# Limerick County Council

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**Limerick County Council** (Irish: *Comhairle Contae Luimnigh*) was the [local authority](/source/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland) of [County Limerick](/source/County_Limerick), [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland), from 1899 to 2014. As a [county council](/source/County_council), it was governed by the [Local Government Act 2001](/source/Local_Government_Act_2001). The head of the council had the title of [Cathaoirleach](/source/Cathaoirleach_(local_government)) (chairperson).

## History

Limerick County Council was established on 1 April 1899 under the [Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898](/source/Local_Government_(Ireland)_Act_1898) for the [administrative county](/source/Administrative_county) of [County Limerick](/source/County_Limerick), succeeding the former judicial county of Limerick.[1][2][3][4]

The county council was originally based at [Limerick Courthouse](/source/Limerick_Courthouse) and then moved to County Buildings in [O'Connell Street](/source/O'Connell_Street,_Limerick) in two stages; Nos. 82 and 83 were acquired in 1911 and Nos. 80 and 81 in 1966.[5][6] The county council then moved to [County Hall](/source/Civic_Offices,_Limerick), [Dooradoyle](/source/Dooradoyle) in 2003.[7] Limerick County Council was also responsible for a large proportion of [Limerick](/source/Limerick) city's suburbs. The remaining areas of Limerick city were under the authority of [Limerick City Council](/source/Limerick_City_Council) which was a separate authority.

On 28 June 2011, the [Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government](/source/Minister_for_the_Environment,_Community_and_Local_Government) [Phil Hogan](/source/Phil_Hogan) announced that [Limerick City Council](/source/Limerick_City_Council) and Limerick County Council would be merged into a single local authority.[8] The merger would come into effect following the [2014 local elections](/source/2014_Irish_local_elections), at which there was a single [2014 Limerick City and County Council election](/source/2014_Limerick_City_and_County_Council_election). The first steps in this merger was the appointment of Conn Murray as the dual manager of both [Limerick City Council](/source/Limerick_City_Council) and Limerick County Council.

It was abolished in 2014 when the [Local Government Reform Act 2014](/source/Local_Government_Reform_Act_2014) was implemented.[9] The new authority, [Limerick City and County Council](/source/Limerick_City_and_County_Council), came into being on 1 June 2014.[9]

## Elections

The [Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919](/source/Local_Government_(Ireland)_Act_1919) introduced the [electoral system](/source/Electoral_system) of [proportional representation](/source/Proportional_representation) by means of the [single transferable vote](/source/Single_transferable_vote) (PR-STV) for the [1920 Irish local elections](/source/1920_Irish_local_elections).[10][11]

Year Total 2009 15 9 2 colspan=2 2 28 2004 12 12 1 3 0 28 1999 10 14 0 3 1 28 1991 10 13 1 4 0 28 1985 10 18 0 colspan=2 0 28

## References

1. ["Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (c. 37)"](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/61-62/37/contents/enacted). *[legislation.gov.uk](/source/Legislation.gov.uk)*. [The National Archives](/source/The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom))

1. "1". "[Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898](/source/Local_Government_(Ireland)_Act_1898)". No. 37. 12 August 1898.

1. "124". "Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898". No. 37. 12 August 1898.

1. ["Orders declaring the boundaries of administrative counties and defining county electoral divisions: County of Limerick"](https://archive.org/details/op1253906-1001/page/282/mode/2up). *27th Report of the Local Government Board for Ireland (Cmd. 9480)*. Dublin: [Local Government Board for Ireland](/source/Local_Government_Board_for_Ireland). 1900. pp. 283–286.

1. ["Limerick County Council Buildings"](http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/architecture,%20georgian%20035.pdf). Limerick City and County Council. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210924233555/http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/architecture,%20georgian%20035.pdf) 24 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

1. ["County Buildings, O'Connell Street, Limerick"](http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/streets029.pdf). Limerick City and County Council. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210924233553/http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/streets029.pdf) 24 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

1. ["Dooradoyle Civic Offices"](https://www.tegral.com/en/blog/building-of-the-month/dooradoyle-civic-offices). Tegral. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20191122225722/https://www.tegral.com/en/blog/building-of-the-month/dooradoyle-civic-offices) 22 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 November 2019.

1. Carroll, Steven (28 June 2011). ["Limerick local authorities to merge"](http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0628/breaking56.html). *[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121024052742/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0628/breaking56.html) 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 28 June 2011.

1. "[Local Government Reform Act 2014](/source/Local_Government_Reform_Act_2014)". 2014. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150307055603/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2014/en/act/pub/0001/index.html) 2015-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

1. ["Appendix: Local Electoral Areas"](https://archive.org/details/op1256891-1001/page/n111/mode/2up). *Annual report of the Local Government Board for Ireland for year 1921*. [Local Government Board for Ireland](/source/Local_Government_Board_for_Ireland). 1921. p. 17.

1. ["Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 (c. 19)"](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/9-10/19/pdfs/ukpga_19190019_en.pdf). *[legislation.gov.uk](/source/Legislation.gov.uk)*. [The National Archives](/source/The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom))

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