Kells was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Kells was not represented.
Members of Parliament, 1561–1801 1560 Thomas Shiele and Nicholas Ledwiche 1585 Thomas Fleming, Nicholas Dax and Patrick Plunkett 1613–1615 Oliver Plunket and Gerald Balfe 1634–1635 Walter Evers of Ballyardan and Adam Cusack of Trevett 1639–1649 Robert Cusack (expelled and replaced 1642 by William Ball) and Oliver Plunket (died and replaced 1641 by Patrick Barnewell. Barnewell died and replaced 1645 by Patrick Tallant) 1661–1666 John Forth, Arthur Purefoy, Richard Stephenson and Robert Shapcote (Shapcote did not sit).
1689–1801 ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Patrick Everard John Delamare 1692 Sir John Dillon Sir Thomas Taylor, 1st Bt 1695 Charles Meredyth 1703 Brinsley Butler 1710 Henry Meredyth 1713 Sir Thomas Taylor, 1st Bt Thomas TaylorSucceeded as 2nd Baronet in 1736 1737 James Taylor 1747 Thomas TaylourSucceeded as 3rd Baronet in 1757 1757 Richard Moore 1761 Thomas Pepper 1768 Thomas Moore 1776 Viscount Headfort 1781 Hon. Hercules Taylour 1790 Hon. Thomas Pakenham 1791 Hon. Robert Taylour 1798 Stephen Moore 1800 Thomas Pepper 1801 Disenfranchised
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