Kerry North–West Limerick (Dáil constituency)

Kerry North–West Limerick was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (the Irish parliament), for a single Dáil term, from 2011 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Kerry North–West Limerick
Former Dáil constituency
Location of Kerry North–West Limerick within Ireland
Former constituency
Created	2011
Abolished	2016
Seats	3
Local government areas	County Kerry County Limerick
Created from	Kerry North Limerick West
Replaced by	Kerry Limerick County

History and boundaries

The Constituency Commission proposed in 2007 that at the next general election the constituency of Kerry North be renamed as Kerry North–West Limerick, with the transfer of certain electoral divisions from Limerick West and other electoral divisions to Kerry South.^[1]

It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009.^[2] It was only used at the 2011 general election.

The constituency comprised the northern half of County Kerry, located between the River Shannon estuary and the Slieve Mish Mountains; taking in Tralee, Listowel, Tarbert, Ballybunion and Castleisland; and the western part of County Limerick taking in the town of Abbeyfeale; and the villages of Athea, Glin, Mountcollins, Templeglantine and Tournafulla.

The 2009 Act defined the constituency as:^[2]

"In the county of Kerry the electoral divisions of:

Ardagh, Astee, Ballincloher, Ballyconry, Ballyduff, Ballyegan, Ballyhorgan, Beal, Carrig, Causeway, Cloontubbrid, Drommartin, Duagh, Ennismore, Gullane, Gunsborough, Kilfeighny, Killehenny, Killury, Kilmeany, Kilshenane, Kiltomy, Leitrim, Lislaughtin, Lisselton, Listowel Rural, Lixnaw, Moynsha, Newtownsandes, Rathea, Shronowen, Tarbert, Tarmon, Trienearagh, Urlee, in the former Rural District of Listowel;

Abbeydorney, Arabela, Ardfert, Ballyegan, Ballyheige, Ballynahaglish, Ballynorig, Ballyseedy, Banna, Blennerville, Brosna, Clogherbrien, Crinny, Doon, Gneeves, Kerryhead, Kilflyn, Killahan, Kilmurry, Knocknagashel, Lackabaun, Mount Eagle, Nohaval, O'Brennan, Ratass, Tralee Rural, Tubrid, in the former Rural District of Tralee;

and the towns of Listowel and Tralee;

and, in the county of Limerick, the electoral divisions of:

Fleanmore, Glin, Kilfergus, Kilmoylan, in the former Rural District of Glin;

Abbeyfeale, Ardagh, Caher, Dromtrasna, Garryduff, Glenagower, Glengort, Glensharrold, Monagay, Mountcollins, Port, Rathronan, Rooskagh, Templeglentan, in the former Rural District of Newcastle."

At the 2016 general election, it was superseded by the constituencies of Kerry and Limerick County.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kerry North–West Limerick 2011–2016
Key to parties   FG = Fine Gael   Lab = Labour   SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
31st	2011[3]		Arthur Spring (Lab)		Martin Ferris (SF)		Jimmy Deenihan (FG)
32nd	2016	Constituency abolished. See Kerry and Limerick County

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

2011 general election

2011 general election: Kerry North–West Limerick^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fine Gael	Jimmy Deenihan	27.0	12,304
	Sinn Féin	Martin Ferris	20.3	9,282	9,440	9,489	9,540	9,784	10,164	11,416
	Labour	Arthur Spring	20.1	9,159	9,415	9,514	9,571	9,947	10,685	12,245
	Fine Gael	John Sheahan	13.8	6,295	6,677	6,726	6,781	6,892	7,142	8,044
	Fianna Fáil	Tom McEllistrim	11.5	5,230	5,275	5,306	5,329	5,451	5,678
	Independent	Bridget O'Brien	3.2	1,455	1,477	1,521	1,577	1,950
	Independent	Mary Fitzgibbon	1.5	706	722	765	849
	Independent	Sam Locke	1.1	486	492	498	519
	New Vision	Mick Reidy	0.8	357	362	373
	Green	Tom Donovan	0.5	239	247
	Independent	John McKenna	0.2	101	103
Electorate: 63,614   Valid: 45,614   Spoilt: 413 (0.9%)   Quota: 11,404   Turnout: 46,027 (72.4%)

See also

• Elections in the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland

References

1. "Constituency Commission: Report on Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies 2007" (PDF). The Stationery Office, Dublin. pp. 23–24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
2. Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009, Schedule (No. 4 of 2009, Schedule). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 29 September 2010.
3. "General election 2011: Kerry North–West Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 February 2011.

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database