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Kilkenny City (UK Parliament constituency)

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1918

Summary

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1918

Field	Value
name	Kilkenny City
type	borough
borough	Kilkenny
region	Ireland
county	County Kilkenny
parliament	uk
year	1801
abolished	1918
seats	1
previous	Kilkenny City (IHC)
next	North Kilkenny

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Kilkenny City was an Irish borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP). It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, and remained in existence until its abolition at the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Kilkenny in County Kilkenny.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party	Note
	1 January 1801	William Talbot
	2 March 1802	Richard Archdall
Whigs (British political party)}}"		22 July 1802	Hon. Charles Harward Butler	Whig
	4 February 1809	Robert Williams
	24 October 1812	Overington Blunden
Whigs (British political party)}}"		27 May 1814	Hon. Charles Harward Butler	Whig
Tories (British political party)}}"		7 April 1820	Rt Hon. Denis Browne	Tory
Tories (British political party)}}"		22 June 1826	John Doherty	Tory
Whigs (British political party)}}"		11 August 1830	Nicholas Philpot Leader	Whig
Repeal Association}}"		13 December 1832	Richard Sullivan	Repeal Association
Repeal Association}}"		17 May 1836	Daniel O'Connell	Repeal Association
Radicals (UK)}}"		7 August 1837	Joseph Hume	Radical
Repeal Association}}"		3 July 1841	John O'Connell	title=Kilkenny—The County Election	url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000843/18470814/006/0001	access-date=2 October 2018	work=Wexford Independent	date=14 August 1847	pages=1–2	via = British Newspaper Archive	url-access=subscription }}
Repeal Association}}"		18 December 1847	Michael Sullivan	title=Cork Examiner	url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000425/18471222/049/0003	date=22 December 1847	page=3	via = British Newspaper Archive	url-access=subscription }}
Independent Irish Party}}"		10 July 1852	Ind. Irish
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		5 May 1859	Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		13 July 1865	Sir John Gray	Liberal
Home Rule League}}"		2 February 1874	Home Rule League	Died
Home Rule League}}"		28 April 1875	Benjamin Whitworth	Home Rule League
Home Rule League}}"		26 February 1880	John Francis Smithwick	Home Rule League
Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		1882	Irish Parliamentary Party
Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		1886	Thomas Quinn	Irish Parliamentary Party
Parnellite}}"		1890	Parnellite
Irish National Federation}}"		1891–1892	Irish National Federation
Irish National Federation}}"		1892–1895	Thomas Bartholomew Curran	Irish National Federation
Parnellite}}"		1895	Patrick O'Brien	Parnellite
Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		1900–1917	Irish Parliamentary Party
Sinn Féin}}"		1917	W. T. Cosgrave	Sinn Féin
1918	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

|reg. electors = 350

|reg. electors = 562

|reg. electors = 599

Sullivan resigned, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 775

Elections in the 1840s

|reg. electors = 580

|reg. electors = 443

O'Connell was also elected for Limerick City and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

|reg. electors = 664

|reg. electors = 531

|reg. electors = 585

Elections in the 1860s

|reg. electors = 574

|reg. electors = 739

Elections in the 1870s

|reg. electors = 709

Gray's death caused a by-election.

|reg. electors = 690

Elections in the 1880s

Whitworth's resignation caused a by-election.

|reg. electors = 675

|reg. electors = 1,899

Elections in the 1890s

|reg. electors = 1,806

|reg. electors = 1,769

Elections in the 1900s

|reg. electors = 2,556

|reg. electors = 1,533

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors = 1,742

|reg. electors = 1,702

References

The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)

References

"DOHERTY, John (1785-1850), of Stephen's Green, Dublin.".
(1842). "The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections". Simpkin, Marshall & Company.
(14 August 1847). "Kilkenny—The County Election". Wexford Independent.
(22 December 1847). "Cork Examiner".
"Kilkenny".
(8 April 1857). "The Evening Freeman".
(1978). "Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922". Royal Irish Academy.

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