Clonmel was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one MP from 1801 to 1885. It was represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

History The corporation of Clonmel, which was the local government of its area, was reformed by the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840. The parliamentary borough was not affected by this change in administrative arrangements.

Samuel Lewis, writing in 1837, described the oligarchic constitution of the unreformed borough.

The constituency was disenfranchised under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, which took effect at the 1885 general election.First Schedule Part I: Boroughs to cease to exist as such.

Boundaries This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Clonmel in County Tipperary.

The boundary of the borough was defined in the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 as:

Under the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868, any part of a municipal borough not contained within the boundaries of parliamentary boroughs was brought within the parliamentary borough. In the case of Clonmel, the municipal borough was defined in terms of the parliamentary borough, so it was not affected by this legislation.

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNote 1801, 1 January seat vacant ... Both members in the Irish Parliament had resigned 1801, 13 February William Bagwell Tory Resigned to contest County Tipperary 1819, 6 March John Kiely Tory Stooks Smith gives this members first name as James 1820, 18 March James Hewitt Massy Dawson Tory Resigned to contest County Limerick 1830, 22 February Eyre Coote Tory 1832, 15 December Dominick Ronayne Repeal Association Re-elected as a candidate of a Whig/Repealer pact 1835, 16 January Whig Died 1836, 20 February Nicholas Ball Whig Appointed a Judge of the Irish Court of Common Pleas 1839, 18 February Rt Hon. David Richard Pigot Whig Appointed Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland 1846, 12 September Hon. Cecil Lawless Repeal Association Re-elected as a Liberal candidate 1852, 17 July Independent Irish Died 1853, 21 December John O'Connell Radical Appointed Clerk of the Crown in Ireland 1857, 17 February John Bagwell Whig 1859, 2 May Liberal 1874, 6 February Count Arthur John Moore Home Rule League 1885 Constituency abolished

Elections Elections in the 1830s

Ronayne's death caused a by-election.

Ball was appointed as Attorney General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

Ball was appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s Pigot was appointed Attorney General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

Pigot resigned after being appointed Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Lawless' death caused a by-election.

O'Connell resigned after being appointed Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper at Dublin Castle, causing a by-election.

Bagwell was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Notes

References The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)

External links Part of the Library Ireland: Irish History and Culture website containing the text of A Topographical Directory of Ireland, by Samuel Lewis (a work published by S. Lewis & Co of London in 1837) including an article on Clonmel