Kilkenny (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Kilkenny
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1937
Abolished	1948
Seats	3
County/City council	County Kilkenny

Kilkenny was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created for the 1937 general election,^[1] when the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 split the old Carlow–Kilkenny constituency, with County Carlow being represented from 1937 through the new Carlow–Kildare constituency.

Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, the Kilkenny constituency was abolished, and Carlow–Kilkenny was restored for the 1948 general election.

Boundaries

Some Dáil Éireann constituencies cross county boundaries in order to ensure a reasonably consistent ratio of electors to TDs. However, the 1937 Act defines the boundaries of the Kilkenny constituency as being simply "the administrative County of Kilkenny".^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kilkenny 1937–1948^[2]
Key to parties CnaT = Clann na Talmhan FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour Party NLP = National Labour Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
9th	1937^[3]		James Pattison (Lab)		Thomas Derrig (FF)		Denis Gorey (FG)
10th	1938^[4]						Denis Gorey (FG)
11th	1943^[5]						Philip Mahony (CnaT)
12th	1944^[6]		James Pattison (NLP)				Eamonn Coogan (FG)
13th	1948	Constituency abolished. See Carlow–Kilkenny

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

1944 general election

1944 general election: Kilkenny^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig	7,679	26.7	1	1
	Fine Gael	Eamonn Coogan	6,071	21.1	2
	National Labour Party	James Pattison	6,239	21.7	3
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Walsh	5,667	19.7
	Clann na Talmhan	Philip Mahony	3,157	11.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 28,813 Quota: 7,204 Turnout:

1943 general election

1943 general election: Kilkenny^[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour Party	James Pattison	6,417	20.6	1
	Clann na Talmhan	Philip Mahony	5,420	17.4	2
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig	6,852	22.0	3
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Walsh	4,910	15.7
	Fine Gael	Richard Gorey	2,511	8.0
	Fine Gael	Thomas de Loughry	2,337	7.5
	Labour Party	Nicholas Boran	1,699	5.4
	Fine Gael	William Mullins	1,071	3.4
Electorate: ? Valid: 31,217 Quota: 7,805 Turnout:

1938 general election

1938 general election: Kilkenny^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig	11,327	34.0	1	1
	Fine Gael	Denis Gorey	9,125	27.4	1	2
	Labour Party	James Pattison	6,720	20.2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Rice	4,419	13.3
	Fine Gael	Simon Walton	1,708	5.1
Electorate: 40,537 Valid: 33,299 Quota: 8,325 Turnout: 82.1%

1937 general election

1937 general election: Kilkenny^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Denis Gorey	5,132	15.7	1
	Labour Party	James Pattison	7,616	23.3	2
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig	7,494	22.9	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Gibbons	6,054	18.5
	Fine Gael	Desmond FitzGerald	4,820	14.7
	Fine Gael	Richard Holohan	1,628	5.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 32,744 Quota: 8,187 Turnout:

References

1 2 "Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
↑ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
1 2 "General election 1937: Kilkenny". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1938: Kilkenny". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1943: Kilkenny". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1944: Kilkenny". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 September 2010.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in County Kilkenny

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Callan (????–1800)
Gowran (????–1800)
Inistioge (????–1800)
Knocktopher (????–1800)
Kilkenny City (????–1800)
Kilkenny County (????–1800)
St Canice (1661–1800)
Thomastown (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

County Kilkenny (1801–85)
Kilkenny City (1801–1918)
North Kilkenny (1885–1922)
South Kilkenny (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Kilkenny (1937–48)

Current	Carlow–Kilkenny (1921–37, 1948–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Leinster (1979–2004)
East (2004–14)
South (2014–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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