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

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd 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 Richard FitzGibbon, later Earl of Clare Whig[1]
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[2] Whig[1]
1830, 3 May James Hewitt Massy Dawson
1830, 10 Aug Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore Whig[1]
1835, 15 Jan William Smith O'Brien[3] Whig[1][4]
1841, 10 Jul Caleb Powell Whig[1]
1847, 14 Aug Irish Confederation[5] William Monsell, later Baron Emly Peelite[6][7][8]
1849, 1 Jun Samuel Dickson Peelite[9]
1850, 14 Dec Wyndham Goold Whig[10][11][12]
1854, Dec Stephen de Vere Whig[13]
1859, 16 May Samuel Auchmuty Dickson Conservative[5] Liberal[5]
1865, 19 Jul Edward John Synan Liberal[5]
1874, 11 Feb Home Rule[5] William Henry O'Sullivan Home Rule[5]
1885 Constituency divided: see East Limerick and West Limerick

Elections

Elections in the 1850s

Dickson's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 14 December 1850: County Limerick[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Wyndham Goold 239 42.2
Conservative Samuel Auchmuty Dickson 199 35.2
Tenant Right League Michael Ryan[12] 128 22.6
Majority 40 7.1 N/A
Turnout 566 31.6
Registered electors 1,793
Whig gain from Irish Confederate Swing
General Election 1852: County Limerick[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Peelite William Monsell Unopposed
Whig Wyndham Goold Unopposed
Registered electors 5,079
Peelite hold
Whig gain from Irish Confederate

Monsell was appointed a clerk of ordnance, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 12 January 1853: County Limerick[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Peelite William Monsell Unopposed
Registered electors 6,249
Peelite hold

Goold's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 26 December 1854: County Limerick[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Stephen de Vere Unopposed
Whig hold

Monsell was appointed President of the Board of Health, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 17 February 1857: County Limerick[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Peelite William Monsell Unopposed
Registered electors 6,428
Peelite hold
General Election 1857: County Limerick[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Peelite William Monsell Unopposed
Whig Wyndham Goold Unopposed
Registered electors 6,428
Peelite hold
Whig hold
General Election 1859: County Limerick[5]
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 2.9 N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: County Limerick[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Monsell Unopposed
Liberal Edward John Synan Unopposed
Registered electors 6,318
Liberal hold
Liberal gain from Conservative

Monsell was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 1 March 1866: County Limerick[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Monsell Unopposed
Registered electors 6,318
Liberal hold
General Election 1868: County Limerick[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Monsell Unopposed
Liberal Edward John Synan Unopposed
Registered electors 6,571
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

Monsell was appointed Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 28 Jan 1871: County Limerick[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Monsell Unopposed
Registered electors 6,489
Liberal hold
General Election 1874: County Limerick[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule William Henry O'Sullivan 3,521 47.8 N/A
Home Rule Edward John Synan 2,856 38.7 N/A
Home Rule John James Kelly 995 13.5 N/A
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

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: County Limerick[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule Edward John Synan Unopposed
Home Rule League (Parnellite) William Henry O'Sullivan Unopposed
Registered electors 6,072
Home Rule hold
Home Rule hold
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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 232. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ O'Grady's s name was erased from the return and that of James Hewitt Massy Dawson substituted 3 May 1830
  3. ↑ O'Brien was found guilty of high treason in Oct 1848
  4. ↑ "Limerick Chronicle". 4 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  6. ↑ "Election Details". The Examiner. 14 August 1847. pp. 8–11. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ "Northern Whig". 14 August 1847. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ Potter, Matthew. "William Monsell, First Baron Emly of Terboe" (PDF). The Old Limerick Journal: 58–63. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "State of the Country". Westmeath Independent. 2 June 1849. p. 3. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "Ireland". Reading Mercury. 21 December 1850. p. 4. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  11. ↑ "The League in Limerick". Dublin Weekly Nation. 14 December 1850. p. 8. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  12. 1 2 "Weekly Retrospect". Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury. 21 December 1850. p. 5. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  13. ↑ "Morning Advertiser". 1 December 1854. p. 5. Retrieved 5 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).

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