Kerry-Limerick West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Kerry-Limerick West is a former Irish parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1921 to 1923. It returned 8 Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

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 Irish elections, 1921 to return the Members of the 2nd Dáil. It succeeded a combined set of Kerry and Limerick UK Parliament constituencies such as Kerry South which were used to elect the Members of the 1st Dáil and earlier UK House of Commons members.

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 in the Irish general election, 1923 for the Members of the 4th Dáil.

Members of the 3rd Dáil

Dáil Éireann Constituency
seats = 8
name =
td1 = Piaras Béaslaí
party1 = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
td2 = Patrick Cahill
party2 = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
td3 = Con Collins
party3 = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
td4 = James Crowley
party4 = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
td5 = Finian Lynch
party5 = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
td6 = Thomas O'Donoghue
party6 = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
td7 = Edmund Roche
party7 = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
td8 = Austin Stack
party8 = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)

Members of the 2nd Dáil

Dáil Éireann Constituency
seats = 8
name =
td1 = Piaras Béaslaí
party1 = Sinn Féin
td2 = Patrick Cahill
party2 = Sinn Féin
td3 = Con Collins
party3 = Sinn Féin
td4 = James Crowley
party4 = Sinn Féin
td5 = Finian Lynch
party5 = Sinn Féin
td6 = Thomas O'Donoghue
party6 = Sinn Féin
td7 = Edmund Roche
party7 = Sinn Féin
td8 = Austin Stack
party8 = Sinn Féin

ee also

* Government of Ireland Act 1920 (Parliamentary and Dáil constituencies)
* List of Dáil Éireann constituencies in Ireland (historic)

External links

* [http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0 Oireachtas Members Database]
* [http://acts.oireachtas.ie/ Acts of the Oireachtas]