The 1872

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by-election was fought on 6 February 1872. The byelection was held due to the incumbent

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MP Valentine Browne succeeding to the peerage as

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. It was won by the

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candidate Rowland Blennerhassett. The by-election was important in the decline of the

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whose candidate was defeated by Blennerhassett, who although a Home Ruler was a Protestant. The

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had condemned the Home Rule campaign.

Results

References

By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Kerry constituencies 1872 elections in the United Kingdom 1872 elections in Ireland {{Ireland-UK-Parl-by-election-stub