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

Year	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		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
1818, 8 July					Richard FitzGibbon, later Earl of Clare	Whig
1820, 30 March		Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore
1826, 23 Jun		Thomas Lloyd
1830, 2 Feb		Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore[1]
1830, 3 May		James Hewitt Massy Dawson
1830, 10 Aug		Standish O'Grady, later Viscount Guillamore
1835, 15 Jan		William Smith O'Brien[2]	Conservative
1841, 10 Jul					Caleb Powell
1847, 14 Aug			Repeal Association		William Monsell, later Baron Emly	Liberal
1849, 1 Jun		Samuel Dickson
1850, 14 Dec		Wyndham Goold
1854, Dec		Stephen de Vere	Liberal
1859, 16 May		Samuel Auchmuty Dickson
1865, 19 Jul		Edward John Synan
1874, 11 Feb					William Henry O'Sullivan
1885	Constituency divided: see East Limerick and West Limerick

Elections

Notes

1. O'Grady's s name was erased from the return and that of James Hewitt Massy Dawson substituted 3 May 1830
2. O'Brien was found guilty of high treason in Oct 1848

References

• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
• 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)