Kinsale was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one MP.
It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
A Topographical Directory of Ireland, published in 1837, describes the Parliamentary history of the borough.
The borough and liberties comprise an area of 11,000 acres, within the jurisdiction of the borough magistrates; a new electoral boundary has been drawn close round the town, including the village of Scilly, and comprising an area of 273 acres.The new boundary contained in the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 was: From the Point on the North-east of the Town at which the new Cork Road crosses the old Cork Road, in a straight Line to the Northern Extremity of Mr. Hurley's Stables; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Road to Bandon River leaves the Road to Bandon; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Blindgate Road meets the Compass Hill Road; thence in a straight Line over Compass Hill to the Westernmost House at the place called "The World's End;" thence along the Coast to the Point at which the same is met by the first Bank which runs up the Hill to the East of and beyond the Village of Scilly;thence along the said Bank to the Point at which the same meets the Road from Scilly to Charles Fort; thence in a straight Line to a Point on the Harbour Hill Road which is distant One hundred and eighty Yards (measured along the Harbour Hill Road) to the East of the Barrack Wall; thence in a straight Line to the Point first described.On petition, Guinness was unseated and a new writ was issued, causing a by-election.
Hawes resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.