Politics of County Limerick - Historic Constituencies in County Limerick, Local Councillors in County Limerick, Lord-Lieutenants of Limerick (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Historic constituencies in County Limerick, Local councillors in County Limerick, Lord-Lieutenants of Limerick, Politics of Limerick (city), Limerick East, Limerick West, Michael Noonan, Willie O'Dea, Desmond O'Malley, Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, William Monsell, 1st Baron Emly, Kerry-Limerick West, Thomas Westropp Bennett, Limerick City, Kerry North-West Limerick, Limerick City Council, Limerick City-Limerick East, Michael Collins, Kilmallock, Earl of Limerick, Tim O'Malley, Peter Power, Limerick Soviet, Askeaton, Michael Brennan, Dan Neville, Kieran O'Donnell, Limerick County, Niall Collins, Michael J. Noonan, Maurice Quinlivan, John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare, Michael Herbert, William O'Brien, Mary Jackman, Eddie Wade, East Limerick, Peadar Clohessy, Michael Finucane, Patrick O'Donovan. Excerpt: Limerick East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dail Eireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 2011. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV). The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 for the 1948 general election. It succeeded the constituency of Limerick, which was divided between Limerick East and Limerick West. It encompassed the whole of Limerick City Council, together with the Castleconnell electoral area and part of the Bruff electoral area of Limerick County Council and the Ballyglass electoral area of Clare County Council. It was a largely urban constituency, and contained small parts of County Clare. The constituency elected 4 deputies (Teachtai Dala, commonly known in English as TDs) from 1948-1961, and 5 deputies from 1961-2011. It was long considered a stronghold of the Progressive Dem...