County Kilkenny (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
# County Kilkenny (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

County Kilkenny was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

## History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, County Kilkenny was represented with two members.

## Members of Parliament

* 1531 Rowland Fitzgerald, 2nd Baron of Burnchurch
* 1559 Nicholas White and Walter Gall
* 1585 Gerard Blancheville and Robert Rothe
* 1613–1615 Lucas Shee and Robert Grace, Baron of Courtown
* 1634–1635 Robert Grace, Baron of Courtown and Edmund Butler of Polestown
* 1639–1649 Pierce Butler (expelled) and Walter Walsh
* 1661–1666 Sir John Ponsonby and Colonel Daniel Redman

### 1689–1801

| Election | First member | First party | | Second member | Second party |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | John Grace | | | Robert Walsh | |
| 1692 | Richard Coote | | | William Ponsonby | |
| 1695 | Agmondisham Cuffe | | | William Ponsonby | |
| 1703 | Sir Henry Wemys | | | William Ponsonby | |
| 1715 | William Flower | | | William Ponsonby | |
| 1721 | William Flower | | | Patrick Wemyss | |
| 1727 | Hon. William Ponsonby | | | Patrick Wemyss | |
| 1747 | Hon. William Ponsonby | | | Patrick Wemys | |
| 1759 | Henry Flood | Patriot | | Patrick Wemys | |
| 1761 | Hon. John Ponsonby | Patriot | | James Agar | |
| 1776 | Hon. John Ponsonby | Patriot | | Hon. Edmund Butler | |
| 1779 | Hon. John Ponsonby | Patriot | | Joseph Deane | |
| 1783 | William Brabazon Ponsonby | Patriot (to 1789) Irish Whig (from 1789) | | Hon. Henry Welbore Agar | Patriot/Irish Whig |
| 1790 | William Brabazon Ponsonby | Patriot (to 1789) Irish Whig (from 1789) | | Walter Butler | |
| February 1796 | William Brabazon Ponsonby | Patriot (to 1789) Irish Whig (from 1789) | | Hon. John Wandesford Butler | |
| 1797 | William Brabazon Ponsonby | Patriot (to 1789) Irish Whig (from 1789) | | Hon. James Wandesford Butler | Irish Whig |
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Kilkenny | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Kilkenny | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Kilkenny | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Kilkenny | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency County Kilkenny |
