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County Kilkenny parliamentary constituency was a 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 .
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
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William Ponsonby , later Baron Ponsonby
Whig
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James Butler , later Marquess of Ormonde
1806, 12 April
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George Ponsonby
1806, 21 November
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Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby
1820, 11 September
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Charles Clarke
Whig [ 1]
1826, 22 June
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John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon , later Earl of Bessborough
Whig [ 1]
1830, 12 August
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John Butler, Earl of Ossory , later Marquess of Ormonde
Whig [ 1]
1832, 20 December
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Pierce Butler
Repeal Association [ 1] [ 2]
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William Francis Finn
Repeal Association [ 1] [ 2]
1837, 12 August
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George Bryan
Whig [ 1]
1843, 1 December
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Pierce Somerset Butler
Repeal Association [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
1846, 29 July
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Richard Smithwicke
Repeal Association [ 2]
1847, 18 August
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John Greene
Repeal Association [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
1852, 26 July
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Ind. Irish [ 2] [ 5] [ 6]
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William Shee
Ind. Irish [ 2] [ 5]
1857, 13 April
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Leopold Agar-Ellis
Whig [ 7]
1859, 20 May
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Liberal [ 2]
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Liberal [ 2]
1865, 24 July
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George Leopold Bryan
Liberal [ 2]
1874, 10 February
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Home Rule League [ 2]
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Patrick Martin
Home Rule League [ 2]
1880, 15 April
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Edward Marum
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1885
Constituency abolished: see North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Ponsonby was appointed as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Bryan's death caused a by-election.
Pierce Butler's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
References