County Kerry
Former county constituency for the Irish House of Commons
County	County Kerry
? (?) (? (?))–1801 (1801)
Seats	2
Replaced by	Kerry

County Kerry was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until its abolition on 1 January 1801. Following the Act of Union 1800 the county retained two seats.

Boundaries and boundary changes

This constituency was based in County Kerry.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Kerry was represented with two members.^[1]

1585–1586: John Fitzgerald and Thomas Spring^[2]
1613–1615: Daniel O'Sullivan Beare and Stephen Rice of Ballyruddell^[2]
1634–1635: John FitzGerald^[3] and Walter Crosbie^[4] and Sir Valentine Browne^[2]
1639–1649: Sir Valentine Browne (died 1640 and replaced by Maurice Fitzgerald) and Sir Edward Denny^[2]
1654: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (First Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
1656: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (Second Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
1659: Sir Hardress Waller; Henry Ingoldsby (Third Protectorate Parliament, Westminster)
1661–1666: Captain John Blennerhassett, snr and Arthur Denny^[5]

Election	First member	Second member
1689 Patriot Parliament	Nicholas Brown	Sir Thomas Crosbie
1692	Edward Denny	Hon. Thomas FitzMaurice
1697	Edward Denny	William Sandes
1703	Edward Denny	John Blennerhassett
1709		John Blennerhassett
1713		Sir Maurice Crosbie
1715	John Blennerhassett
1727	Arthur Denny
1743	Hon. John FitzMaurice
1751	John Blennerhassett
1759	John Blennerhassett	Lancelot Crosbie
1761	Viscount FitzMaurice	John Blennerhassett
1762	John Blennerhassett
1763	Thomas Fitzmaurice
1768	Barry Denny
1775	Barry Denny	Arthur Blennerhassett
1776	Rowland Bateman	Arthur Blennerhassett
1783	Sir Barry Denny, 1st Bt	Richard Townsend Herbert
1790		John Blennerhassett
May 1794		John Gustavus Crosbie
July 1794	Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Bt
1795	Maurice FitzGerald
1798	Maurice FitzGerald	James Crosbie
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kerry

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. Vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 978-0-7884-1927-0.
Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4, and online History of the Irish Parliament Online – Ulster Historical Foundation
T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534–1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Kerry

Kerry (1801–1885)
Tralee (1801–1885)
East Kerry (1885–1922)
North Kerry (1885–1922)
South Kerry (1885–1922)
West Kerry (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1921–present

Historic	Kerry–Limerick West (1921–1923) Kerry North (1937–2011) Kerry South (1937–2016) Kerry North–West Limerick (2011–2016)
Current	Kerry (1923–1937, 2016–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	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
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone