# Limerick County (Dáil constituency)

Limerick County is a parliamentary constituency that has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election. The constituency elects three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## History and boundaries

The Constituency Commission proposed in its 2012 report that at the next general election a new constituency called Limerick County be created from territory then in the constituencies of Kerry North–West Limerick and Limerick. This was adopted under the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 which came into effect at the 2016 general election. The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that no change be made at the next general election.
For the 2024 general election, the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick County 2016– :
| Key to parties  FF = Fianna Fáil  FG = Fine Gael  II = Independent Ireland  Ind = Independent ||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 32nd | 2016 | | Niall Collins (FF) | | Patrick O'Donovan (FG) | | Tom Neville (FG) |
| 33rd | 2020 | | Niall Collins (FF) | | Patrick O'Donovan (FG) | | Richard O'Donoghue (Ind) |
| 34th | 2024 | | Niall Collins (FF) | | Patrick O'Donovan (FG) | | Richard O'Donoghue (II) |
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

^ *: Outgoing TD

### 2024 general election

2024 general election: Limerick County :
| 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 | Patrick O'Donovan | 25.4 | 11,563 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent Ireland | Richard O'Donoghue | 23.2 | 10,540 | 10,576 | 10,591 | 10,640 | 10,663 | 10,782 | 10,815 | 11,034 | 11,468 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niall Collins | 20.4 | 9,284 | 9,331 | 9,334 | 9,340 | 9,350 | 9,358 | 9,373 | 9,468 | 9,596 | 9,799 | 10,095 | 10,124 | 11,525 |
| | Sinn Féin | Joanne Collins | 13.2 | 6,005 | 6,010 | 6,022 | 6,037 | 6,074 | 6,119 | 6,335 | 6,398 | 6,602 | 6,899 | 7,251 | 7,288 | 7,505 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bridie Collins | 3.7 | 1,687 | 1,695 | 1,697 | 1,699 | 1,706 | 1,713 | 1,722 | 1,750 | 1,809 | 1,947 | 2,088 | 2,096 | |
| | Fine Gael | Noreen Stokes | 3.3 | 1,511 | 1,580 | 1,589 | 1,590 | 1,603 | 1,608 | 1,615 | 1,645 | 1,672 | 1,872 | 2,107 | 2,116 | 2,314 |
| | Aontú | Michael Ryan | 2.9 | 1,309 | 1,312 | 1,315 | 1,348 | 1,362 | 1,458 | 1,474 | 1,510 | 1,571 | 1,647 | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Barrett | 2.0 | 913 | 918 | 921 | 940 | 964 | 993 | 1,013 | 1,070 | | | | | |
| | Green | Rob O'Donnell | 1.9 | 873 | 876 | 880 | 886 | 942 | 951 | 1,063 | 1,084 | 1,120 | | | | |
| | Independent | Richie Crehan | 1.2 | 565 | 566 | 568 | 578 | 584 | 602 | 611 | | | | | | |
| | PBP–Solidarity | Laura Fahey | 0.9 | 413 | 413 | 422 | 424 | 471 | 478 | | | | | | | |
| | The Irish People | Lorraine O'Sullivan | 0.6 | 281 | 281 | 282 | 377 | 392 | | | | | | | | |
| | Irish Freedom | Donna O'Loughlin | 0.6 | 256 | 256 | 258 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Party for Animal Welfare | Gerben Uunk | 0.6 | 254 | 255 | 266 | 277 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | April Sheehan Corkery | 0.2 | 82 | 82 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 75,018 Valid: 45,536 Spoilt: 332 Quota: 11,385 Turnout: 61.1% |||||||||||||||||
* ↑ Fahey is a member of People Before Profit.

### 2020 general election

2020 general election: Limerick County :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick O'Donovan | 20.0 | 9,228 | 9,458 | 9,952 | 10,893 | 15,552 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niall Collins | 18.4 | 8,436 | 8,631 | 8,885 | 11,870 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Séighin Ó Ceallaigh | 15.0 | 6,916 | 7,204 | 7,814 | 8,125 | 8,579 | 8,955 |
| | Independent | Richard O'Donoghue | 13.1 | 6,021 | 6,599 | 7,050 | 7,647 | 8,587 | 10,320 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Neville | 12.6 | 5,810 | 5,970 | 6,358 | 6,765 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Collins | 11.2 | 5,150 | 5,320 | 5,532 | | | |
| | Green | Claire Keating | 5.4 | 2,503 | 2,688 | | | | |
| | Aontú | Conor O'Donoghue | 1.5 | 714 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Robert O'Donnell | 0.9 | 402 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Con Cremin | 0.8 | 373 | | | | | |
| | Renua | John Dalton | 0.7 | 313 | | | | | |
| | National Party | Cristín Ní Mhaoldhomhnaigh | 0.5 | 224 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 72,165 Valid: 46,090 Spoilt: 409 Quota: 11,523 Turnout: 46,499 (64.4%) ||||||||||

### 2016 general election

2016 general election: Limerick County :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Niall Collins | 27.6 | 12,276 | | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick O'Donovan | 19.1 | 8,479 | 8,637 | 8,712 | 9,183 | 9,498 | 10,291 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Neville | 18.0 | 8,013 | 8,214 | 8,291 | 8,874 | 9,217 | 10,369 |
| | Independent | Emmett O'Brien | 12.2 | 5,432 | 5,737 | 5,879 | 6,676 | 7,569 | 9,481 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Browne | 7.5 | 3,347 | 3,465 | 3,550 | 3,783 | | |
| | Social Democrats | James Heffernan | 7.4 | 3,270 | 3,463 | 3,698 | 4,319 | 5,662 | |
| | Independent | Richard O'Donoghue | 6.4 | 2,855 | 3,021 | 3,118 | | | |
| | Green | Alexander Storey Cosgrave | 0.7 | 311 | 321 | | | | |
| | Direct Democracy | Mark Keogh | 0.5 | 222 | 231 | | | | |
| | Independent | John O'Gorman | 0.5 | 207 | 219 | | | | |
| Electorate: 67,633 Valid: 44,412 Spoilt: 336 Quota: 11,104 Turnout: 44,748 (66.16%) ||||||||||