Kerry–Limerick West (Dáil constituency)

For the 2011–2016 constituency called Kerry North–West Limerick, see Kerry North (Dáil constituency).

Kerry–Limerick West
Former Dáil constituency
Outline map
Location of Kerry–Limerick West within Ireland
Former constituency
Created1921
Abolished1923
Seats8
Local government area
Created from
Replaced by

Kerry–Limerick West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1923. The constituency elected 8 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to elect members to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and first used at the 1921 general election to return the members of the 2nd Dáil. It succeeded four United Kingdom House of Commons constituencies in Kerry and the constituency of West Limerick which in 1918 were used to elect the members of the 1st Dáil.

It was abolished under the Electoral Act 1923 and succeeded by the new Kerry constituency and the Limerick constituency, both of which were first used at the 1923 general election for the 4th Dáil.

Both elections held in this constituency were uncontested.

Boundaries

The constituency covered all of County Kerry and the western parts of County Limerick.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kerry–Limerick West 1921–1923[1]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
2nd 1921[2] Piaras Béaslaí
(SF) 		James Crowley
(SF) 		Fionán Lynch
(SF) 		Patrick Cahill
(SF) 		Con Collins
(SF) 		Thomas O'Donoghue
(SF) 		Edmund Roche
(SF) 		Austin Stack
(SF)
3rd 1922[3] Piaras Béaslaí
(PT-SF) 		James Crowley
(PT-SF) 		Fionán Lynch
(PT-SF) 		Patrick Cahill
(AT-SF) 		Con Collins
(AT-SF) 		Thomas O'Donoghue
(AT-SF) 		Edmund Roche
(AT-SF) 		Austin Stack
(AT-SF)
4th 1923 Constituency abolished. See Kerry and Limerick

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

1922 general election

1922 general election: Kerry–Limerick West[3][4]
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Piaras Béaslaí Unopposed N/A 1
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Patrick Cahill Unopposed N/A 2
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Con Collins Unopposed N/A 3
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) James Crowley Unopposed N/A 4
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Fionán Lynch Unopposed N/A 5
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Thomas O'Donoghue Unopposed N/A 6
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Edmund Roche Unopposed N/A 7
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Austin Stack Unopposed N/A 8
Electorate: 90,397   Valid:   Quota:   Turnout:

1921 general election

1921 general election: Kerry–Limerick West[2]
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Sinn Féin Piaras Béaslaí Unopposed N/A 1
Sinn Féin Patrick Cahill Unopposed N/A 2
Sinn Féin Con Collins Unopposed N/A 3
Sinn Féin James Crowley Unopposed N/A 4
Sinn Féin Fionán Lynch Unopposed N/A 5
Sinn Féin Thomas O'Donoghue Unopposed N/A 6
Sinn Féin Edmund Roche Unopposed N/A 7
Sinn Féin Austin Stack Unopposed N/A 8

See also

References

  1. ^ Walker, Brian M., ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
  2. ^ a b "General election 1921: Kerry–Limerick West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  3. ^ a b "General election 1922: Kerry–Limerick West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  4. ^ Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.