Clonmel was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

History

The corporation of Clonmel, which was the local government of its area, was reformed by the

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. The parliamentary borough was not affected by this change in administrative arrangements. Samuel Lewis, writing in 1837, described the

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constitution of the unreformed borough.

Boundaries

This constituency was the

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Clonmel Clonmel () is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Dro ...

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

. The boundary of the borough was defined in the

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as:

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Ronayne's death caused a by-election. Ball was appointed as Attorney General for Ireland, requiring a by-election. Ball was appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Pigot was appointed

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, requiring a by-election. Pigot resigned after being appointed

Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer The Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer was the Baron (judge) who presided over the Court of Exchequer (Ireland). The Irish Court of Exchequer was a mirror of the equivalent court in England and was one of the four courts which sat in the buildin ...

, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Lawless' death caused a by-election. O'Connell resigned after being appointed

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, causing a by-election. Bagwell was appointed a

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, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Notes

References

*''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973) * *

External links

Part of the ''Library Ireland: Irish History and Culture'' website containing the text of ''A Topographical Directory of Ireland'', by Samuel Lewis (a work published by S. Lewis & Co of London in 1837) including an article on Clonmel
{{Tipperary constituencies Westminster constituencies in County Tipperary (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885 Clonmel