Richard Sullivan was an Irish politician. Sullivan lived at Castlebamford in

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the ...

. At the

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, he stood for

. He won the seat as an

Irish Repeal The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell in 1830 to campaign for a repeal of the Acts of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland. The Association's aim was to revert Ireland to th ...

candidate, and in Parliament, he argued for the abolition of

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. He stood down in 1836 by accepting the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sullivan, Richard Year of birth missing Year of death missing Irish Repeal Association MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Kilkenny constituencies (1801–1922) Politicians from County Kilkenny UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837