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South Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency)

April 12, 2024

South Kilkenny was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland.

South Kilkenny
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats1
Created fromCounty Kilkenny
Replaced byCarlow–Kilkenny

Boundaries and boundary changes edit

This county constituency comprised the southern part of County Kilkenny. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament. It was redrawn in 1918 as a result of the abolition of the Kilkenny City constituency and the transfer of part of the town of New Ross to County Wexford and the transfer of the Kilculliheen area to County Kilkenny from Waterford city under the 1898 Local Government Act.

1885–1918: The baronies of Callan, Ida, Iverk and Knocktopher, and that part of the barony of Gowran contained within the parishes of Ballylinch, Columbkille, Famma, Graiguenamanagh, Inistioge, Jerpoint Abbey, Jerpoint West, Kilfane, Pleberstown, Thomastown and Ullard.

1918–1922: The rural districts of Callan, Carrick-on-Suir No. 3, Ida, Thomastown and Waterford No. 2.

Before the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the County Kilkenny constituency. The constituency ceased to be entitled to be represented in the UK House of Commons on the dissolution of 26 October 1922, shortly before the Irish Free State came into legal existence on 6 December 1922.

First Dáil edit

The constituency was, in Irish republican theory, entitled to return one Teachta Dála (known in English as a Deputy) in 1918 to serve in the Irish Republic's First Dáil. Sinn Féin used the UK general election in 1918 to elect the Dáil. The revolutionary body assembled on 21 January 1919. The list of members read out on that day included everyone elected in Ireland. Only the Sinn Féin Deputies participated in the Dáil, but the other Irish MPs could have done so if they had chosen to adhere to the Republic.

The First Dáil, passed a motion at its last meeting on 10 May 1921, the first three parts of which make explicit the republican view.

  1. That the Parliamentary elections which are to take place during the present month be regarded as elections to Dáil Éireann.
  2. That all deputies duly returned at these elections be regarded as members of Dáil Éireann and allowed to take their seats on subscribing to the proposed Oath of Allegiance.
  3. That the present Dáil dissolve automatically as soon as the new body has been summoned by the President and called to order.

The Second Dáil first met on 16 August 1921, thereby dissolving the First Dáil.

Sinn Féin had decided to use the polls for the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland as an election for the Irish Republic's Second Dáil. No actual voting was necessary in Southern Ireland as all the seats were filled by unopposed returns. Except for Dublin University all other constituencies elected Sinn Féin TDs. As with the First Dáil, the other Deputies could have joined the Dáil if they chose.

From the Third Dáil onwards the Dáil represented only the twenty-six counties which formed the Irish Free State.

In the 2nd and 3rd Dála Kilkenny South formed part of the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency.

Politics edit

Sinn Féin defeated the Irish Parliamentary Party by better than 4 to 1 in the 1918 election. James O'Mara (1873 – 21 November 1948) had been Nationalist MP for the constituency 1900–1907. He had resigned the seat when he joined Sinn Féin.

Members of Parliament edit

Notes:-

  • 1 Not an election, but the date of a party change. The Irish Parliamentary Party had been created in 1882, on the initiative of Charles Stewart Parnell's Irish National League. Both the IPP and the INL split into Parnellite and Anti-Parnellite factions, in December 1890. The Parnellites remained members of the Irish National League after the split and the Anti-Parnellites organised the Irish National Federation in March 1891. The two organisations and the United Irish League merged in 1900, to re-create the Irish Parliamentary Party.
  • 2 Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.

Elections edit

Elections in the 1880s edit

1885 general election: South Kilkenny[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Chance 4,088 94.8
Irish Conservative Raymond de la Poer 222 5.2
Majority 3,866 89.6
Turnout 4,310 72.8
Registered electors 5,924
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)
1886 general election: South Kilkenny[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Chance Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s edit

1892 general election: South Kilkenny[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Patrick Chance 3,346 93.0 N/A
Irish Unionist Raymond de la Poer 253 7.0 New
Majority 3,093 86.0 N/A
Turnout 3,599 56.4 N/A
Registered electors 6,385
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
By-election, 1894: South Kilkenny[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Samuel Morris Unopposed
Irish National Federation hold
1895 general election: South Kilkenny[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Samuel Morris Unopposed
Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s edit

1900 general election: Kilkenny South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary James O'Mara Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
1906 general election: Kilkenny South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary James O'Mara Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
By-election, 1907: Kilkenny South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Nicholas Joseph Murphy Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold

Murphy is declared bankrupt, prompting a by-election.

