# 2004 Limerick County Council election

An election to Limerick County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 12 | -2 | 23,157 | 39.13 | |
| | Fine Gael | 12 | +2 | 22,841 | 38.60 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 3 | - | 4,681 | 7.91 | |
| | Labour | 1 | +1 | 2,279 | 3.85 | |
| | Independent | 0 | -1 | 4,121 | 6.96 | |
| Totals | Totals | 28 | - | 59,175 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Bruff

Bruff - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | Fine Gael | Richard Butler* | 14.04 | 1,954 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niall Collins | 11.49 | 1,600 | 1,637 | 1,648 | 1,657 | 1,673 | 1,685 | 1,698 | 1,768 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Cormac Hurley* | 7.96 | 1,108 | 1,144 | 1,148 | 1,175 | 1,264 | 1,362 | 1,453 | 1,457 | 1,489 | 1,555 | 1,744 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Leonard Enright* | 7.72 | 1,075 | 1,086 | 1,096 | 1,101 | 1,108 | 1,114 | 1,123 | 1,197 | 1,298 | 1,350 | 1,438 | 1,510 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Clifford* | 6.61 | 920 | 922 | 1,004 | 1,009 | 1,011 | 1,017 | 1,023 | 1,086 | 1,169 | 1,207 | 1,222 | 1,454 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Rose Brennan* | 6.49 | 904 | 911 | 921 | 925 | 929 | 960 | 965 | 1,113 | 1,196 | 1,440 | 1,662 | 1,855 |
| | Labour | Deirdre Ní Chinneide | 6.34 | 883 | 908 | 912 | 938 | 954 | 970 | 1,220 | 1,225 | 1,270 | 1,407 | 1,440 | 1,566 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sandra Marsh* | 5.55 | 772 | 778 | 784 | 798 | 828 | 935 | 981 | 999 | 1,025 | 1,100 | 1,131 | 1,174 |
| | Fine Gael | Gerard Murnane | 4.76 | 663 | 678 | 736 | 747 | 782 | 786 | 792 | 801 | 860 | 899 | 1,070 | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom P. Healy | 4.53 | 631 | 665 | 668 | 675 | 694 | 695 | 704 | 802 | 848 | 866 | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Sinead Teefy | 4.40 | 613 | 631 | 659 | 671 | 676 | 736 | 762 | 776 | 817 | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Fitzgerald | 3.99 | 556 | 560 | 562 | 623 | 636 | 642 | 658 | 680 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Cavanagh | 3.99 | 555 | 557 | 559 | 559 | 559 | 562 | 563 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Karan O'Loughlin | 3.08 | 429 | 432 | 437 | 468 | 508 | 545 | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Pat Hennessy* | 2.79 | 388 | 391 | 398 | 413 | 428 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tina O'Gorman | 2.41 | 335 | 342 | 343 | 351 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Denis Riordan | 1.95 | 271 | 274 | 277 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | George O'Leary | 1.90 | 264 | 264 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 23,618 Valid: 13,921 (58.94%) Spoilt: 253 Quota: 1,741 Turnout: 14,174 (60.01%) ||||||||||||||||

### Castleconnell

Castleconnell - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Jackman* | 14.60 | 2,119 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eddie Wade* | 14.35 | 2,083 | | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Brigid Teefy* | 10.25 | 1,487 | 1,516 | 1,599 | 1,606 | 1,648 | 1,675 | 1,715 | 1,829 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Meagher* | 9.08 | 1,318 | 1,322 | 1,347 | 1,350 | 1,366 | 1,461 | 1,470 | 1,485 | 1,534 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Gleeson | 8.92 | 1,294 | 1,300 | 1,336 | 1,344 | 1,360 | 1,414 | 1,430 | 1,467 | 1,692 |
| | Fine Gael | Kieran O'Donnell | 8.01 | 1,163 | 1,259 | 1,274 | 1,289 | 1,316 | 1,329 | 1,390 | 1,528 | 1,776 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noreen Ryan* | 8.01 | 1,163 | 1,184 | 1,220 | 1,226 | 1,289 | 1,311 | 1,342 | 1,405 | 1,601 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Harty* | 7.43 | 1,079 | 1,128 | 1,143 | 1,156 | 1,163 | 1,253 | 1,293 | 1,419 | 1,732 |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy Hourigan* | 7.37 | 1,069 | 1,111 | 1,125 | 1,131 | 1,140 | 1,154 | 1,180 | 1,231 | |
| | Green | Trish Forde-Brennan | 3.71 | 539 | 564 | 569 | 604 | 619 | 624 | 842 | | |
| | Labour | Manus Bree | 3.27 | 474 | 490 | 494 | 522 | 538 | 546 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tim Long | 2.24 | 325 | 328 | 344 | 347 | 360 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Ursula Stokes | 1.62 | 235 | 246 | 262 | 266 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Seán Gilmour | 1.14 | 166 | 168 | 171 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 25,025 Valid: 14,514 (58.00%) Spoilt: 253 Quota: 1,815 Turnout: 14,767 (59.01%) |||||||||||||

