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Limerick was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which was represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. Covering Limerick city and all of County Limerick, it existed from 1923–1948. It elected seven deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History
The constituency was created in 1923, under the Electoral Act 1923, for the 1923 general election to Dáil Éireann, whose members formed the 4th Dáil. The constituency returned seven Teachtaí Dála.
It succeeded the constituencies of Limerick City–Limerick East and Kerry–Limerick West which were used to elect members to the 2nd and 3rd Dála.
It was abolished under the Electoral Amendment Act 1947, when it was replaced by the two new constituencies of Limerick East and Limerick West.
TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick 1923–1948 | |||||||||||||||
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Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||||||
| 4th | 1923 | Richard Hayes (CnaG) |
James Ledden (CnaG) |
Seán Carroll (SF) |
James Colbert (SF) |
John Nolan (CnaG) |
Patrick Clancy (Lab) |
Patrick Hogan (FP) | |||||||
| 1924 by-election | Richard O'Connell (CnaG) | ||||||||||||||
| 5th | 1927 (Jun) | Gilbert Hewson (Ind) |
Tadhg Crowley (FF) |
James Colbert (FF) |
George C. Bennett (CnaG) |
Michael Keyes (Lab) | |||||||||
| 6th | 1927 (Sep) | Daniel Bourke (FF) |
John Nolan (CnaG) | ||||||||||||
| 7th | 1932 | James Reidy (CnaG) |
Robert Ryan (FF) |
John O'Shaughnessy (FP) | |||||||||||
| 8th | 1933 | Donnchadh Ó Briain (FF) |
Michael Keyes (Lab) | ||||||||||||
| 9th | 1937 | John O'Shaughnessy (FG) |
Michael Colbert (FF) |
George C. Bennett (FG) | |||||||||||
| 10th | 1938 | James Reidy (FG) |
Tadhg Crowley (FF) | ||||||||||||
| 11th | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
| 12th | 1944 | 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.
Elections
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See also
- List of historic Dáil Éireann constituencies
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
References
- Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918-92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286.
External links
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| Parliament of Ireland to 1800 |
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| Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918 |
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| Dáil Éireann 1918–present |
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| European Parliament 1979–present | |||||||
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