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Limerick County Council

Former local authority for County Limerick in Ireland (1899–2014)

Summary

Former local authority for County Limerick in Ireland (1899–2014)

Field	Value
name	Limerick County Council
native_name	Comhairle Contae Luimnigh
house_type	County council
jurisdiction	County Limerick
coa_pic	County Limerick Coat of Arms.png
motto
succeeded_by	Limerick City and County Council
established	1 April 1899
disbanded	1 June 2014
members	28
last_election1	5 June 2009
meeting_place	County Hall, Dooradoyle, Limerick

The area governed by the council

Limerick County Council () was the local authority of County Limerick, Ireland, from 1899 to 2014. As a county council, it was governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The head of the council had the title of Cathaoirleach (chairperson).

History

Limerick County Council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative county of County Limerick, succeeding the former judicial county of Limerick.

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

On 28 June 2011, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan announced that Limerick City Council and Limerick County Council would be merged into a single local authority. The merger would come into effect following the 2014 local elections, at which there was a single 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 and Limerick County Council.

It was abolished in 2014 when the Local Government Reform Act 2014 was implemented. The new authority, Limerick City and County Council, came into being on 1 June 2014.

Elections

The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 introduced the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) for the 1920 Irish local elections.

Year	Total
2009	15
2004	12
1999	10
1991	10
1985	10

References

"Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (c. 37)". [[The National Archives (United Kingdom).
(12 August 1898). "[[Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898]]".
(12 August 1898). "Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898".
(1900). "27th Report of the Local Government Board for Ireland (Cmd. 9480)". [[Local Government Board for Ireland]].
"Limerick County Council Buildings". Limerick City and County Council.
"County Buildings, O'Connell Street, Limerick". Limerick City and County Council.
"Dooradoyle Civic Offices". Tegral.
Carroll, Steven. (28 June 2011). "Limerick local authorities to merge". [[The Irish Times]].
(2014). "[[Local Government Reform Act 2014]]".
(1921). "Annual report of the Local Government Board for Ireland for year 1921". [[Local Government Board for Ireland]].
"Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919 (c. 19)". [[The National Archives (United Kingdom).

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