Kilkenny County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Kilkenny County
Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Kilkenny County

Kilkenny County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Kilkenny County was represented with two members.^[1]

Members of Parliament

1531 Rowland Fitzgerald, 2nd Baron of Burnchurch^[2]
1559 Nicholas White
1585 Gerard Blancheville, Robert Rothe

1660–1801

Election	First member	First party	Second member
1661-1666	John Ponsonby
1689 Patriot Parliament	John Grace		Robert Walsh
1692	Richard Coote		William Ponsonby
1695	Agmondisham Cuffe
1703	Sir Henry Wemys
1715	William Flower
1721	William Flower		Patrick Wemyss
1727	Hon. William Ponsonby ^{[note 1]}		Patrick Wemyss
1747	Hon. William Ponsonby ^{[note 1]}		Patrick Wemys
1759	Henry Flood	Irish Patriot Party	Patrick Wemys
1761	Hon. John Ponsonby		James Agar
1776			Hon. Edmund Butler
1779			Joseph Deane
1783	William Brabazon Ponsonby		Hon. Henry Welbore Agar
1789			Walter Butler ^{[note 2]}
February 1796			Hon. John Wandesford Butler
1796			Hon. James Wandesford Butler
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kilkenny County

Notes

↑ Styled as Viscount Duncannon from 1739
↑ Styled as Viscount Thurles from 1792

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 502
↑ Barron, Stephen (April–June 1914). "Distinguished Waterford Families: II -- Barron" (PDF). Journal of the Waterford and South-East Ireland Archaeological Society 17 (2): 56.

Bibliography

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons( ) cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Kilkenny

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Callan (????–1800) Gowran (????–1800) Inistioge (????–1800) Knocktopher (????–1800) Kilkenny City (????–1800) Kilkenny County (????–1800) St Canice (1661–1800) Thomastown (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	County Kilkenny (1801–85) Kilkenny City (1801–85) North Kilkenny (1885–1922) South Kilkenny (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Carlow–Kilkenny (1921–37, 1948–) Kilkenny (1937–48)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–14) South (2014–)

Irish 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 Wicklow

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