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Clonmines was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. It was a rotten borough associated with the deserted Norman borough of Clonmines, in southwest County Wexford.
History
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Clonmines was represented with two members.
Members of Parliament
1634–1635: James Brien and John Cullen
1639–1649: disenfranchised - no record
1661–1666: Francis Harvey and John Edgeworth
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Bibliography
O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
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.