[2] It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
[3] In 1918, the boundary was redefined to exclude the Kilculliheen area which had been transferred to County Kilkenny[4] under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict.
Following the dissolution of parliament in 1922 the area was no longer represented in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
[9] Sinn Féin contested the general election of 1918 on the platform that instead of taking up any seats they won in the United Kingdom Parliament, they would establish a revolutionary assembly in Dublin.
On petition, Christmas and Reade were unseated and Wyse and Barron were declared elected on 13 June 1842.