1920 Kilkenny County Council election

The 1920 Kilkenny County Council election was held on Monday, 7 June 1920.

Electoral areas

Electoral area^[1]	No. of members	Townlands
Ballyragget	4	Attanagh Balleen Ballyconra Ballyragget Baunmore Castlecomer Clogh Chogharinka Clomantagh Coolcraheen Galmoy Glashare Johnstown Kilkieran Kilmacar Lisdowney Moneenroe Mothel Muckalee Rathbeagh Tubbridbrittain Urlingford
Kilkenny	6
Piltown	5
Thomastown	4

Party		Seats	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Sinn Féin	16	11,114	74.05
	Labour	2	1,898	12.65
	Independent	1	1,996	13.30
Totals		19	15,008	100%	—

Ballyragget Electoral Division – 4 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2
	Sinn Féin	John Gibbons, Clomanto		1,220	737
	Sinn Féin	James Conway		726	925
	Sinn Féin	John Murphy		707	811
	Sinn Féin	James Staunton		653	788
	Independent	Captain R. H. Prior-Wandesforde, D.L., J.P.		255	260
	Independent	Loughlin Harte J.P.		119	159
Electorate: - Valid: 3,680 Spoilt: - Quota: 737 Turnout: -

Kilkenny Electoral Division – 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Sinn Féin	Ald. P. de Loughry		1,179
	Sinn Féin	James Brophy		619	678
	Labour	James Reade T.C.		576	612	629	636	652	784
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Corcoran		501	751
	Labour	Lawrence Walsh		474	491	496	499	521	555	557	646	646 - elected
	Independent	Ald. J. Magennis J.P.		382	406	409	426	435 (eliminated)
	Independent	Ald. M. L. Potter J.P.		362	394	397	434	451	660	660	674
	Sinn Féin	Keiran White		274	314	344	356	566	578	583	586 (eliminated)
	Sinn Féin	James Grace		233	272	291	311 (eliminated)
	Independent	Edward Corr		90	101	104 (eliminated)
Electorate: - Valid: 4,690 Spoilt: - Quota: 671 Turnout: -

Piltown Electoral Division – 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Martin Walsh		630
	Sinn Féin	Richard Delahunty		550
	Labour	James Hogan		472	477	479	484
	Sinn Féin	James Walsh		443	546
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Galavan		437	444	445	488
	Sinn Féin	George Dooley		402	427	485	493
Electorate: - Valid: 2,935 Spoilt: - Quota: 490 Turnout: -

Thomastown Electoral Division – 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	John F. Drennan		690	695	720	742	742	742
	Sinn Féin	James Donovan		640	642	653	665	679	711
	Sinn Féin	James Ryan		626	638	656	692	984	741
	Sinn Féin	Robert Wallace		584	593	599	651	685	743
	Labour	Patrick Ryan		376	382	384	400 (eliminated)
	Independent	Michael J. Murphy J.P.		299	309	323 (eliminated)
	Independent	Denis J. Gorey J.P.		296	305	331	458	463	473 (eliminated)
	Independent	Roderick Gorman		122	125 (eliminated)
	Independent	Richard Murphy		71 (eliminated)
Electorate: - Valid: 3,704 Spoilt: - Quota: 741 Turnout: -

^ "The Coming Elections in Co. Kilkenny". Kilkenny Moderator. 21 February 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 18 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Elections in County Kilkenny". Kilkenny Moderator. 12 June 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 18 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.