County Limerick (UK Parliament constituency)

County Limerick
County Limerick
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
County	County Limerick
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Limerick (IHC)
Replaced by	East Limerick; West Limerick;

County Limerick 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.

Quick facts 1801–1885, Seats ...

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	Tory^[1]
1818, 8 July		Windham Quin, later Earl of Dunraven & Mt Earl	Tory^[1]	Richard FitzGibbon, later Earl of Clare	Whig^[1]^[2]
1820, 30 March		Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore	Whig^[1]
1826, 23 Jun		Thomas Lloyd	Tory^[1]
1830, 2 Feb		Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore^[3]	Whig^[1]
1830, 3 May		James Hewitt Massy Dawson	Tory^[4]
1830, 10 Aug		Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore	Whig^[1]
1835, 15 Jan		William Smith O'Brien^[5]	Whig^[1]^[6]^[2]
1841, 10 Jul			Whig^[1]^[6]^[2]	Caleb Powell	Whig^[1]
1847, 14 Aug			Irish Confederation^[7]	William Monsell, later Baron Emly	Peelite^[8]^[9]^[10]
1849, 1 Jun		Samuel Dickson	Peelite^[11]
1850, 14 Dec		Wyndham Goold	Whig^[12]^[13]^[14]
1854, Dec		Stephen de Vere	Whig^[15]
1859, 16 May		Samuel Auchmuty Dickson	Conservative^[7]		Liberal^[7]
1865, 19 Jul		Edward John Synan	Liberal^[7]		Liberal^[7]
1874, 11 Feb		Edward John Synan	Home Rule^[7]	William Henry O'Sullivan	Home Rule^[7]
1885	Constituency divided: see East Limerick and West Limerick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Standish O'Grady	902	56.8
	Tory	James Hewitt Massy Dawson	687	43.2
Majority			215	13.6	N/A
Turnout			1,589	50.6
Registered electors			3,142
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Richard FitzGibbon, 3rd Earl of Clare	Unopposed
	Whig	Standish O'Grady	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,142
	Whig hold
	Whig gain from Tory

	Candidate	Votes
Whig	Richard FitzGibbon, 3rd Earl of Clare	Unopposed
Whig	Standish O'Grady	Unopposed
Whig hold
Whig hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Richard FitzGibbon, 3rd Earl of Clare	1,056	29.3
	Whig	Standish O'Grady	1,040	28.8
	Irish Repeal	Godfrey Massey	760	21.1
	Irish Repeal	Alexander McCarthy	751	20.8
Majority			280	7.7
Turnout			1,889	73.6
Registered electors			2,565
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

Boundaries

General election 1847: County Limerick^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	William Monsell	588	30.3	*N/A*
	Irish Confederate	William Smith O'Brien	482	24.9	*New*
	Irish Repeal	Caleb Powell	458	23.6	New
	Irish Repeal	George John O'Connell	407	21.0	New
	Irish Repeal	Patrick Carroll	4	0.2	New
Turnout			970 (est)	54.1 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			1,793
Majority			130	6.7	N/A
	Peelite gain from Whig		Swing	N/A
Majority			24	1.3	N/A
	Irish Confederate gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

By-election, 14 December 1850: County Limerick^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Wyndham Goold	239	42.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Samuel Auchmuty Dickson	199	35.2	N/A
	Tenant Right League	Michael Ryan^[14]	128	22.6	New
Majority			40	7.0	N/A
Turnout			566	31.6	−22.5
Registered electors			1,793
	Whig gain from Irish Confederate		Swing	N/A

General election 1859: County Limerick^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Monsell	4,020	44.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Samuel Auchmuty Dickson	2,626	29.1	*N/A*
	Liberal	Edward John Synan	2,369	26.3	N/A
Turnout			4,508 (est)	69.6 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			6,481
Majority			1,394	15.5	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing
Majority			257	2.8	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

General election 1874: County Limerick^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	William Henry O'Sullivan	3,521	47.8	*New*
	Home Rule	Edward John Synan	2,856	38.7	*New*
	Home Rule	John James Kelly	995	13.5	New
Majority			1,861	25.2	N/A
Turnout			3,686 (est)	58.5 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			6,300
	Home Rule gain from Liberal
	Home Rule gain from Liberal