Kilkenny City (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Kilkenny City Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1801 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | One |
Kilkenny City was a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Kilkenny in County Kilkenny.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Note | |
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| 1801, January 1 | William Talbot | 1801: Co-opted. Resigned. | ||
| 1802, March 2 | Richard Archdall | |||
| 1802, July 22 | Hon. Charles Harward Butler | Whig | Resigned | |
| 1809, February 4 | Robert Williams | |||
| 1812, October 24 | Overington Blunden | Resigned | ||
| 1814, May 27 | Hon. Charles Harward Butler | Whig | ||
| 1820, April 7 | Rt Hon. Denis Browne | Tory | ||
| 1826, June 22 | John Doherty | |||
| 1830, August 11 | Nicholas Philpot Leader | Whig | ||
| 1832, December 13 | Richard Sullivan | Repeal Association | Re-elected as a candidate of a Liberal/Repealer pact | |
| 1835, January 10 | Liberal | Resigned | ||
| 1836, May 17 | Daniel O'Connell | Repeal Association | ||
| 1837, August 7 | Joseph Hume | Liberal | ||
| 1841, July 3 | John O'Connell | Repeal Association | 1847: Also returned by and elected to sit for Limerick | |
| 1847, December 18 | Michael Sullivan | Repeal Association | Re-elected as a Liberal candidate | |
| 1852, July 10 | Liberal | Joined the Independent Irish Party | ||
| 1852 | Independent Irish | Re-elected as a Liberal candidate | ||
| 1859, May 5 | Liberal | |||
| 1865, July 13 | Sir John Gray | Liberal | Re-elected as a Home Rule League candidate | |
| 1874, February 2 | Home Rule League | Died | ||
| 1875, April 28 | Benjamin Whitworth | Home Rule League | Resigned | |
| 1880, February 26 | John Francis Smithwick | Home Rule League | ||
| Years | Member | Party |
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| 1882-1886 | John Francis Smithwick | Irish Parliamentary Party |
| 1886-1890 | Thomas Quinn | Irish Parliamentary Party |
| 1890-1891 | Parnellite | |
| 1891-1892 | Anti-Parnellite | |
| 1892-1895 | Thomas Bartholomew Curran | Anti-Parnellite |
| 1895-1900 | Patrick O'Brien | Parnellite |
| 1900-1917 | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
| 1917-1918 | W. T. Cosgrave | Sinn Féin |
[edit] Elections
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[edit] 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)
