Limerick (Dáil constituency)

Limerick was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 2011 to 2016. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV). Another constituency of the same name existed between 1923 and 1948.

Limerick
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Limerick within Ireland
Former constituency
Created	2011
Abolished	2016
Seats	3
County council	County Limerick

Limerick
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Limerick within Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1923
Abolished	1948
Seats	7
County/City council	County Limerick Limerick City

History and boundaries

1923–1948

The constituency was first created as a 7-seater under the Electoral Act 1923 for the 1923 general election to Dáil Éireann; those elected comprised the 4th Dáil. It succeeded the constituencies of Limerick City–Limerick East and Kerry–Limerick West which were used to elect members to the 2nd Dáil and the 3rd Dáil.

It covered Limerick city and all of County Limerick.[1] It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, when it was replaced by the two new constituencies of Limerick East and Limerick West.

2011–2016

The Constituency Commission proposed in 2007 that at the next general election a new constituency called Limerick be created.[2]

It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009[3] when it partially replaced the former constituencies of Limerick East and Limerick West. Most of the rural parts of the Limerick East constituency were transferred to the Limerick constituency and the western parts of the Limerick West constituency were transferred to the Kerry North–West Limerick constituency. It was represented only at the 2011 general election, electing 3 TDs.

The 2009 Act defined the constituency as:

"The county of Limerick, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Limerick City and Kerry North–West Limerick."[3]

It was abolished at the 2016 general election and replaced by the Limerick County constituency.

TDs

TDs 1923–1948

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick 1923–1948[4]
Key to parties   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   FP = Farmers' Party   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Lab = Labour Party   Rep = Republican
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
4th	1923[5]		Richard Hayes (CnaG)		James Ledden (CnaG)		Seán Carroll (Rep)		James Colbert (Rep)		John Nolan (CnaG)		Patrick Clancy (Lab)		Patrick Hogan (FP)
	1924 by-election[6]		Richard O'Connell (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)[7]				Gilbert Hewson (Ind)		Tadhg Crowley (FF)		James Colbert (FF)		George C. Bennett (CnaG)				Michael Keyes (Lab)
6th	1927 (Sep)[8]				Daniel Bourke (FF)										John Nolan (CnaG)
7th	1932[9]		James Reidy (CnaG)										Robert Ryan (FF)		John O'Shaughnessy (FP)
8th	1933[10]								Donnchadh Ó Briain (FF)						Michael Keyes (Lab)
9th	1937[11]		John O'Shaughnessy (FG)				Michael Colbert (FF)				George C. Bennett (FG)
10th	1938[12]		James Reidy (FG)				Tadhg Crowley (FF)
11th	1943[13]
12th	1944[14]						Michael Colbert (FF)
13th	1948	Constituency abolished. See Limerick East and Limerick West

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

TDs 2011–2016

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick 2011–2016
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
31st	2011[15]		Niall Collins (FF)		Dan Neville (FG)		Patrick O'Donovan (FG)
32nd	2016	Constituency abolished. See Limerick County

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

2011 general election

2011 general election: Limerick[15]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Niall Collins	20.8	9,361	9,488	9,753	10,809
	Fine Gael	Dan Neville	20.4	9,176	9,347	10,691	11,728
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Donovan	19.1	8,597	8,793	10,351	11,316
	Labour Party	James Heffernan	17.6	7,910	8,236	8,893	10,104
	Independent	John Dillon	9.8	4,395	4,767	5,075
	Fine Gael	William O'Donnell	9.2	4,152	4,222
	Independent	Con Cremin	1.0	430
	Independent	Seamus Sherlock	0.9	419
	Green Party	Stephen Wall	0.8	354
	Independent	Patrick O'Doherty	0.5	247
Electorate: 65,083   Valid: 45,041   Spoilt: 471 (1.0%)   Quota: 11,261   Turnout: 45,512 (69.9%)

