# 2009 Limerick County Council election

An election to Limerick County Council took place on 5 June 2009 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% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 15 | +3 | 26,788 | 44.82 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 9 | -3 | 20,502 | 34.30 | |
| | Labour | 2 | +1 | 6,814 | 11.40 | |
| | Independent | 2 | +2 | 4,453 | 7.45 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | 0 | -3 | - | - | |
| Totals | Totals | 28 | - | 59,764 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Adare

Adare - 7 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 | Leo Walsh* | 15.50 | 1,833 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Rose Brennan* | 14.85 | 1,757 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Tomas Hannon* | 13.84 | 1,637 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Richard Butler* | 13.58 | 1,606 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Collins | 12.48 | 1,476 | 1,544 | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Leonard Enright* | 6.51 | 770 | 806 | 832 | 845 | 864 | 877 | 1,096 | 1,534 | | |
| | Independent | Seamus Sheahan | 6.39 | 756 | 807 | 852 | 891 | 911 | 1,011 | 1,069 | 1,148 | 1,151 | 1,168 |
| | Fianna Fáil | James Cavanagh* | 5.79 | 685 | 706 | 801 | 808 | 820 | 833 | 923 | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Fitzgerald | 5.12 | 606 | 699 | 773 | 828 | 874 | 923 | 999 | 1,116 | 1,134 | 1,172 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Richard Crehan | 4.47 | 529 | 575 | 589 | 602 | 611 | 622 | | | | |
| | Independent | Richie Smith | 1.46 | 173 | 212 | 236 | 267 | 288 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,155 Valid: 11,828 (53.39%) Spoilt: 169 Quota: 1,479 Turnout: 11,997 (54.15%) ||||||||||||||

### Castleconnell

Castleconnell - 7 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Jackman* | 14.60 | 1,993 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eddie Wade* | 13.44 | 1,805 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Brigid Teefy* | 11.11 | 1,492 | 1,520 | 1,546 | 1,590 | 1,629 | 1,733 | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Egan | 10.10 | 1,356 | 1,402 | 1,413 | 1,442 | 1,454 | 1,478 | 1,529 | 1,552 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Sheahan | 9.44 | 1,267 | 1,369 | 1,383 | 1,465 | 1,471 | 1,523 | 1,550 | 1,560 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Noel Gleeson* | 8.63 | 1,159 | 1,164 | 1,179 | 1,189 | 1,209 | 1,366 | 1,747 | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Harty* | 8.93 | 1,199 | 1,256 | 1,267 | 1,297 | 1,305 | 1,345 | 1,582 | 1,606 |
| | Labour | Elena Secas | 7.78 | 1,045 | 1,083 | 1,155 | 1,298 | 1,304 | 1,406 | 1,464 | 1,475 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Meagher* | 6.56 | 881 | 885 | 887 | 888 | 904 | 1,019 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Stokes | 4.66 | 626 | 638 | 649 | 676 | 695 | | | |
| | Green | Trish Forde-Brennan | 2.76 | 371 | 391 | 408 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Keating | 1.74 | 234 | 236 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 23,650 Valid: 13,428 (56.78%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,679 Turnout: 13,555 (57.32%) ||||||||||||

### Kilmallock

Kilmallock - 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 |
| | Labour | James Heffernan | 18.22 | 2,282 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eddie Ryan | 14.69 | 1,840 | 1,851 | 1,878 | 1,942 | 2,176 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mike Houlihan | 12,57 | 1,575 | 1,609 | 1,663 | 1,736 | 1,895 | 2,141 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mike Donegan | 10.11 | 1,266 | 1,278 | 1,296 | 1,428 | 1,446 | 1,682 | 1,691 | 1,727 | 1,752 | 1,785 |
| | Fine Gael | William O'Donnell | 9.63 | 1,206 | 1,227 | 1,250 | 1,325 | 1,394 | 1,495 | 1,508 | 2,156 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerard Mitchell | 8.54 | 1,070 | 1,083 | 1,098 | 1,138 | 1,204 | 1,230 | 1,254 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Burke | 7.66 | 960 | 970 | 978 | 1,110 | 1,189 | 1,316 | 1,357 | 1,658 | 1,700 | 1,719 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Richard O'Donoghue | 6.10 | 764 | 775 | 780 | 882 | 893 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Hickey | 5.40 | 677 | 728 | 763 | 788 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Clifford* | 5.38 | 674 | 679 | 687 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Richard Young | 1.71 | 214 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,955 Valid: 12,528 (66.09%) Spoilt: 143 Quota: 2,089 Turnout: 12,671 (66.85%) ||||||||||||||

### Newcastle West

Newcastle West - 5 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 |
| | Fine Gael | Jerome Scanlan* | 22.86 | 2,823 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick O'Donovan* | 18.25 | 2,254 | | | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Galvin* | 14.27 | 1,762 | 2,045 | 2,117 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael J. Collins* | 12.42 | 1,534 | 1,638 | 1,667 | 1,701 | 1,703 | 1,758 | 1,937 | 2,158 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Francis Foley* | 11.00 | 1,358 | 1,401 | 1,415 | 1,427 | 1,434 | 1,497 | 1,586 | 1,916 |
| | Labour | Stephen Goulding | 7.21 | 890 | 1,031 | 1,085 | 1,115 | 1,144 | 1,300 | 1,376 | 1,495 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Ahern | 5.84 | 721 | 733 | 739 | 745 | 746 | 777 | 880 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Anne Lordan | 3.47 | 428 | 499 | 504 | 553 | 553 | 588 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Mike MacDomhnaill | 3.14 | 388 | 429 | 442 | 495 | 499 | | | |
| | Independent | Seamus O Suilleabhain | 1.55 | 192 | 261 | 263 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,218 Valid: 12,350 (64.26%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 2,059 Turnout: 12,503 (65.06%) ||||||||||||

### Rathkeale

Rathkeale - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | John Sheahan* | 19.74 | 1,901 | 1,905 | 1,941 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Stephen Keary | 18.41 | 1,773 | 1,791 | 1,854 | 1,893 | 2,130 |
| | Fine Gael | David Naughton* | 14.67 | 1,413 | 1,416 | 1,514 | 1,585 | 1,684 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Kevin Sheahan* | 13.77 | 1,326 | 1,331 | 1,427 | 1,702 | 2,122 |
| | Labour | Seamus Hogan | 9.97 | 960 | 981 | 1,069 | 1,113 | 1,226 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Mulcair | 9.40 | 905 | 923 | 943 | 1,095 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Wallace | 8.26 | 795 | 796 | 809 | | |
| | Independent | Pat Wallace | 4.59 | 442 | 475 | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick O'Doherty | 1.19 | 115 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,636 Valid: 9,630 (61.59%) Spoilt: 149 Quota: 1,927 Turnout: 9,779 (62.54%) |||||||||