Limerick (Dáil constituency) Dáil constituency (1923–1948, 2011–2016)
Limerick was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas elected on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). From 1923 to 1948, it represented the whole city and county of Limerick. On its second creation, from 2011 to 2016, it represented the rural part of the county of Limerick, other than in its neighbouring constituencies of Kerry North–West Limerick and Limerick City .
History and boundaries
1923–1948
The constituency was first created as a 7-seat constituency 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:[ 3]
It was abolished at the 2016 general election and replaced by the Limerick County constituency.
TDs
TDs 1923–1948
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
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
2
3
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
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] [ 16]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fianna Fáil
Daniel Bourke
14.1
8,415
Labour
Michael Keyes
13.7
8,159
Fianna Fáil
Donnchadh Ó Briain
12.5
7,481
Fianna Fáil
Robert Ryan
9.8
5,865
6,027
6,071
6,210
8,925
Fine Gael
James Reidy
9.6
5,762
5,835
7,181
7,382
7,572
Fine Gael
George C. Bennett
8.9
5,291
5,305
6,504
6,575
6,780
6,820
6,865
Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Crowley
8.7
5,182
5,383
5,476
5,586
Clann na Talmhan
Patrick Fitzsimons
8.3
4,950
4,955
5,763
5,832
6,090
6,121
6,158
Fianna Fáil
Michael Colbert
8.1
4,852
5,343
5,518
5,623
7,391
8,781
Fine Gael
David Madden
6.3
3,754
3,759
Electorate: 84,036 Valid: 59,711 Quota: 7,464 Turnout: 71.1%
1943 general election
1943 general election : Limerick[ 13] [ 16]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Fianna Fáil
Daniel Bourke
14.4
9,324
Fianna Fáil
Donnchadh Ó Briain
12.6
8,131
Labour
Michael Keyes
11.7
7,578
7,671
8,237
Fine Gael
James Reidy
9.6
6,234
6,300
6,312
6,315
6,422
6,671
7,253
7,476
7,573
8,787
Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Crowley
7.8
5,072
5,763
5,886
5,890
5,983
6,182
6,259
6,627
8,580
Fianna Fáil
Robert Ryan
7.3
4,701
4,874
4,885
4,886
5,111
5,169
5,288
5,748
6,378
6,487
6,546
6,580
Fine Gael
George C. Bennett
7.0
4,529
4,541
4,552
4,552
4,889
6,171
7,279
7,576
7,627
8,769
Fianna Fáil
Seán Hartney
4.8
3,116
3,237
3,298
3,303
3,335
3,351
3,413
3,535
Fine Gael
Timothy O'Connell
4.1
2,675
2,678
2,737
2,743
2,763
2,944
3,422
3,582
3,691
Clann na Talmhan
Patrick Fitzsimons
4.0
2,601
2,606
2,643
2,645
3,681
3,787
4,055
4,164
4,521
5,098
5,462
5,897
Fine Gael
John MacNamara
3.9
2,513
2,518
2,526
2,527
2,600
2,834
Fine Gael
Denis Quish
3.6
2,351
2,353
2,358
2,359
2,518
Clann na Talmhan
Con Ryan
3.4
2,195
2,208
2,209
2,210
Labour
Seán Hayes
3.3
2,110
2,117
2,862
2,978
3,053
3,153
3,197
Labour
Patrick Costelloe
2.5
1,645
1,681
Electorate: 84,036 Valid: 64,775 Quota: 8,097 Turnout: 77.1%
1938 general election
1938 general election : Limerick[ 12] [ 16]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Fine Gael
