Kilkenny County (UK Parliament constituency)
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County Kilkenny parliamentary constituency was former UK Parliament County constituency in County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. The territory of the county was the core part of the ancient Irish Kingdom of Osraige which in turn was the core of the Diocese of...

 in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

. The County constituency returned two Members of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it....

, from 1801 until 1885.

County Kilkenny constituency was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Acts of Union 1800 by Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland...

 and Ireland
Parliament of Ireland
The Parliament of Ireland was a legislature that existed in Dublin from 1297 until 1800. In its early mediaeval period during the Lordship of Ireland it consisted of either two or three chambers: the House of Commons, elected by a very restricted suffrage, the House of Lords in which the lords...

 took effect on 1 January 1801, and remained in existence until its abolition in 1885 when it was replaced by North Kilkenny
North Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)
North Kilkenny was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:...

 and South Kilkenny
South Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)
South Kilkenny was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:This county constituency comprised the southern part of County Kilkenny...

.

County Kilkenny constituency was made up of the traditional county
Counties of Ireland
The counties of Ireland are sub-national divisions used for the purposes of geographic demarcation and local government. Closely related to the county is the County corporate which covered towns or cities which were deemed to be important enough to be independent from their counties. A county...

 except for the borough constituency of Kilkenny City
Kilkenny City (UK Parliament constituency)
Kilkenny City was an Irish Borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament...

 for Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Kilkenny is a city and is the county town of the eponymous County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is situated on both banks of the River Nore in the province of Leinster, in the south-east of Ireland...

.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. The territory of the county was the core part of the ancient Irish Kingdom of Osraige which in turn was the core of the Diocese of...

, except for the Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary borough
Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

 of Kilkenny City
Kilkenny City (UK Parliament constituency)
Kilkenny City was an Irish Borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament...

.

Members of Parliament

Year|2nd Member2nd Party
1801, 1 January
United Kingdom general election, 1801
The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...

William Ponsonby
William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby
William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby , PC was a leading Irish Whig politician, being a member of the Irish House of Commons, and after 1800, of the United Kingdom parliament. Ponsonby was the son of the Hon...

, later Baron Ponsonby
Whig James Butler
James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde
James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde KP was an Irish nobleman and politician. He was the second son of John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde and Frances Susan Elizabeth Wandesford....

, later Marquess of Ormonde
1806, 12 April George Ponsonby
George Ponsonby
George Ponsonby PC , was a British lawyer and Whig politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents.-Background and education:...

1806, 21 November Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby
Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby
Major General The Honourable Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby, GCMG, KCB, KCH , styled The Honourable from 1806 to 1837, was a British military officer, the second son of the 3rd Earl of Bessborough and Henrietta Spencer....

 
1820, 11 September Charles Harwood Butler Clarke 
1826, 22 June John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon
John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough
John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough PC , known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844, was a British Whig politician...

, later Earl of Bessborough
1830, 12 August John Butler, Earl of Ossory
John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde
John Butler, 2nd Marquess of Ormonde, KP was an Irish politician and peer.He was the son of James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde and Grace Louisa Staples. He married Frances Jane Paget, daughter of General Hon...

, later Marquess of Ormonde
1832, 20 December Pierce Butler  William Francis Finn
William Francis Finn
William Francis Finn was an Irish politician in the United Kingdom House of Commons.He was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for County Kilkenny in 1832, and held the seat until 1837.-References:...

1837, 12 August George Bryan
George Bryan (MP)
George Bryan , was an Irish politician in the United Kingdom House of Commons.He was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for County Kilkenny in 1837, and held the seat until 1843.- External links :...

1843, 1 December Pierce Somerset Butler
Pierce Somerset Butler
Pierce Somerset Butler was an Irish politician in the United Kingdom House of Commons.He was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for County Kilkenny in 1843, and held the seat until 1852.-References:...

 
1846, 29 July Richard Smithwicke
1847, 18 August John Green
John Green (MP)
John Green , was an Irish politician in the United Kingdom House of Commons.He was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for County Kilkenny in 1847, and held the seat until 1865.-References:...

 
1852, 26 July William Shee
William Shee
Sir William Shee QS was an Anglo-Irish politician, lawyer and judge, the first Roman Catholic judge to sit in England and Wales since the Reformation.-Early life and legal career:...

1857, 13 April Leopold Agar-Ellis
Leopold Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden
Leopold George Frederick Agar-Ellis, 5th Viscount Clifden , known as Leopold Agar-Ellis until 1895, was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:...

, later Viscount Clifden
1865, 24 July George Leopold Bryan
George Leopold Bryan
George Leopold Bryan was an Irish politician in the United Kingdom House of Commons.He was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for County Kilkenny in 1865, and held the seat until 1880.-References:...

 
1874, 10 February Patrick Martin
Patrick Martin (Irish politician)
Patrick Martin , was an Irish politician in the United Kingdom House of Commons.He was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for County Kilkenny in 1874, and held the seat until the constituency was divided for the 1885 general election.-References:...

 
1880, 15 April Edward Purcell Mulhallen Marum
1885
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885
The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across...

Constituency abolished: see North Kilkenny
North Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)
North Kilkenny was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:...

 and South Kilkenny
South Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)
South Kilkenny was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland.-Boundaries and Boundary Changes:This county constituency comprised the southern part of County Kilkenny...

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