Education
He was educated at Clongowes Wood.
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Denis Kilbride
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Career
Kilbride was evicted, along with other subtenants of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, was evicted from his 500-acre (20 km2) holding during the Luggacurran evictions, Stradbally, County Laois, in March 1887. Kilbride"s rent was 760 pounds a year, although the holding was valued at only 450. Although he was a large tenant, he and other tenants adopted the Plan of Campaign.
To raise awareness of the evictions, Kilbride travelled with William O"Brien to Canada, where the Marquess of Lansdowne was governor general, and the United States of America. In August 1902, he was charged under the Offences against the Person Acting 1861 with incitement to murder - during the course of a speech against an eviction - of Major-General Devinish Meares.
That December, he was found guilty and sentenced to eight months" imprisonment. After the passing of the Evicted Tenants Acting, 1908, some of this holding, but not his house, was returned to him.
He died at his residence in Luggacurran in 1924 aged 76 and was buried in Clopook cemetery.
Membership
24th United Kingdom Parliament. 25th United Kingdom Parliament. 26th United Kingdom Parliament.
27th United Kingdom Parliament.
28th United Kingdom Parliament. 29th United Kingdom Parliament.
30th United Kingdom Parliament.