James Reidy
14.6
9,812
Fianna Fáil
Daniel Bourke
13.5
9,058
Fianna Fáil
Donnchadh Ó Briain
12.1
8,099
8,117
8,132
8,249
8,306
11,286
Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Crowley
10.7
7,217
7,242
7,305
7,668
7,774
10,206
Fine Gael
George C. Bennett
9.6
6,474
7,049
7,587
7,737
7,747
7,800
7,820
7,867
Fianna Fáil
Robert Ryan
9.1
6,117
6,142
6,165
6,324
6,400
6,699
9,056
Labour
Michael Keyes
8.7
5,836
6,036
6,086
7,327
7,371
7,729
7,879
8,323
Fianna Fáil
Michael Colbert
8.5
5,741
5,779
5,908
5,974
6,338
Fine Gael
John O'Shaughnessy
8.5
5,726
6,039
6,294
6,369
6,372
6,493
6,585
6,728
Labour
Seán Quinn
3.2
2,179
2,214
2,225
Fine Gael
Michael Burke
1.4
924
1,109
Electorate: 81,048 Valid: 67,183 Quota: 8,398 Turnout: 82.9%
1937 general election
1937 general election : Limerick[ 11] [ 16]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Labour
Michael Keyes
16.8
11,011
Fianna Fáil
Daniel Bourke
12.4
8,106
8,633
Fianna Fáil
Michael Colbert
10.6
6,955
7,428
7,497
7,690
7,732
7,882
7,889
7,891
9,578
Fine Gael
George C. Bennett
9.4
6,131
6,290
6,840
6,861
8,956
Fine Gael
James Reidy
8.9
5,834
6,165
6,276
6,332
6,670
7,230
7,475
7,714
7,872
7,902
Fianna Fáil
Donnchadh Ó Briain
8.6
5,663
5,944
6,002
6,045
6,075
6,303
6,309
6,310
7,079
7,948
Fianna Fáil
Robert Ryan
7.2
4,698
5,140
5,297
5,336
5,387
5,407
5,414
5,421
7,536
8,024
Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Crowley
6.9
4,544
4,900
4,953
5,038
5,129
5,162
5,175
5,176
Fine Gael
John O'Shaughnessy
6.7
4,361
4,430
4,565
4,566
5,038
7,954
8,441
Fine Gael
Timothy O'Connell
5.4
3,537
3,587
3,639
3,642
4,021
Fine Gael
Liam Fraher
5.1
3,339
3,402
3,563
3,564
Independent
Thomas Lloyd
2.0
1,343
1,412
Electorate: 81,397 Valid: 65,522 Quota: 8,191 Turnout: 80.5%
1933 general election
1933 general election : Limerick[ 10] [ 16]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Fianna Fáil
Daniel Bourke
12.1
7,980
8,002
8,019
8,057
8,075
8,079
8,620
Fianna Fáil
Donnchadh Ó Briain
11.2
7,383
7,410
7,431
7,507
7,518
7,523
9,594
Fianna Fáil
Robert Ryan
10.6
6,956
7,007
7,078
7,111
7,123
7,131
7,332
8,508
Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Crowley
9.9
6,536
6,616
6,641
6,679
6,685
6,688
9,130
Fianna Fáil
James Colbert
8.8
5,803
5,873
5,890
5,982
5,997
6,002
Labour
Michael Keyes
8.8
5,798
5,837
5,946
6,079
6,113
6,154
6,631
6,784
7,593
7,901
8,160
Cumann na nGaedheal
George C. Bennett
8.8
5,791
6,209
7,798
10,430
Cumann na nGaedheal
James Reidy
8.3
5,443
5,474
5,939
7,434
9,217
Cumann na nGaedheal
John Nolan
6.5
4,265
4,414
5,502
Cumann na nGaedheal
Richard O'Connell
5.4
3,560
3,725
National Centre Party
John O'Shaughnessy
5.1
3,388
5,326
5,611
6,524
6,835
7,746
7,927
7,952
8,033
8,062
8,071
National Centre Party
John Canty
4.6
3,010
Electorate: 78,350 Valid: 65,913 Quota: 8,240 Turnout: 84.1%
1932 general election
The number of and full figures for later counts are not available. Bennett, Bourke, Colbert, Crowley, O'Shaughnessy, Reidy and Ryan were all elected.
