Athenry (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Athenry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800. History. Athenry was represented as early as 1378. In the first Parliament of Elizabeth, Athenry was represented by Thomas Cusack, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and John Hooker, an Englishman. Hooker wrote the Irish additions to the 1587 update of Holinshed's "Chronicles", in which he describes his own participation in a debate on a bill for the impost of wines. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Athenry was represented with two members. Athenry (Parliament of Ireland