerry
John BlennerhassettTralee
Sir George BlundellPhilipstown
Joshua BoyleClonakilty
Murrough BoyleKilmallock
Richard BoyleCounty CorkDied 1665 and replaced by Roger Boyle.
Roger BoyleCounty Cork
Edward BrabazonCounty WicklowElected in 1666 to replace Folliott Wingfield
Sir Thomas BramhallDungannon
Sir Thomas BramhallTuamSat for Dungannon
St John BroderickKinsale
Sir Allen BroderickDungarvan
Richard BulkeleyBaltinglass
Thomas BurdettCarlow
Sir Francis ButlerOld Leighlin
Lord John ButlerDublin University
Stephen ButlerBelturbetDied and replaced in 1662 by his son Francis Butler
John CampbellCallan
Henry CaryForeElected 1662 to replace Sir Timothy Tyrrill. Died 1663 and was replaced by John Forrest
Thomas CaulfeildCharlemont
Sir Arthur ChichesterDungannon
Randolph ClaytonKinsale
John CliffeTaghmon
Sir John ColeCounty Fermanagh
Sir Michael ColeEnniskillen
Sir Robert ColeEnniskillen
Dudley ColleyPhilipstown
Robert ColvilleHillsborough
Edward CookClogher
Charles CooteCounty RoscommonReplaced 1662 by George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough.
Sir Peter CourthorpeCork City
John CraigeStrabane
Edward CroftonLanesborough
Vere Essex CromwellCounty Down
James CuffeCounty Mayo
Sir Thomas DancerNew Ross
Henry DavysBelfast
Hercules DavysCarrickfergus
John DavysCounty Antrim
Sir Paul DavysCounty Kildare
Sir William DavysDublin City
William DavysCounty FermanaghDied and replaced 1662 by Henry Blennerhassett
Arthur DennyCounty Kerry
Edward DeringLisburn
Carey DillonBanagher
William DomvilleAntrim BoroughElected when the constituency was created in 1665
Sir William DomvilleCounty DublinAttorney-General for Ireland
Matthew DraperClogher
Sir John EdgeworthSt Johnstown (Co Longford)
Sir Maurice Eustace jnrKnocktopher
Sir Maurice FentonFethard (County Tipperary)
Gerald FitzgeraldLimerick City
John FitzGeraldDungarvan
Robert FitzgeraldCounty Kildare
Sir William FlowerSt Canice
Sir Arthur ForbesCounty TyroneAlso elected for Mullingar
Sir Robert ForthCounty Meath
Arthur FrekeClonakilty
Richard GethinNewtown Limavady
Sir Thomas GiffordTrim
John GilbertMaryborough
Sir Arthur GoreCounty Mayo
Sir William GoreBanagher
Robert GorgesBandonbridge
Isaac GranierEnnis
Charles HamiltonCounty Donegal
Sir Francis HamiltonCounty Cavan
Hans HamiltonCounty Armagh
William HandcockCounty Westmeath
Sir Standish HartstongeLimerick City
Francis HarveyClonmines
Arthur HillCounty Down
Moyses HillDrogheda
Henry HowardTallowBy-election May 1661
Sir Henry IngoldsbyCounty Clare
John JeffreysAntrim BoroughElected when the constituency was created in 1665
Robert JohnstonLisburnElected 1665 in place of Sir Edward Smith
Oliver JonesKnocktopher
Oliver JonesCounty Roscommon
Sir Theophilus JonesCounty Meath
Thomas KeatingBallynakill
Sir Robert KingBallyshannon
Sir William KingCounty Limerick
William KnightBelfast
Sir Richard KyrleCork City
George LaneCounty Roscommon
Sir Richard Lane, 1st BaronetTuamElected 1665 to replace Robert Ormesby
Dr Dudley LoftusBannow
Nicholas LoftusFethard (County Wexford)
John LyndonKillybegs
Boyle MaynardYoughal
Amos MeredithBallynakill
Charles MeredythOld Leighlin
Sir Audley MervynCounty TyroneSpeaker and Prime Serjeant
Henry MervynAugher
Sir Hugh MiddletonCastlebarReplaced William Rowse, who had been absent without leave
Martin NoelWexford Borough
Henry O'Brien, Lord IbrackanCounty Clare
Robert OliverCounty Limerick
Sir Richard OsborneCounty Waterford
Richard PalfreyAugher
Sir John PercevalCounty CorkDied 1665 and was replaced by John St Leger.
William PettyInistioge
Henry PiersSt Johnstown (Co Longford)
Alexander PigottMaryborough
John PonsonbyCounty Kilkenny
Thomas PooleyMallow
John PoveySwords
Richard PowerCounty WaterfordSucceeded to peerage 1661 and replaced by James, Lord Annesley
John PrestonNavan
Sir Nicholas PurdonBaltimore
William PurefoyEnnis
John ReadBandonbridge
Sir George RawdonCarlingford
Robert ReadingRatoathElected 1662 to replace Richard Boughton
Sir Richard ReynellAthboy
Edward RichardsonCounty Armagh
Sir Oliver St GeorgeCounty Galway
Sir Heywood St LegerMallow
Launcelot SandesDingle
Sir James ShaenClonmel
Robert ShapcoteWicklow Borough
Robert ShapcoteThomastownSat for Wicklow Borough
Sir John SkeffingtonCounty Antrim
Owen SilverYoughal
Boyle SmithTallowElected April 1661. Died May 1661.
Edward SmithLisburnResigned in 1665 on appointment as Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas (Ireland)
Erasmus SmithArdeeReplaced John Ruxton, who had been expelled
Richard SouthwellAskeaton
Sir Thomas StanleyCounty Louth
Alexander StaplesStrabaneExpelled and replaced 1665 by Sir Peter Harvey
Richard StephensArdeeReplaced John Chambers, who had been expelled
Archibald StewartTallowBy-election May 1661
John TempleCarlowSolicitor-General for Ireland. Acted as Speaker, 1661-2, while the previous Speaker, Sir Audley Mervyn was in London.
Sir John TempleCounty Carlow
Sir William TempleCounty Carlow
Sir Henry TichborneSligo Borough
Richard TownsendBaltimore
Marcus TrevorCounty DownEnnobled 1662 and replaced by Vere Essex Cromwell
Sir Henry TynteCounty CorkDied 1661 and replaced by Sir John Perceval, 1st Baronet.
Arthur UptonCarrickfergus
Nicholas WardDownpatrick
Sir James WareDublin University
John WeaverKing's County
William WeldonAthy
Oliver WheelerSt Canice
Folliott WingfieldTallowApril 1661 - sat for County Wicklow
Folliott WingfieldCounty WicklowCreated Viscount Powerscourt in 1665
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