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Kilkenny County (UK Parliament Constituency)
County Kilkenny parliamentary constituency was a List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies, former UK Parliament county constituency in County Kilkenny in Ireland. The County constituency returned two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliaments (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, 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 Parliament of Great Britain, Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, and remained in existence until its abolition in 1885 when it was replaced by North Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency), North Kilkenny and South Kilkenny (UK Parliament constituency), South Kilkenny. Boundaries County Kilkenny constituency was made up of the counties of Ireland, traditional county except for the borough constituency of Kilk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the county. As of the 2022 census the population of the county was just over 100,000. The county was based on the historic Gaelic kingdom of Ossory (''Osraighe''), which was coterminous with the Diocese of Ossory. Geography and subdivisions Kilkenny is the 16th-largest of Ireland's 32 counties by area, and the 21st largest in terms of population. It is the third-largest of Leinster's 12 counties in size, the seventh-largest in terms of population, and has a population density of 48 people per km2. Kilkenny borders five counties - Tipperary to the west, Waterford to the south, Carlow and Wexford to the east, and Laois to the north. Kilkenny city is the county's seat of local government and largest settlement, and is situated on the River Nore i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
