# Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)

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, 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".

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kilkenny 1937–1948 :
| 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) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 9th | 1937 | | James Pattison (Lab) | | Thomas Derrig (FF) | | Denis Gorey (FG) |
| 10th | 1938 | | James Pattison (Lab) | | Thomas Derrig (FF) | | Denis Gorey (FG) |
| 11th | 1943 | | James Pattison (Lab) | | Thomas Derrig (FF) | | Philip Mahony (CnaT) |
| 12th | 1944 | | James Pattison (NLP) | | Thomas Derrig (FF) | | Eamonn Coogan (FG) |
| 13th | 1948 | Constituency abolished. See Carlow–Kilkenny | Constituency abolished. See Carlow–Kilkenny | Constituency abolished. See Carlow–Kilkenny | Constituency abolished. See Carlow–Kilkenny | Constituency abolished. See Carlow–Kilkenny | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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% ||||||||