title: Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)
text: # 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 ||||||||
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  | 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.
  
  