# 1999 Limerick County Council election

An election to Limerick County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the 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 | 14 | +1 | 22,298 | 46.04 | |
| | Fine Gael | 10 | - | 15,692 | 32.40 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 3 | -1 | 4,775 | 9.86 | |
| | Independent | 1 | +1 | 4,030 | 8.32 | |
| | Labour | 0 | -1 | 941 | 1.94 | |
| Totals | Totals | 28 | - | 48,434 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Bruff

Bruff - 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 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Brennan* | 15.80 | 1,624 | | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Tim O'Malley* | 13.68 | 1,406 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Cormac Hurley | 11.80 | 1,213 | 1,224 | 1,238 | 1,271 | 1,403 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Clifford* | 9.90 | 1,132 | 1,234 | 1,243 | 1,259 | 1,273 | 1,279 | 1,473 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Richard Butler | 10.84 | 1,114 | 1,133 | 1,163 | 1,182 | 1,199 | 1,202 | 1,225 | 1,233 | 1,415 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Leonard Enright | 9.12 | 937 | 1,035 | 1,042 | 1,052 | 1,068 | 1,071 | 1,198 | 1,261 | 1,316 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sandra Marsh | 6.97 | 716 | 738 | 748 | 772 | 865 | 917 | 980 | 1,010 | 1,133 |
| | Fine Gael | Edmond Costello | 5.78 | 594 | 619 | 624 | 631 | 637 | 646 | 686 | 696 | 759 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Fitzgerald | 4.74 | 487 | 535 | 539 | 541 | 547 | 547 | | | |
| | Labour | Trisha Keyes-Bevan | 4.63 | 476 | 481 | 490 | 548 | 596 | 611 | 625 | 634 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Pat Hennessy | 3.43 | 353 | 357 | 384 | 410 | | | | | |
| | Green | David Edler | 1.38 | 142 | 147 | 151 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Denis Riordan | 0.82 | 84 | 84 | 86 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,941 Valid: 10,278 (46.84%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,285 Turnout: 10,390 (47.35%) |||||||||||||

### Castleconnell

Castleconnell - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | 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 | 13 |
| | Fine Gael | Senator Mary Jackman* | 14.93 | 1,841 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eddie Wade* | 12.56 | 1,549 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Meagher | 8.12 | 1,001 | 1,005 | 1,008 | 1,020 | 1,042 | 1,053 | 1,066 | 1,116 | 1,160 | 1,177 | 1,274 | 1,281 | 1,282 |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy Hourigan* | 7.29 | 899 | 948 | 952 | 980 | 1,013 | 1,046 | 1,126 | 1,226 | 1,273 | 1,459 | 1,563 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noreen Ryan | 6.58 | 812 | 825 | 830 | 838 | 874 | 952 | 1,034 | 1,217 | 1,272 | 1,314 | 1,381 | 1,384 | 1,386 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Brigid Teefy | 6.44 | 794 | 815 | 822 | 859 | 917 | 973 | 1,022 | 1,058 | 1,304 | 1,468 | 1,535 | 1,537 | 1,539 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Gleeson* | 6.13 | 756 | 766 | 768 | 779 | 844 | 866 | 884 | 978 | 1,016 | 1,064 | 1,272 | 1,274 | 1,276 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Harty | 5.76 | 710 | 754 | 758 | 788 | 816 | 835 | 884 | 893 | 966 | 1,122 | 1,323 | 1,331 | |
| | Independent | Patrick Coffey | 5.55 | 685 | 692 | 700 | 726 | 763 | 791 | 831 | 845 | 865 | 910 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Leo Walsh | 4.77 | 588 | 623 | 636 | 663 | 676 | 716 | 759 | 792 | 836 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eamon Lawlor | 4.33 | 534 | 544 | 547 | 551 | 567 | 602 | 641 | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Damien O'Dwyer | 3.97 | 489 | 504 | 515 | 536 | 602 | 637 | 680 | 696 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Niall Greene | 3.77 | 465 | 489 | 515 | 526 | 536 | 589 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Redington | 3.46 | 427 | 471 | 491 | 508 | 515 | | | | | | | | |
| | Progressive Democrats | Martin Ryan | 3.32 | 410 | 419 | 424 | 429 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | P.J. O'Donnell | 2.04 | 251 | 259 | 263 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Green | Aine McCarthy | 0.98 | 121 | 127 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,243 Valid: 12,332 (55.44%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,542 Turnout: 12,440 (55.93%) |||||||||||||||||

### Kilmallock

Kilmallock - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent | John Gallahue | 20.97 | 1,824 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Jim Houlihan* | 16.05 | 1,396 | 1,406 | 1,627 | 1,772 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Pat McAuliffe | 15.59 | 1,356 | 1,363 | 1,407 | 1,620 | 1,795 |
| | Progressive Democrats | Eddie Creighton* | 15.21 | 1,323 | 1,339 | 1,504 | 1,530 | 1,705 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary O'Brien | 10.32 | 898 | 923 | 945 | 1,018 | 1,401 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eddie Ryan | 9.66 | 840 | 857 | 885 | 912 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Lenihan | 6.22 | 541 | 545 | 560 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Joe Wheeler | 5.99 | 521 | 526 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,808 Valid: 8,699 (63.00%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 1,740 Turnout: 8,819 (63.87%) |||||||||

### Newcastle West

Newcastle West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Finucane TD* | 22.10 | 1,903 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator John Cregan* | 16.78 | 1,445 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael O'Kelly* | 13.10 | 1,128 | 1,144 | 1,176 | 1,323 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Ahern | 12.81 | 1,103 | 1,138 | 1,195 | 1,463 |
| | Fine Gael | Seán Broderick* | 12.78 | 1,098 | 1,326 | 1,401 | 1,461 |
| | Independent | Joseph Mullane | 8.84 | 761 | 832 | 937 | 1,117 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Healy* | 8.56 | 737 | 825 | 876 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Coireall MacCurtain | 4.19 | 361 | 378 | | |
| | Green | Ted Bradley | 0.86 | 74 | 86 | | |
| Electorate: 15,682 Valid: 8,610 (54.90%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,436 Turnout: 8,733 (55.69%) ||||||||

### Rathkeale

Rathkeale - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fine Gael | Senator Dan Neville* | 30.00 | 2,555 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kevin Sheahan* | 16.06 | 1,368 | 1,501 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Cregan | 15.08 | 1,284 | 1,379 | 1,446 |
| | Fine Gael | David Naughton* | 14.79 | 1,260 | 1,855 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Griffin* | 14.56 | 1,240 | 1,382 | 1,463 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Mulcair | 9.51 | 810 | 980 | 1,088 |
| Electorate: 15,267 Valid: 8,517 (55.79%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,420 Turnout: 8,664 (56.75%) |||||||