### Kilmallock

Kilmallock - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Gallahue* | 17.43 | 1,715 | 1,725 | 1,803 | 1,835 | 1,896 | 1,916 | 2,196 | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Houlihan* | 14.25 | 1,402 | 1,427 | 1,468 | 1,745 | 2,105 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat McAuliffe* | 13.78 | 1,356 | 1,376 | 1,424 | 1,470 | 1,562 | 1,600 | 1,858 | 1,928 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Eddie Creighton* | 13.10 | 1,289 | 1,296 | 1,338 | 1,386 | 1,414 | 1,435 | 1,616 | 1,668 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eddie Ryan | 12.58 | 1,238 | 1,242 | 1,293 | 1,327 | 1,345 | 1,367 | 1,549 | 1,603 |
| | Independent | Pat Heffernan | 9.32 | 917 | 950 | 1,073 | 1,146 | 1,266 | 1,301 | | |
| | Independent | Brendan Danaher | 7.17 | 706 | 723 | 753 | 813 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Blackburne | 5.73 | 564 | 577 | 604 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Hanley | 2.91 | 286 | 303 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Thomas Rea | 2.03 | 200 | 207 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Coll | 1.71 | 168 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,225 Valid: 9,841 (64.64%) Spoilt: 161 Quota: 1,969 Turnout: 10,002 (65.69%) ||||||||||||

### Newcastle West

Newcastle West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick O'Donovan* | 13.26 | 1,485 | 1,492 | 1,518 | 1,552 | 1,566 | 1,654 | 1,707 | 1,757 | 1,932 | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Galvin | 11.74 | 1,315 | 1,335 | 1,346 | 1,406 | 1,412 | 1,459 | 1,489 | 1,523 | 1,576 | 1,959 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael J. Collins | 10.72 | 1,200 | 1,212 | 1,233 | 1,251 | 1,284 | 1,390 | 1,460 | 1,610 | 1,762 | 1,818 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Ahern* | 10.20 | 1,142 | 1,149 | 1,152 | 1,161 | 1,170 | 1,200 | 1,223 | 1,275 | 1,305 | 1,386 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Francis Foley | 9.35 | 1,047 | 1,056 | 1,063 | 1,102 | 1,110 | 1,153 | 1,180 | 1,261 | 1,358 | 1,574 |
| | Fine Gael | Jerome Scanlan | 9.24 | 1,035 | 1,038 | 1,045 | 1,058 | 1,160 | 1,202 | 1,327 | 1,455 | 1,557 | 1,681 |
| | Fine Gael | Maurice Hartnett | 7.78 | 871 | 890 | 893 | 943 | 963 | 996 | 1,014 | 1,036 | 1,075 | |
| | Independent | Joseph Mullane | 5.19 | 581 | 588 | 602 | 617 | 641 | 720 | 800 | 842 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Vincent Kiely | 4.88 | 547 | 548 | 551 | 555 | 606 | 624 | 661 | | | |
| | Independent | Marian Collins | 4.47 | 501 | 517 | 527 | 542 | 564 | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Leahy | 3.78 | 423 | 425 | 427 | 433 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Coireall MacCurtain | 3.66 | 410 | 416 | 497 | 510 | 605 | 623 | | | | |
| | Labour | Denis Hobson | 2.62 | 293 | 310 | 311 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Mike MacDomhnaill | 1.75 | 196 | 201 | | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Eamon Collins | 1.37 | 153 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,522 Valid: 11,199 (63.91%) Spoilt: 182 Quota: 1,867 Turnout: 11,381 (64.95%) ||||||||||||||

### Rathkeale

Rathkeale - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Neville* | 24.71 | 2,599 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | David Naughton* | 13.05 | 1,373 | 1,595 | 1,761 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kevin Sheahan* | 12.85 | 1,352 | 1,434 | 1,525 | 1,824 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Griffin* | 10.80 | 1,136 | 1,208 | 1,283 | 1,527 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Cregan* | 10.30 | 1,084 | 1,131 | 1,252 | |
| | Fine Gael | John Sheahan | 10.26 | 1,079 | 1,205 | 1,381 | 1,789 |
| | Fine Gael | Stephen Keary | 9.48 | 997 | 1,210 | 1,346 | 1,408 |
| | Green | Pat Culhane | 4.87 | 512 | 576 | | |
| | Independent | Paudie Mulvihil | 3.69 | 388 | 407 | | |
| Electorate: 16,697 Valid: 10,520 (63.01%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,754 Turnout: 10,694 (64.05%) ||||||||