Kilkenny City (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Kilkenny City 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 City was represented with two members.^[1]

Members of Parliament

1689–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	John Rooth	James Bryan
1692	Josiah Haydock	Robert Smith
1695	Ebenezer Warren	Standish Hartstonge
1703	Sir Thomas Smyth, 2nd Bt	Standish Hartstonge
1705		Viscount Tunbridge
1711		Sir Redmond Everard, 4th Bt
1713	Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Bt	Darby Egan ^{[note 1]}
November 1715	Ebenezer Warren	Darby Egan ^{[note 1]}
1715	Ebenezer Warren	Maurice Cuffe
1721	Edward Warren	Maurice Cuffe
1727	William Gore	John Blunden
1748	Ralph Gore	John Blunden
1752	Ralph Gore	William Evans Morres ^{[note 2]}
1761	John Blunden ^{[note 3]}	William Evans Morres ^{[note 2]}
1768	John Blunden ^{[note 3]}	Haydocke Evans Morres ^{[note 4]}
1776	Ralph Gore	Haydocke Evans Morres ^{[note 4]}
1777	Ralph Gore	Eland Mossom
May 1778	Charles Agar ^{[note 5]}
July 1778	Gervase Parker Bushe
1783	William Cuffe	John Butler
1792	William Cuffe	Hon. John Wandesford Butler
1793	James Wemys	Hon. John Wandesford Butler
March 1796		Hon. James Wandesford Butler
1796		Bryan Kavanagh
1798		Thomas Kavanagh
1799		William Talbot
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kilkenny City

Notes

↑ Declared not duly elected in 1715
↑ Created a baronet in 1758
↑ Created a baronet in 1766
↑ Succeeded ad 2nd Baronet in 1774
↑ Declared not duly elected in 1778

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 502

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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