Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Carlow–Kilkenny
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Carlow–Kilkenny within Ireland
Current constituency
Created	1948
Seats	5
TDs	Bobby Aylward (FF)      Pat Deering (FG)      Kathleen Funchion (SF)      John McGuinness (FF)      John Paul Phelan (FG)
County councils	Carlow County Council Kilkenny County Council
EP constituency	South

Carlow–Kilkenny is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

The constituency of Carlow–Kilkenny has been used at Irish elections since the election of the Second Dáil at the 1921 general election. Prior to Irish independence, elections to the UK Parliament were held in three single-seat constituencies, known as Carlow, Kilkenny North and Kilkenny South, and it was these three constituencies that elected members of the First Dáil. Carlow–Kilkenny did not exist between 1937 and 1948, when it was replaced by the constituencies of Carlow–Kildare and Kilkenny.

The constituency spans the entire area of County Kilkenny and most of County Carlow (a small part of which is in the Wicklow constituency), taking in Kilkenny city, Carlow town, Urlingford, Tullow and Bagenalstown (Muine Bheag).