Cashel is a former constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom representing the borough of Cashel, County Tipperary, 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.

There were problems with the 21 November 1868 election in the borough. A petition was presented by the losing candidate, alleging corruption. As a result, the election was declared void. Parliament then passed the Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870. On 1 August 1870 Cashel lost the right to elect its own MP. The area was transferred to form part of the County Tipperary constituency.

History The corporation of the city of Cashel existed, as the local government of its area, until it was abolished by the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840. The parliamentary borough was not affected by this change in administrative arrangements.

Samuel Lewis, in A Topographical Directory of Ireland (1837), described the oligarchic constitution of the city:

Boundaries This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Cashel in County Tipperary. In December 1931, boundary commissioners proposed boundaries for the borough. It was defined by the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 as:

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNote 1801, 1 January Richard Bagwell Resigned. Dean of Kilmacduagh, 1804 and Clogher, 1806 1801, 9 December John Bagwell 1802, 27 July Rt Hon. William Wickham Whig 1806, 17 November Viscount Primrose Whig 1807, 25 May Quinton Dick Tory Resigned 1809, 15 April Robert Peel Tory Later Prime Minister 1834–1835 and 1841–1846 1812, 26 October Sir Charles Saxton, Bt Tory 1818, 9 June Richard Pennefather Tory Resigned 1819, 4 March Ebenezer John Collett Tory 1830, 5 August Mathew Pennefather Tory Resigned 1831, 16 July Philip Pusey Tory 1832, 14 December James Roe Repeal Association 1835, 14 January Louis Perrin Whig Appointed Judge of the Irish Court of Kings Bench 1835, 4 September Rt Hon. Stephen Woulfe Whig Appointed Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland 1838, 14 July Joseph Stock Whig Resigned 1846, 5 February Sir Timothy O'Brien, Bt Repeal Association Re-elected as a Liberal candidate 1852, 15 July Independent Irish 1857, 3 April Whig 1859, 6 May John Lanigan Liberal 1865, 17 July James Lyster O'Briene Liberal 1868: Election declared void and borough disenfranchised1870 Constituency abolished

Elections Elections in the 1830s

Pennefather resigned, causing a by-election.

Perrin was appointed as Attorney-General for Ireland, causing a by-election.

Perrin was appointed as a Puisne justice of the King's Bench, causing a by-election.

Woulfe was appointed as Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

Woulfe was appointed as Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Stock resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

On petition, this election was declared void on account of bribery and the seat was disenfranchised. The seat was absorbed into Tipperary in 1870.

Notes

References The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)

British Electoral Facts 1832–1987, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services, 5th edition, 1989)

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