By-election, 1909: Kilkenny South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Matthew Keating Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s edit

January 1910 general election: Kilkenny South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Matthew Keating Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
December 1910 general election: Kilkenny South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Matthew Keating 2,265 88.8 N/A
Independent Nationalist Nicholas Joseph Murphy 287 11.2 New
Majority 1,978 77.6 N/A
Turnout 2,552 51.5 N/A
Registered electors 4,958
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A
1918 general election: Kilkenny South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin James O'Mara 8,685 82.4 New
Irish Parliamentary Matthew Keating 1,855 17.6 −71.2
Majority 6,830 64.8 N/A
Turnout 10,540 64.2 +12.7
Registered electors 16,410
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 357–358, 391. ISBN 0901714127.
  • Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.

External links edit

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources South Kilkenny UK Parliament constituency news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message South Kilkenny was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland South KilkennyFormer county constituencyfor the House of Commons1885 1922Seats1Created fromCounty KilkennyReplaced byCarlow Kilkenny Contents 1 Boundaries and boundary changes 2 First Dail 3 Politics 4 Members of Parliament 5 Elections 5 1 Elections in the 1880s 5 2 Elections in the 1890s 5 3 Elections in the 1900s 5 4 Elections in the 1910s 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksBoundaries and boundary changes editThis county constituency comprised the southern part of County Kilkenny From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament It was redrawn in 1918 as a result of the abolition of the Kilkenny City constituency and the transfer of part of the town of New Ross to County Wexford and the transfer of the Kilculliheen area to County Kilkenny from Waterford city under the 1898 Local Government Act 1885 1918 The baronies of Callan Ida Iverk and Knocktopher and that part of the barony of Gowran contained within the parishes of Ballylinch Columbkille Famma Graiguenamanagh Inistioge Jerpoint Abbey Jerpoint West Kilfane Pleberstown Thomastown and Ullard 1918 1922 The rural districts of Callan Carrick on Suir No 3 Ida Thomastown and Waterford No 2 Before the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the County Kilkenny constituency The constituency ceased to be entitled to be represented in the UK House of Commons on the dissolution of 26 October 1922 shortly before the Irish Free State came into legal existence on 6 December 1922 First Dail editThe constituency was in Irish republican theory entitled to return one Teachta Dala known in English as a Deputy in 1918 to serve in the Irish Republic s First Dail Sinn Fein used the UK general election in 1918 to elect the Dail The revolutionary body assembled on 21 January 1919 The list of members read out on that day included everyone elected in Ireland Only the Sinn Fein Deputies participated in the Dail but the other Irish MPs could have done so if they had chosen to adhere to the Republic The First Dail passed a motion at its last meeting on 10 May 1921 the first three parts of which make explicit the republican view That the Parliamentary elections which are to take place during the present month be regarded as elections to Dail Eireann That all deputies duly returned at these elections be regarded as members of Dail Eireann and allowed to take their seats on subscribing to the proposed Oath of Allegiance That the present Dail dissolve automatically as soon as the new body has been summoned by the President and called to order The Second Dail first met on 16 August 1921 thereby dissolving the First Dail Sinn Fein had decided to use the polls for the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland as an election for the Irish Republic s Second Dail No actual voting was necessary in Southern Ireland as all the seats were filled by unopposed returns Except for Dublin University all other constituencies elected Sinn Fein TDs As with the First Dail the other Deputies could have joined the Dail if they chose From the Third Dail onwards the Dail represented only the twenty six counties which formed the Irish Free State In the 2nd and 3rd Dala Kilkenny South formed part of the Carlow Kilkenny constituency Politics editSinn Fein defeated the Irish Parliamentary Party by better than 4 to 1 in the 1918 election James O Mara 1873 21 November 1948 had