The 1916

Ossory Osraige (Old Irish) or Osraighe (Classical Irish), Osraí (Modern Irish), anglicized as Ossory, was a medieval Irish kingdom comprising what is now County Kilkenny and western County Laois, corresponding to the Diocese of Ossory. The home of ...

by-election was held on 28 April 1916. The

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP, William Delany. It was won by the Irish Parliamentary candidate

John Lalor Fitzpatrick John Lalor Fitzpatrick (1875 – 8 December 1956) was Irish Parliamentary Party MP for Queen's County Ossory from 1916 to 1918. historical list of constituencies and MPs He was the grandson of the MP for Queen's County Leix Richard Lalor whose ...

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