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.

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.