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
Created2011
Abolished2016
Seats3
County councilCounty Limerick
Limerick
Former Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency
Location of Limerick within Ireland
Former constituency
Created1923
Abolished1948
Seats7
County/City councilCounty 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
DáilElectionDeputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)
4th1923[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)
5th1927 (Jun)[7] Gilbert Hewson
(Ind)		 Tadhg Crowley
(FF)		 James Colbert
(FF)		 George C. Bennett
(CnaG)		 Michael Keyes
(Lab)
6th1927 (Sep)[8] Daniel Bourke
(FF)		 John Nolan
(CnaG)
7th1932[9] James Reidy
(CnaG)		 Robert Ryan
(FF)		 John O'Shaughnessy
(FP)
8th1933[10] Donnchadh Ó Briain
(FF)		 Michael Keyes
(Lab)
9th1937[11] John O'Shaughnessy
(FG)		 Michael Colbert
(FF)		 George C. Bennett
(FG)
10th1938[12] James Reidy
(FG)		 Tadhg Crowley
(FF)
11th1943[13]
12th1944[14] Michael Colbert
(FF)
13th1948 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
DáilElectionDeputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)
31st2011[15] Niall Collins
(FF)		 Dan Neville
(FG)		 Patrick O'Donovan
(FG)
32nd2016 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]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
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 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 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 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 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 Seán Hayes 2,110 3.3
    Labour 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Patrick Clancy 4,447 7.8 4
    Labour 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 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 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]
    PartyCandidateFPv%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 Matthew Murphy 3,382 6.7
      Labour 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 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 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

      References
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