Kilkenny County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Kilkenny County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
| Kilkenny County | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | |
| Abolished | 1800 |
| Replaced by | Kilkenny County |
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 and Walter Gall [3]
- 1585 Gerard Blancheville and Robert Rothe [3]
- 1613–1615 Lucas Shee and Robert Grace, Baron of Courtown [3]
- 1634–1635 Robert Grace, Baron of Courtown and Edmund Butler of Polestown [3]
- 1639–1649 Pierce Butler (expelled) and Walter Walsh [3]
- 1661–1666 Sir John Ponsonby and Daniel Redman [4]
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | John Grace | Robert Walsh | ||||
| 1692 | Richard Coote | William Ponsonby | ||||
| 1695 | Agmondisham Cuffe | |||||
| 1703 | Sir Henry Wemys | |||||
| 1715 | William Flower | |||||
| 1721 | Patrick Wemyss | |||||
| 1727 | Hon. William Ponsonby [note 1] | |||||
| 1747 | Patrick Wemys | |||||
| 1759 | Henry Flood | Patriot | ||||
| 1761 | Hon. John Ponsonby | Patriot | 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 County Kilkenny | |||||
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.
- http://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/77206
- Parliamentary Papers, Volume 62, Part 2. p. 620.
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 Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
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