Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)

Kilkenny
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1937
Abolished	1948
Seats	3
Local government area	County Kilkenny
Created from	Carlow–Kilkenny
Replaced by	Carlow–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, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (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

The 1937 Act defined the boundaries of the Kilkenny constituency as "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   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]
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]^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig	26.7	7,679
	National Labour Party	James Pattison	21.7	6,239	6,749	6,811	7,283
	Fine Gael	Eamonn Coogan	21.1	6,071	7,861
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Walsh	19.7	5,667	6,373	6,786	6,971
	Clann na Talmhan	Philip Mahony	11.0	3,157
Electorate: 41,160   Valid: 28,813   Quota: 7,204   Turnout: 70.0%

1943 general election

1943 general election: Kilkenny^[5]^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig	21.9	6,852	6,870	7,009	7,194	7,213
	Labour	James Pattison	20.6	6,417	6,495	7,732	8,087
	Clann na Talmhan	Philip Mahony	17.4	5,420	5,640	5,691	5,864	8,429
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Walsh	15.7	4,910	5,002	5,072	5,143	5,459
	Fine Gael	Richard Gorey	8.0	2,511	2,927	2,968	4,826
	Fine Gael	Thomas De Loughrey	7.5	2,337	2,552	2,685
	Labour	Nicholas Boran	5.4	1,699	1,717
	Fine Gael	William Mullins	3.4	1,071
Electorate: 41,160   Valid: 31,217   Quota: 7,805   Turnout: 75.8%

1938 general election

1938 general election: Kilkenny^[4]^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig	34.0	11,327
	Fine Gael	Denis Gorey	27.4	9,125
	Labour	James Pattison	20.2	6,720	6,975	7,712	8,306
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Rice	13.3	4,419	7,143	7,488	7,694
	Fine Gael	Simon Walton	5.1	1,708	1,731
Electorate: 40,537   Valid: 33,299   Quota: 8,325   Turnout: 82.1%

1937 general election

1937 general election: Kilkenny^[3]^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	James Pattison	23.3	7,616	7,679	7,950	8,969
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Derrig	22.9	7,494	7,519	7,576	7,607
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Gibbons	18.5	6,054	6,138	6,382	6,508
	Fine Gael	Denis Gorey	15.7	5,132	6,080	10,683
	Fine Gael	Desmond FitzGerald	14.7	4,820	5,289
	Fine Gael	Richard Holohan	5.0	1,628
Electorate: 40,900   Valid: 32,744   Quota: 8,187   Turnout: 80.1%

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. "Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
2. Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
3. "General election 1937: Kilkenny". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
4. "General election 1938: Kilkenny". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
5. "General election 1943: Kilkenny". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
6. "General election 1944: Kilkenny". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
7. Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922–44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database