| Kilkenny City | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Kilkenny |
| Borough | Kilkenny |
| –1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Kilkenny City |
Kilkenny City was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Kilkenny City was represented with two members. [1]
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | John Rooth | James Bryan | ||||
| 1692 | Josiah Haydock | Robert Smith | ||||
| 1695 | Ebenezer Warren | Standish Hartstonge (died 1704) | ||||
| 1703 | Sir Thomas Smyth, 2nd Bt | |||||
| 1705 | Viscount Tunbridge | |||||
| 1711 | Sir Redmond Everard, 4th Bt | |||||
| 1713 | Sir Richard Levinge, 1st Bt | Darby Egan [note 1] | ||||
| November 1715 | Ebenezer Warren | |||||
| 1715 | Maurice Cuffe | |||||
| 1721 | Edward Warren | |||||
| 1727 | William Gore | John Blunden | ||||
| 1748 | Ralph Gore | |||||
| 1752 | William Evans Morres [note 2] | |||||
| 1761 | John Blunden [note 3] | |||||
| 1768 | Haydocke Evans Morres [note 4] | |||||
| 1776 | Ralph Gore | |||||
| 1777 | Eland Mossom | |||||
| May 1778 | Charles Agar [note 5] | |||||
| July 1778 | Gervase Parker Bushe | |||||
| 1783 | William Cuffe | John Butler | ||||
| 1792 | Hon. John Wandesford Butler | |||||
| 1793 | James Wemys | |||||
| March 1796 | Hon. James Wandesford Butler | |||||
| 1796 | Bryan Kavanagh | |||||
| 1798 | Thomas Kavanagh | |||||
| 1799 | William Talbot | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kilkenny City | |||||
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