 Boyle was then returned as a burgh commissioner (Member of Parliament) for Lismore in the Irish Parliament of 1614, (held at Dublin Castle) on 18 May 1614.He ascended to the Irish Peerage as Lord Boyle, Baron of Youghal on 6 September 1616.Lord Boyle claimed to have built the town of Bandon in County Cork, but in fact the town was planned and built by Henry Beecher, John Archdeacon, and William Newce.