been Nationalist MP for the constituency 1900 1907 He had resigned the seat when he joined Sinn Fein Members of Parliament editElection Member Party Note1885 December 4 Patrick Chance Irish Parliamentary Party split1890 December 1 Anti Parnellite Joined new organisation1891 March 1 Irish National Federation Resigned1894 September 7 Samuel Morris Irish National Federation1900 October 6 James O Mara Irish Parliamentary Resigned1907 July 29 Nicholas Joseph Murphy Irish Parliamentary Declared bankrupt1909 August 10 Matthew Keating Irish Parliamentary1918 December 14 2 James O Mara Sinn Fein Did not take his seat at Westminster1922 October 26 UK constituency abolishedNotes 1 Not an election but the date of a party change The Irish Parliamentary Party had been created in 1882 on the initiative of Charles Stewart Parnell s Irish National League Both the IPP and the INL split into Parnellite and Anti Parnellite factions in December 1890 The Parnellites remained members of the Irish National League after the split and the Anti Parnellites organised the Irish National Federation in March 1891 The two organisations and the United Irish League merged in 1900 to re create the Irish Parliamentary Party 2 Date of polling day The result was declared on 28 December 1918 to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count Elections editElections in the 1880s edit 1885 general election South Kilkenny 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary Patrick Chance 4 088 94 8Irish Conservative Raymond de la Poer 222 5 2Majority 3 866 89 6Turnout 4 310 72 8Registered electors 5 924Irish Parliamentary win new seat 1886 general election South Kilkenny 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary Patrick Chance UnopposedIrish Parliamentary holdElections in the 1890s edit 1892 general election South Kilkenny 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish National Federation Patrick Chance 3 346 93 0 N AIrish Unionist Raymond de la Poer 253 7 0 NewMajority 3 093 86 0 N ATurnout 3 599 56 4 N ARegistered electors 6 385Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N ABy election 1894 South Kilkenny 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish National Federation Samuel Morris UnopposedIrish National Federation hold1895 general election South Kilkenny 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish National Federation Samuel Morris UnopposedIrish National Federation holdElections in the 1900s edit 1900 general election Kilkenny South 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary James O Mara UnopposedIrish Parliamentary hold1906 general election Kilkenny South 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary James O Mara UnopposedIrish Parliamentary holdBy election 1907 Kilkenny South 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary Nicholas Joseph Murphy UnopposedIrish Parliamentary holdMurphy is declared bankrupt prompting a by election By election 1909 Kilkenny South 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary Matthew Keating UnopposedIrish Parliamentary holdElections in the 1910s edit January 1910 general election Kilkenny South 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary Matthew Keating UnopposedIrish Parliamentary holdDecember 1910 general election Kilkenny South 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary Matthew Keating 2 265 88 8 N AIndependent Nationalist Nicholas Joseph Murphy 287 11 2 NewMajority 1 978 77 6 N ATurnout 2 552 51 5 N ARegistered electors 4 958Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N A1918 general election Kilkenny South 1 Party Candidate Votes Sinn Fein James O Mara 8 685 82 4 NewIrish Parliamentary Matthew Keating 1 855 17 6 71 2Majority 6 830 64 8 N ATurnout 10 540 64 2 12 7Registered electors 16 410Sinn Fein gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N ASee also editHistoric Dail constituencies Dail Eireann Irish Republic Members of the 1st DailReferences edit a b c d e f g h i j k l Walker B M ed 1978 Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801 1922 Dublin Royal Irish Academy pp 357 358 391 ISBN 0901714127 Walker Brian M ed 1978 Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801 1922 Dublin Royal Irish Academy ISBN 0901714127 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with K part 2 External links edithttps www oireachtas ie en members http historical debates oireachtas ie en toc dail html Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title South Kilkenny UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1186729376, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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