1932 general election : Limerick[ 9] [ 16]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Fianna Fáil
Daniel Bourke
12.4
7,677
7,775
Fianna Fáil
Robert Ryan
10.8
6,645
6,667
6,708
6,722
7,211
7,760
Fianna Fáil
James Colbert
9.9
6,100
6,270
6,371
6,443
6,834
8,452
Cumann na nGaedheal
George C. Bennett
9.6
5,919
5,951
6,298
6,649
6,826
6,866
N/A
Cumann na nGaedheal
James Reidy
8.2
5,088
5,142
5,208
5,495
5,537
5,572
N/A
Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Crowley
8.0
4,966
5,024
5,082
5,112
5,477
6,176
N/A
Farmers' Party
John O'Shaughnessy
7.9
4,887
4,903
5,417
5,647
5,757
6,065
N/A
Cumann na nGaedheal
Richard O'Connell
5.8
3,573
3,590
3,627
3,894
4,005
4,043
N/A
Fianna Fáil
Donnchadh Ó Briain
5.4
3,334
3,365
3,413
3,453
3,536
Cumann na nGaedheal
John Nolan
5.4
3,325
3,339
3,435
4,155
4,237
4,279
N/A
Labour
Michael Keyes
5.0
3,101
3,787
3,875
3,955
4,441
4,592
N/A
Independent
Patrick Clancy
3.4
2,105
2,324
2,368
2,420
Cumann na nGaedheal
David Madden
3.3
2,045
2,067
2,178
Independent
Gilbert Hewson
2.5
1,562
1,585
Labour
Daniel Clancy
2.4
1,486
Electorate: 76,959 Valid: 61,813 Quota: 7,727 Turnout: 80.3%
September 1927 general election
September 1927 general election : Limerick[ 8] [ 16]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Cumann na nGaedheal
George C. Bennett
14.0
7,993
Fianna Fáil
James Colbert
11.2
6,385
6,404
6,592
6,617
6,617
7,020
7,080
7,270
Fianna Fáil
Daniel Bourke
10.0
5,711
5,764
6,720
6,773
6,774
6,837
6,856
7,221
Cumann na nGaedheal
John Nolan
9.5
5,390
5,518
5,544
7,306
Cumann na nGaedheal
Richard O'Connell
9.4
5,354
5,508
5,612
6,429
6,594
8,189
Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Crowley
8.1
4,625
4,639
5,825
5,867
5,868
5,955
6,033
6,405
7,376
Labour
Patrick Clancy
7.8
4,447
4,508
4,740
4,803
4,804
4,921
4,981
8,440
Labour
Michael Keyes
7.5
4,290
4,309
4,446
4,626
4,631
4,790
4,867
Farmers' Party
Cornelius O'Sullivan
6.0
3,434
3,451
3,539
3,612
3,621
Independent
Gilbert Hewson
5.9
3,352
3,410
3,493
3,698
3,705
4,635
5,303
5,492
5,844
Fianna Fáil
Robert Ryan
5.4
3,049
3,054
Cumann na nGaedheal
Matthew Griffin
5.1
2,898
3,246
3,268
Electorate: 79,765 Valid: 56,928 Quota: 7,117 Turnout: 71.4%
June 1927 general election
June 1927 general election : Limerick[ 7] [ 16]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Fianna Fáil
James Colbert
10.3
5,531
5,554
5,585
5,595
5,607
5,632
5,716
5,899
6,605
6,689
6,724
Cumann na nGaedheal
George C. Bennett
9.6
5,165
5,185
5,265
5,466
6,041
6,245
6,517
6,586
6,660
7,170
Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Crowley
9.1
4,865
4,940
4,954
5,062
5,082
5,267
5,364
6,568
6,762
Labour
Michael Keyes
8.2
4,404
4,412
4,436
4,483
4,601
4,629
4,892
4,970
5,431
6,617
6,620
6,689
6,692
6,828
Cumann na nGaedheal
Richard O'Connell
7.9
4,228
4,248
4,379
4,502
4,816
5,011
5,148
5,262
5,348
5,520
5,520
5,585
5,585
6,045
6,054
6,122
8,660
Fianna Fáil
Daniel Bourke
7.1
3,795
3,806
3,812
3,817
3,828
3,838
3,889
4,071
4,115
4,183
4,186
4,197
4,202
4,366
4,370
Labour
Patrick Clancy
5.7
3,086
3,103
3,109
3,195
3,218
3,356
3,478
3,685
3,958
4,211
4,217
4,259
4,262
4,391
4,435
5,757
5,901
6,213
Independent
Gilbert Hewson
5.7
3,054
3,127
3,229
3,352
3,424
3,653
3,848
3,947
4,165
4,443
4,445
4,515
4,517
5,610
5,623
5,881
6,704
7,326
Farmers' Party
Cornelius O'Sullivan
4.9
2,623
2,635
2,697
2,723
2,737
3,048
3,188
3,248
3,605
3,693
3,695
3,715
3,716
Independent
