Limerick County (Dáil constituency)

Limerick County
Limerick County
Dáil constituency
	Location of Limerick County within Ireland
Major settlements	Abbeyfeale; Kilmallock; Newcastle West; Rathkeale;
Current constituency
Created	2016
Seats	3
TDs	Niall Collins (FF); Richard O'Donoghue (II); Patrick O'Donovan (FG);
Local government area	Limerick City and County
Created from	Kerry North–West Limerick; Limerick;
EP constituency	South

Limerick County is a parliamentary constituency that has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election. The constituency elects three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The Constituency Commission proposed in its 2012 report that at the next general election a new constituency called Limerick County be created from territory then in the constituencies of Kerry North–West Limerick and Limerick.^[1] This was adopted under the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 which came into effect at the 2016 general election. The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that no change be made at the next general election.^[2]

For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:^[3]

"The city and county of Limerick, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituency of Limerick City."

Changes to the Limerick County constituency
Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
2016–2020	3	The city and county of Limerick, except the parts in the constituency of Limerick City.^[4]^[5]	Created from Limerick constituency, with the additions of electoral divisions in County Limerick previously part of the Kerry North–West Limerick constituency; transfer of the electoral divisions of Abington, Ballybricken, Caherconlish East, Caherconlish West, Cappamore, Clonkeen, Doon West, Glenstal, Roxborough in the former rural district of Limerick No. 1, and Bilboa the former Tipperary No. 2 Rural District to the Limerick City constituency.^[6]
2020–	3		Transfer of the electoral divisions of Cappamore, Doon West and Bilboa from the Limerick City constituency.^[7]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick County 2016–
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael II = Independent Ireland Ind = Independent
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
32nd	2016^[8]		Niall Collins (FF)		Patrick O'Donovan (FG)		Tom Neville (FG)
33rd	2020^[9]						Richard O'Donoghue (Ind)
34th	2024^[10]						Richard O'Donoghue (II)

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

^ *: Outgoing TD

2024 general election

2024 general election: Limerick County^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Fine Gael	*Patrick O'Donovan^[]**	25.4	11,563
	Independent Ireland	Richard O'Donoghue^[*]	23.2	10,540	10,576	10,591	10,640	10,663	10,782	10,815	11,034	11,468
	Fianna Fáil	Niall Collins^[*]	20.4	9,284	9,331	9,334	9,340	9,350	9,358	9,373	9,468	9,596	9,799	10,095	10,124	11,525
	Sinn Féin	Joanne Collins	13.2	6,005	6,010	6,022	6,037	6,074	6,119	6,335	6,398	6,602	6,899	7,251	7,288	7,505
	Fianna Fáil	Bridie Collins	3.7	1,687	1,695	1,697	1,699	1,706	1,713	1,722	1,750	1,809	1,947	2,088	2,096
	Fine Gael	Noreen Stokes	3.3	1,511	1,580	1,589	1,590	1,603	1,608	1,615	1,645	1,672	1,872	2,107	2,116	2,314
	Aontú	Michael Ryan	2.9	1,309	1,312	1,315	1,348	1,362	1,458	1,474	1,510	1,571	1,647
	Independent	Jim Barrett	2.0	913	918	921	940	964	993	1,013	1,070
	Green	Rob O'Donnell	1.9	873	876	880	886	942	951	1,063	1,084	1,120
	Independent	Richie Crehan	1.2	565	566	568	578	584	602	611
	PBP–Solidarity	Laura Fahey^[a]	0.9	413	413	422	424	471	478
	The Irish People	Lorraine O'Sullivan	0.6	281	281	282	377	392
	Irish Freedom	Donna O'Loughlin	0.6	256	256	258
	Party for Animal Welfare	Gerben Uunk	0.6	254	255	266	277
	Independent	April Sheehan Corkery	0.2	82	82
Electorate: 75,018 Valid: 45,536 Spoilt: 332 Quota: 11,385 Turnout: 61.1%

^ Fahey is a member of People Before Profit.