1944 general election

1944 general election: Limerick[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Bourke	8,415	14.1	1	1
	Labour Party	Michael Keyes	8,159	13.7	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Donnchadh Ó Briain	7,481	12.5	3	1
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Ryan	5,865	9.8	4
	Fine Gael	James Reidy	5,762	9.7	5
	Fine Gael	George C. Bennett	5,291	8.9	7
	Fianna Fáil	Tadhg Crowley	5,182	8.7
	Independent	Patrick Fitzsimons	4,950	8.3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Colbert	4,852	8.1	6
	Fine Gael	David Madden	3,754	6.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 59,711   Quota: 7,464   Turnout:

1943 general election

1943 general election: Limerick[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Bourke	9,324	14.4	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Donnchadh Ó Briain	8,131	12.6	2	1
	Labour Party	Michael Keyes	7,578	11.7	3
	Fine Gael	James Reidy	6,234	9.6	5
	Fianna Fáil	Tadhg Crowley	5,072	7.8	4
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Ryan	4,701	7.3	7
	Fine Gael	George C. Bennett	4,529	7.0	6
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Hartney	3,116	4.8
	Fine Gael	Timothy O'Connell	2,675	4.1
	Independent	Patrick Fitzsimons	2,601	4.0
	Fine Gael	John MacNamara	2,513	3.9
	Fine Gael	Denis Quish	2,351	3.6
	Independent	Con Ryan	2,195	3.4
	Labour Party	Seán Hayes	2,110	3.3
	Labour Party	Patrick Costelloe	1,645	2.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 64,775   Quota: 8,097   Turnout:

1938 general election

1938 general election: Limerick[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	James Reidy	9,812	14.6	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Bourke	9,058	13.5	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Donnchadh Ó Briain	8,099	12.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	Tadhg Crowley	7,217	10.7	4
	Fine Gael	George C. Bennett	6,474	9.6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Ryan	6,117	9.1	5
	Labour Party	Michael Keyes	5,836	8.7	6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Colbert	5,741	8.6
	Fine Gael	John O'Shaughnessy	5,726	8.5
	Labour Party	Seán Quinn	2,179	3.2
	Fine Gael	Michael Burke	924	1.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 67,183   Quota: 8,398   Turnout:

1937 general election

1937 general election: Limerick[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour Party	Michael Keyes	11,011	16.8	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Bourke	8,106	12.4	2
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Colbert	6,955	10.6	5
	Fine Gael	George C. Bennett	6,131	9.4	3
	Fine Gael	James Reidy	5,834	8.9
	Fianna Fáil	Donnchadh Ó Briain	5,663	8.6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Ryan	4,698	7.2	6
	Fianna Fáil	Tadhg Crowley	4,544	6.9
	Fine Gael	John O'Shaughnessy	4,361	6.7	4
	Fine Gael	Timothy O'Connell	3,537	5.4
	Fine Gael	Liam Fraher	3,339	5.1
	Independent	Thomas Lloyd	1,343	2.1
Electorate: ?   Valid: 65,522   Quota: 8,191   Turnout:

1933 general election

1933 general election: Limerick[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Bourke	7,980	12.1	5
	Fianna Fáil	Donnchadh Ó Briain	7,383	11.2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Ryan	6,956	10.6	6
	Fianna Fáil	Tadhg Crowley	6,536	9.9	4
	Fianna Fáil	James Colbert	5,803	8.8
	Labour Party	Michael Keyes	5,798	8.8	7
	Cumann na nGaedheal	George C. Bennett	5,791	8.8	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Reidy	5,443	8.3	2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Nolan	4,265	6.5
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Richard O'Connell	3,560	5.4
	National Centre Party	John O'Shaughnessy	3,388	5.1
	National Centre Party	John Carty	3,010	4.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 65,913   Quota: 8,240   Turnout:

1932 general election

1932 general election: Limerick[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Bourke	7,677	12.4	1
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Ryan	6,645	10.8	3
	Fianna Fáil	James Colbert	6,100	9.9	2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	George C. Bennett	5,919	9.6	4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Reidy	5,088	8.2	6
	Fianna Fáil	Tadhg Crowley	4,966	8.0	5
	Farmers' Party	John O'Shaughnessy	4,887	7.9	7
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Richard O'Connell	3,573	5.8
	Fianna Fáil	Donnchadh Ó Briain	3,334	5.4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Nolan	3,325	5.4
	Labour Party	Michael Keyes	3,101	5.0
	Independent	Patrick Clancy	2,105	3.4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	David Madden	2,045	3.3
	Independent	Gilbert Hewson	1,562	2.5
	Labour Party	Daniel Clancy	1,486	2.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 61,813   Quota: 7,727   Turnout:

