County Limerick (UK Parliament constituency)

Limerick County
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Replaced by	East Limerick and West Limerick

County Limerick, also known as Limerick County, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Limerick, except for the Parliamentary borough of Limerick.

Members of Parliament

Year	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1801, 1 Jan		John Waller		William Odell
1802, 22 July		Charles Silver Oliver
1806, 22 November		Windham Quin, later Earl of Dunraven & Mt Earl
1818, 8 July		Windham Quin, later Earl of Dunraven & Mt Earl		Richard FitzGibbon, later Earl of Clare	Whig
1820, 30 March		Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore
1826, 23 Jun		Thomas Lloyd
1830, 2 Feb		Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore^[1]
1830, 3 May		James Hewitt Massy Dawson
1830, 10 Aug		Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore
1835, 15 Jan		William Smith O'Brien^[2]	Conservative
1841, 10 Jul			Conservative	Caleb Powell
1847, 14 Aug			Repeal Association	William Monsell, later Baron Emly	Liberal
1849, 1 Jun		Samuel Dickson
1850, 14 Dec		Wyndham Goold
1854, Dec		Stephen de Vere	Liberal
1859, 16 May		Samuel Auchmuty Dickson
1865, 19 Jul		Edward John Synan
1874, 11 Feb		Edward John Synan		William Henry O'Sullivan
1885	Constituency divided: see East Limerick and West Limerick

Elections

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Notes

↑ O'Grady's s name was erased from the return and that of James Hewitt Massy Dawson substituted 3 May 1830
↑ O'Brien was found guilty of high treason in Oct 1848

References

The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Limerick and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Askeaton (1614–1800) Kilmallock (1613–1800) Limerick City (1264–1800) Limerick County (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Limerick County (1801–85) Limerick City (1801–1922) East Limerick (1885–1922) West Limerick (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Kerry–Limerick West (1921–23) Limerick City–Limerick East (1921–23) Limerick (1923–48, 2011–16) Limerick East (1948–2011) Limerick West (1948–2011) Kerry North–West Limerick (2011–16) Limerick City (2011–) Limerick County (2016–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Munster (1979–2004) South (2004–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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