St Canice (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

St Canice, also called Irishtown, was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1661 until 1800.^[1] Irishtown was a bishop's borough within the parish of St Canice in the county of the city of Kilkenny.^[1] The borough was separate from the city itself, which was represented by Kilkenny City constituency.

St Canice
Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Kilkenny
Borough	St Canice
–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Disfranchised

The borough was disfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800.^[2] Compensation for the loss of the patronage was awarded in the standard amount of £15,000.^[2] The claim of Hugh Hamilton, Bishop of Ossory to this compensation was disallowed; instead it went to the Commissioners of First Fruits.^[1][2]

Members of Parliament

1661–1801

Election	First MP			Second MP
1661		Sir William Flower			Oliver Wheeler
1692		Richard Connell			Sir Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Bt
July 1707					Hon. Christopher Wandesford
September 1707					Richard Cole
1713		Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Bt			Sir Robert Maude, 1st Bt
1727		James Agar			Richard Dawson
January 1734		Richard Reade
1734		Hervey Morres
1757		Viscount Moore
1759		Eland Mossom
1761					Thomas Waite
1768					Lord Frederick Campbell
1774		Thomas Radcliffe
1776		John Monck Mason			John William Hamilton
1781					Dominick Trant
1783					Hon. Richard Annesley
1790					Marcus Beresford
1794					Sylvester Douglas
1796					William Elliot
1801		Disenfranchised