| Kerry | |
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| Former County constituency | |
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| 1801–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | East Kerry, North Kerry, South Kerry and West Kerry |
A former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament. In 1885, it was split into four constituencies. From the time of Irish independence, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer part of the United Kingdom.
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This constituency comprised the whole of County Kerry, except for the Borough of Tralee.
| Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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| 1801 | James Crosbie | Maurice Fitzgerald | Whig | |||
| 1806 | Henry Arthur Herbert (1756–1821) | |||||
| 1812 | James Crosbie | |||||
| 1826 | William Hare (Viscount Ennismore from 1827) |
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| 1830 | William Browne | |||||
| 1831 | Frederick William Mullins | Daniel O'Connell | Whig | |||
| 1832 | Charles O'Connell | Whig | ||||
| 1835 | Morgan John O'Connell | Liberal Party | ||||
| 1837 | Arthur Blennerhassett | |||||
| 1841 | William Browne | |||||
| 1847 | Henry Arthur Herbert (1815–66) | Liberal Party | ||||
| 1852 | Valentine Browne (Viscount Castlerosse from 1853) |
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| 1866 by-election | Henry Arthur Herbert (1840–1901) | |||||
| 1872 by-election | Rowland Blennerhassett | Home Rule Association/ Home Rule League |
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| 1880 | Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Bt | Liberal Party | ||||
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the single-seat Tralee constituency and the two-seat Kerry constituency were replaced by four single-seat constituencies:
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