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 (MP). It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, and remained in existence until its abolition at the 1918 general election.

Boundaries This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Kilkenny in County Kilkenny.

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNote 1 January 1801 William Talbot 1801: Co-opted. Resigned. 2 March 1802 Richard Archdall 22 July 1802 Hon. Charles Harward Butler Whig Resigned 4 February 1809 Robert Williams 24 October 1812 Overington Blunden Resigned 27 May 1814 Hon. Charles Harward Butler Whig 7 April 1820 Rt Hon. Denis Browne Tory 22 June 1826 John Doherty Tory 11 August 1830 Nicholas Philpot Leader Whig 13 December 1832Richard Sullivan Repeal Association Re-elected as a candidate of a Liberal/Repealer pact 17 May 1836 Daniel O'Connell Repeal Association 7 August 1837 Joseph Hume Radical 3 July 1841 John O'Connell Repeal Association 1847: Also returned by and elected to sit for Limerick 18 December 1847 Michael Sullivan Repeal Association Re-elected as a Liberal candidate 10 July 1852 Ind. Irish 5 May 1859 Liberal 13 July 1865 Sir John Gray Liberal Re-elected as a Home Rule League candidate 2 February 1874 Home Rule League Died 28 April 1875 Benjamin Whitworth Home Rule League Resigned 26 February 1880 John Francis Smithwick Home Rule League 1882 Irish Parliamentary Party 1886 Thomas Quinn Irish Parliamentary Party 1890 Parnellite 1891–1892 Irish National Federation 1892–1895 Thomas Bartholomew Curran Irish National Federation 1895 Patrick O'Brien Parnellite 1900–1917 Irish Parliamentary Party 1917 W. T. Cosgrave Sinn Féin 1918 constituency abolished

Elections Elections in the 1830s

Sullivan resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

O'Connell was also elected for Limerick City and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Gray's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s Whitworth's resignation caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

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)