2020 general election

2020 general election: Limerick County^[9]^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Donovan^[*]	20.0	9,228	9,458	9,952	10,893	15,552
	Fianna Fáil	Niall Collins^[*]	18.4	8,436	8,631	8,885	11,870
	Sinn Féin	Séighin Ó Ceallaigh	15.0	6,916	7,204	7,814	8,125	8,579	8,955
	Independent	Richard O'Donoghue	13.1	6,021	6,599	7,050	7,647	8,587	10,320
	Fine Gael	Tom Neville^[*]	12.6	5,810	5,970	6,358	6,765
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Collins	11.2	5,150	5,320	5,532
	Green	Claire Keating	5.4	2,503	2,688
	Aontú	Conor O'Donoghue	1.5	714
	Independent	Robert O'Donnell	0.9	402
	Independent	Con Cremin	0.8	373
	Renua	John Dalton	0.7	313
	National Party	Cristín Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh	0.5	224
Electorate: 72,165 Valid: 46,090 Spoilt: 409 Quota: 11,523 Turnout: 46,499 (64.4%)

2016 general election

2016 general election: Limerick County^[14]^[15]^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Niall Collins^[*]	27.6	12,276
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Donovan^[*]	19.1	8,479	8,637	8,712	9,183	9,498	10,291
	Fine Gael	Tom Neville	18.0	8,013	8,214	8,291	8,874	9,217	10,369
	Independent	Emmett O'Brien	12.2	5,432	5,737	5,879	6,676	7,569	9,481
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Browne	7.5	3,347	3,465	3,550	3,783
	Social Democrats	James Heffernan	7.4	3,270	3,463	3,698	4,319	5,662
	Independent	Richard O'Donoghue	6.4	2,855	3,021	3,118
	Green	Alexander Storey Cosgrave	0.7	311	321
	Direct Democracy	Mark Keogh	0.5	222	231
	Independent	John O'Gorman	0.5	207	219
Electorate: 67,633 Valid: 44,412 Spoilt: 336 Quota: 11,104 Turnout: 44,748 (66.16%)

References

^ "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Limerick – Kerry area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
^ "Constituency Review Report 2023" (PDF). Electoral Commission. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023, Schedule (No. 40 of 2023, Schedule). Enacted on 19 December 2023. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 16 February 2024.
^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 16 May 2022.
^ Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 16 May 2022.
^ "Constituency Commission Report 2012: Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. p. 73. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
^ "Constituency Commission Report 2017" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 27 June 2017. p. 72. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "General election 2016: Limerick County". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "General election 2020: Limerick County". Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "General election 2024: Limerick County". Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ "General Election 2024 Results – Limerick County". RTÉ News. December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ "General Election 2020 Results – Limerick County". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "Limerick County: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^ "Limerick County Results 2016". Irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "Limerick County Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019.

[PBP-12] Fahey is a member of People Before Profit.

[1] "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Limerick – Kerry area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2013.

[2] "Constituency Review Report 2023" (PDF). Electoral Commission. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.

[ea-2023-3] Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023, Schedule (No. 40 of 2023, Schedule). Enacted on 19 December 2023. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 16 February 2024.

[4] Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013, Schedule (No. 7 of 2013, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 16 May 2022.

[ea-2017-5] Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017, Schedule (No. 39 of 2017, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 16 May 2022.

[6] "Constituency Commission Report 2012: Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 21 June 2012. p. 73. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.

[7] "Constituency Commission Report 2017" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 27 June 2017. p. 72. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[ei-limerickcounty-2016-8] "General election 2016: Limerick County". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

[ei-limerickcounty-2020-9] "General election 2020: Limerick County". Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.

[ei-limerickcounty-2024-10] "General election 2024: Limerick County". Retrieved 7 December 2024.

[RTE_limerickcounty_2024-11] "General Election 2024 Results – Limerick County". RTÉ News. December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.

[13] "General Election 2020 Results – Limerick County". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[14] "Limerick County: 2020 General Election". Irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

[15] "Limerick County Results 2016". Irelandelection.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[16] "Limerick County Results 2016". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019.

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Limerick County (Dáil constituency)

History and boundaries

TDs

Elections

2024 general election

2020 general election

2016 general election

See also

References

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