Castles in County Kilkenny - Local Government and Politics

Local Government and Politics

See also: Local government in the Republic of Ireland

Local government in County Kilkenny is governed by the Local Government Acts, the most recent of which (Local Government Act 2001) established a two-tier structure of local government. The top tier of the structure consists of Kilkenny County Council. The second tier of local government consists of Kilkenny Borough Council which is a town council. The city of Kilkenny is allowed to use the title of "Borough Council" instead of "Town Council", but Kilkenny Borough Council has no additional responsibilities. Outside the borough, the county council is solely responsible for local services. There are 26 councillors in the county council who are returned from five local electoral areas:Ballyragget, Callan, Kilkenny, Piltown and Thomastown.

As the county is part of the South-East Region, some county councillors are also representatives on the South-East Regional Authority.

For elections to Dáil Éireann, Kilkenny is part of the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency which returns 5 TDs. The present form of the constituency was created for the 1948 general election. Kilkenny has been represented through several parliamentary constituencies in the past. From 1918–1921 Kilkenny was part of the North Kilkenny United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. In 1921 the Carlow–Kilkenny Dáil Éireann constituency was created and has stayed apart from between 1937 and 1948 when there was just a Kilkenny constituency. The TDs serving the area are currently John J. McGuinness, Phil Hogan, Bobby Aylward, M. J. Nolan and Mary White.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Kilkenny
Parliament of Ireland
to 1800
  • Callan (????–1800)
  • Gowran (????–1800)
  • Inistioge (????–1800)
  • Knocktopher (????–1800)
  • Kilkenny City (????–1800)
  • Kilkenny County (????–1800)
  • St Canice (1661–1800)
  • Thomastown (????–1800)
Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918
  • County Kilkenny (1801–1885)
  • Kilkenny City (1801–1885)
  • North Kilkenny (1885–1922)
  • South Kilkenny (1885–1922)
Dáil Éireann
1918–present
  • Carlow–Kilkenny (1921–1937, 1948– )
  • Kilkenny (1937–1948)
European Parliament
1979–present
  • Leinster (1979–2004)
  • East (2004– )
  • Irish counties: Carlow
  • Cavan
  • Clare
  • Cork
  • Donegal
  • Dublin
  • Galway
  • Kerry
  • Kildare
  • Kilkenny
  • Laois
  • Leitrim
  • Limerick
  • Longford
  • Louth
  • Mayo
  • Meath
  • Monaghan
  • Offaly
  • Roscommon
  • Sligo
  • Tipperary
  • Waterford
  • Westmeath
  • Wexford
  • Wicklow
Current Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
  • Carlow–Kilkenny
  • Cavan–Monaghan
  • Clare
  • Cork East
  • Cork North–Central
  • Cork North–West
  • Cork South–Central
  • Cork South–West
  • Donegal North–East
  • Donegal South–West
  • Dublin Central
  • Dublin Mid–West
  • Dublin North
  • Dublin North–Central
  • Dublin North–East
  • Dublin North–West
  • Dublin South
  • Dublin South–Central
  • Dublin South–East
  • Dublin South–West
  • Dublin West
  • Dún Laoghaire
  • Galway East
  • Galway West
  • Kerry North–West Limerick
  • Kerry South
  • Kildare North
  • Kildare South
  • Laois–Offaly
  • Limerick
  • Limerick City
  • Longford–Westmeath
  • Louth
  • Mayo
  • Meath East
  • Meath West
  • Roscommon–South Leitrim
  • Sligo–North Leitrim
  • Tipperary North
  • Tipperary South
  • Waterford
  • Wexford
  • Wicklow

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