- County Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)
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Kilkenny County Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1801–1885 Number of members two Replaced by North Kilkenny
South KilkennyCounty Kilkenny parliamentary constituency was former UK Parliament County constituency in County Kilkenny in Ireland. The County constituency returned two Members of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from 1801 until 1885.
County Kilkenny constituency was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Acts of Union 1800 by Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, and remained in existence until its abolition in 1885 when it was replaced by North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny.
County Kilkenny constituency was made up of the traditional county except for the borough constituency of Kilkenny City for Kilkenny.
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Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Kilkenny, except for the Parliamentary borough of Kilkenny City.
Members of Parliament
Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party 1801, 1 January William Ponsonby, later Baron Ponsonby Whig James Butler, later Marquess of Ormonde 1806, 12 April George Ponsonby 1806, 21 November Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby 1820, 11 September Charles Harwood Butler Clarke 1826, 22 June John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, later Earl of Bessborough 1830, 12 August John Butler, Earl of Ossory, later Marquess of Ormonde 1832, 20 December Pierce Butler William Francis Finn 1837, 12 August George Bryan 1843, 1 December Pierce Somerset Butler 1846, 29 July Richard Smithwicke 1847, 18 August John Green 1852, 26 July William Shee 1857, 13 April Leopold Agar-Ellis, later Viscount Clifden 1865, 24 July George Leopold Bryan 1874, 10 February Patrick Martin 1880, 15 April Edward Purcell Mulhallen Marum 1885 Constituency abolished: see North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny Elections
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)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "K" (part 2 )
Parliamentary constituencies in County Kilkenny Parliament of Ireland
to 1800Callan (????–1800) · Gowran (????–1800) · Inistioge (????–1800) · Knocktopher (????–1800) · Kilkenny City (????–1800) · Kilkenny County (????–1800) · St Canice (????–1800) · Thomastown (????–1800)
Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918County Kilkenny (1801–1885) · Kilkenny City (1801–1885) · North Kilkenny (1885–1922) · South Kilkenny (1885–1922)
Dáil Éireann
1918–presentCarlow–Kilkenny (1921–1937, 1948– ) · Kilkenny (1937–1948)
European Parliament
1979–presentIrish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · WicklowCategories:- Westminster constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1801
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885
- Historic constituencies in County Kilkenny
- Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland stubs
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