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.
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This constituency comprised County Limerick, except for the parliamentary borough of Limerick, which was formed the Limerick City constituency.
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Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party |
1801, 1 Jan |
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John Waller |
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William Odell |
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1802, 22 July |
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Charles Silver Oliver |
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1806, 22 November |
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Windham Quin, later Earl of Dunraven & Mt Earl |
Tory[1] |
1818, 8 July |
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Richard FitzGibbon, later Earl of Clare |
Whig[1][2] |
1820, 30 March |
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Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore |
Whig[1] |
1826, 23 Jun |
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Thomas Lloyd |
Tory[1] |
1830, 2 Feb |
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Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore[3] |
Whig[1] |
1830, 3 May |
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James Hewitt Massy Dawson |
Tory[4] |
1830, 10 Aug |
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Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore |
Whig[1] |
1835, 15 Jan |
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William Smith O'Brien[5] |
Whig[1][6][2] |
1841, 10 Jul |
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Caleb Powell |
Whig[1] |
1847, 14 Aug |
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Irish Confederation[7] |
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William Monsell, later Baron Emly |
Peelite[8][9][10] |
1849, 1 Jun |
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Samuel Dickson |
Peelite[11] |
1850, 14 Dec |
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Wyndham Goold |
Whig[12][13][14] |
1854, Dec |
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Stephen de Vere |
Whig[15] |
1859, 16 May |
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Samuel Auchmuty Dickson |
Conservative[7] |
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Liberal[7] |
1865, 19 Jul |
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Edward John Synan |
Liberal[7] |
1874, 11 Feb |
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Home Rule[7] |
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William Henry O'Sullivan |
Home Rule[7] |
1885 |
Constituency divided: see East Limerick and West Limerick |
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Elections in the 1830s
Lloyd's death caused a by-election.
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- On petition, O'Grady was unseated in favour of Massy Dawson.
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Elections in the 1840s
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O'Brien was adjudged guilty of high treason, causing a by-election.
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Elections in the 1850s
Dickson's death caused a by-election.
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Monsell was appointed a clerk of ordnance, requiring a by-election.
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Goold's death caused a by-election.
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Monsell was appointed President of the Board of Health, requiring a by-election.
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Elections in the 1860s
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Monsell was appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, requiring a by-election.
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Elections in the 1870s
Monsell was appointed Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, requiring a by-election.
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Monsell was created a peer in January 1874, voiding his seat, and a writ was to be issued for a by-election. However, this was pre-empted by the dissolution of Parliament later that month
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Elections in the 1880s
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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
Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 225–226, 293–294. ISBN 0901714127.
Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Limerick". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2020.