| Limerick City | |
| Type: | borough |
| Borough: | Limerick |
| Region: | Ireland |
| County: | County Limerick |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1801 |
| Abolished: | 1922 |
| Previous: | Limerick City (IHC) |
| Next: | Limerick City–Limerick East |
Limerick City was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland. It returned one MP 1801–1832, two MPs 1832–1885 and one thereafter. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801. It ceased to be represented in the United Kingdom Parliament in 1922.
This was a borough constituency, comprising the parliamentary borough of Limerick in County Limerick. It was south of Clare East but was otherwise surrounded by Limerick East.
| Election | Member | Party | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801, 1 January | Henry Deane Grady | 1801: Co-opted | |||
| 1802, 16 July | Charles Vereker | Tory | Succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Gort | ||
| 1817, 25 July | Hon. John Vereker | Tory | Unseated on petition | ||
| 1820, 3 July | Thomas Spring Rice | Whig | Declared duly elected | ||
| 1832 | Constituency allocated two seats | ||||
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832, 21 December | Repeal Association[1] | Sir David Roche, Bt a | Repeal Association | ||||
| 1841, 6 July | Radical[2] | ||||||
| 1844, 9 July | Repeal Association | ||||||
| 1847, 6 August | Repeal Association[3] | John O'Connell a | Repeal Association | ||||
| 1851, 1 August | Independent Whig[4] | ||||||
| 1852, 15 July | Robert Potter b | Ind. Irish | Francis William Russell b | Whig[5] [6] | |||
| 1854, 28 October | James O'Brien c | Whig | |||||
| 1858, 15 February | George Gavin d | Ind. Irish[7] | |||||
| 1858, 21 May | Conservative | ||||||
| 1859, 5 May | Liberal | ||||||
| 1871, 20 September | Home Rule League | ||||||
| 1874, 5 February | Richard O'Shaughnessy e | Home Rule League | |||||
| 1879, 20 September | Home Rule League | ||||||
| 1883, 16 November | Home Rule League | ||||||
| 1885 | Constituency allocated one seat | ||||||
Notes:-
In 1801–1832 and 1885–1922 the constituency used the first past the post electoral system to fill its one seat. In 1832–1885 the block vote was used to elect two members and first past the post to return one member at by-elections.
Roche resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
O'Connell resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Potter's death caused a by-election.
O'Brien resigned after being appointed a judge of the Queen's Bench, causing a by-election.
On petition, Gavin was unseated, causing a by-election.
Russell's death caused a by-election.
Butt's death caused a by-election.
O'Shaughnessy resigned after being appointed a registrar of petty sessions clerk, causing a by-election.
For the 1885 election, the seat was reduced to one MP.
Daly, who was serving a term of life imprisonment, was elected unopposed after the Official Nationalist candidate (O'Keefe) withdrew in his favour. As a convicted felon, Daly was not eligible to sit in the House of Commons, and the election was declared void.