Matthew Murphy
4.8
2,594
2,615
2,683
2,697
2,710
2,724
2,790
2,803
Cumann na nGaedheal
John Nolan
4.6
2,446
2,463
2,717
2,793
3,040
3,109
3,254
3,270
3,461
3,567
3,568
3,726
3,726
4,584
4,595
4,653
National League
Michael Joyce
4.4
2,350
2,438
2,452
2,464
2,566
2,603
2,936
2,964
3,022
Fianna Fáil
Robert Ryan
3.7
2,006
2,025
2,027
2,104
2,117
2,275
2,369
Independent
Matthew Quillinan
3.4
1,848
1,852
1,877
1,945
2,032
2,081
Cumann na nGaedheal
Matthew Griffin
3.0
1,613
1,627
1,658
1,665
Farmers' Party
William Condon
2.8
1,477
1,527
1,542
1,718
1,736
Independent
John Smith
2.2
1,205
1,208
1,213
Cumann na nGaedheal
John O'Mahony
1.7
886
890
National League
John Coleman
0.9
503
Electorate: 79,765 Valid: 53,679 Quota: 6,710 Turnout: 67.3%
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.
1923 general election
Full figures for the remaining 16 counts are not available. The following are the number of votes unsuccessful candidates had at the time of their elimination though the counts which some eliminations occurred are unknown due to data being unavailable; Mackey 143, Larkin 509, J. O'Brien 766, Cleary 996, O'Callaghan 1,159, W. O'Brien 1,273, Walshe 1,706, Laffin 2,197, Colivet 2,249, Quaide 2,468, Keyes 2,808 and Smyth 3,509
Michael Gallagher notes[ 16] that newspapers at the time reported there was a 'discrepancy' with the original first count results, leading to a recount. The results below are of the first count which occurred so may not be fully accurate, the results of the recount are unavailable.
1923 general election : Limerick[ 5] [ 16]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Cumann na nGaedheal
Richard Hayes
20.7
10,498
Cumann na nGaedheal
James Ledden
12.5
6,335
8,256
Republican
Seán Carroll
11.7
5,946
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
6,451
Republican
James Colbert
9.5
4,842
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
7,081
Labour
Matthew Murphy
6.6
3,332
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
4,774
Labour
Patrick Clancy
6.5
3,305
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
5,360
Farmers' Party
Bartholomew Laffan
3.3
1,656
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Farmers' Party
John Quaide
3.2
1,619
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Labour
Michael Keyes
3.0
1,549
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Cumann na nGaedheal
John Smyth
3.0
1,547
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Farmers' Party
Patrick Hogan
3.0
1,537
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
5,932
Republican
Michael Colivet
3.0
1,519
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Cumann na nGaedheal
John Nolan
2.9
1,476
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
7,361 or 7,631
Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick Walshe
2.5
1,254
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Farmers' Party
William O'Brien
2.2
1,143
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Republican
Kathleen O'Callaghan
2.2
1,097
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1,159
Independent
Michael Cleary
1.8
907
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
996
Labour
James O'Brien
1.3
674
N/A
N/A
N/A
766
Independent
William Larkin
0.9
466
N/A
N/A
509
Independent
Anthony Mackey
0.2
114
N/A
143
Electorate: 79,340 Valid: 50,816 Quota: 6,353 Turnout: 64.1%
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