It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
The corporation, under the style of the "Mayor, Aldermen, Bailiffs, Citizens, and Commons of the City of Cashel," consists of a mayor, aldermen (limited by the charter to 17 in number), two bailiffs, and an unlimited number of commons, aided by a recorder, town-clerk, two serjeants-at-mace, a sword-bearer, and a crier; a treasurer is also appointed.
The recorder, according to practice, is elected by the mayor and aldermen, but the charter gives the power to the entire body; he holds his office during good behaviour, and may appoint a deputy.
The freedom is obtained only by gift of the mayor and aldermen, who are the ruling body of the corporation, and have the entire management of its affairs.
88, has been extended to the £10 householders of an enlarged district, comprising an area of 3,974 acres [16.08 km2], which has been constituted the new electoral borough, and the limits of which are minutely described in the Appendix: the number of electors registered at the close of 1835 was 277, of whom 8 were freemen; the mayor is the returning officer.This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Cashel in County Tipperary.
Woulfe was appointed as Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, causing a by-election.