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Limerick[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Cumann na nGaedheal	George C. Bennett	7,993	14.0	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	James Colbert	6,385	11.2	5
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Bourke	5,711	10.0	6
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Nolan	5,390	9.5	2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Richard O'Connell	5,354	9.4	3
	Fianna Fáil	Tadhg Crowley	4,625	8.1	7
	Labour Party	Patrick Clancy	4,447	7.8	4
	Labour Party	Michael Keyes	4,290	7.5
	Farmers' Party	Cornelius O'Sullivan	3,434	6.0
	Independent	Gilbert Hewson	3,352	5.9
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Ryan	3,049	5.4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Matthew Griffin	2,898	5.1
Electorate: ?   Valid: 56,928   Quota: 7,117   Turnout:

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Limerick[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	James Colbert	5,531	10.3	3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	George C. Bennett	5,165	9.6	2
	Fianna Fáil	Tadhg Crowley	4,865	9.1	1
	Labour Party	Michael Keyes	4,404	8.2	4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Richard O'Connell	4,225	7.9	5
	Fianna Fáil	Daniel Bourke	3,795	7.1
	Labour Party	Patrick Clancy	3,086	5.8	7
	Independent	Gilbert Hewson	3,054	5.7	6
	Farmers' Party	Cornelius O'Sullivan	2,623	4.9
	Independent	Matthew Murphy	2,594	4.8
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Nolan	2,446	4.6
	Independent	Michael Joyce	2,350	4.4
	Fianna Fáil	Robert Ryan	2,006	3.7
	Independent	Matthew Quillinan	1,848	3.4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Matthew Griffin	1,613	3.0
	Farmers' Party	William Condon	1,477	2.8
	Independent	John Smith	1,205	2.2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John O'Mahony	886	1.7
	Independent	John Coleman	503	0.9
Electorate: ?   Valid: 53,676   Quota: 6,710   Turnout:

1924 by-election

Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Richard Hayes, a by-election was held on 28 May 1924. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Richard O'Connell.

1924 by-election: Limerick[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Richard O'Connell	54.3	28,243
	Republican	Tadhg Crowley	45.7	23,738
Electorate: 79,000   Valid: 51,981   Quota: 25,991   Turnout: 65.8%

1923 general election

1923 general election: Limerick[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Richard Hayes	10,498	20.7	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Ledden	6,335	12.5	2	1
	Republican	Seán Carroll	5,946	11.7	3
	Republican	James Colbert	4,812	9.5	4
	Labour Party	Matthew Murphy	3,382	6.7
	Labour Party	Patrick Clancy	3,305	6.5	6
	Farmers' Party	Bartholomew Laffan	1,656	3.3
	Farmers' Party	John Quaid	1,619	3.2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Smith	1,547	3.0
	Labour Party	Michael Keyes	1,540	3.0
	Farmers' Party	Patrick Hogan	1,537	3.0	7
	Republican	Michael Colivet	1,519	3.0
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Nolan	1,476	2.9	5
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Walsh	1,234	2.4
	Farmers' Party	William O'Brien	1,143	2.3
	Republican	Kathleen O'Callaghan	1,097	2.2
	Independent	Michael Cleary	907	1.8
	Labour Party	James O'Brien	674	1.3
	Independent	William Larkin	466	0.9
	Independent	Anthony Mackey	114	0.2
Electorate: 79,340   Valid: 50,807   Quota: 6,351   Turnout: 64.0%

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1923: (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
2. "Constituency Commission: Report on Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies 2007" (PDF). The Stationery Office, Dublin. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
3. "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
4. Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
5. "General election 1923: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
6. "By-election 1924: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
7. "General election June 1927: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
8. "General election September 1927: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
9. "General election 1932: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
10. "General election 1933: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
11. "General election 1937: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
12. "General election 1938: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
13. "General election 1943: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
14. "General election 1944: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
15. "General election 2011: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 February 2011.

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database