County Kilkenny | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | County Kilkenny |
1801–1885 | |
Seats | 2 |
Created from | County Kilkenny (IHC) |
Replaced by |
County Kilkenny was a former UK Parliament county constituency in County Kilkenny in Ireland. The County constituency returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from 1801 until 1885.
County Kilkenny constituency was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Acts of Union 1800 by Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, and remained in existence until its abolition in 1885 when it was replaced by North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny.