East Limerick (UK Parliament constituency)

East Limerick
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Created from	County Limerick

East Limerick was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Limerick County constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Limerick.

Members of Parliament

Date	Name	Party	Born	Died	Age
Dec 1885	John Finucane	Nationalist¹	1843	23 Mar 1902	58
2 Oct 1900	William Lundon	Nationalist	1839	24 Mar 1909	69
10 Jun 1909	Thomas Lundon	Nationalist	21 Jun 1883	28 Oct 1951	68
14 Dec 1918	Richard Hayes	Sinn Féin

¹Anti-Parnellite Nationalist from 1891

Elections

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References

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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