Limerick County Council

Limerick County Council Comhairle Contae Luimnigh
Type
Type	County council of County Limerick
History
Established	1 April 1899
Disbanded	1 June 2014
Succeeded by	Limerick City and County Council
Seats	28
Elections
Last election	5 June 2009
Motto
Irish: Cuimhnigh ar Luimneach Remember Limerick
Meeting place
County Hall, Dooradoyle, Limerick

The area governed by the council

Limerick County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Luimnigh) was the local authority of County Limerick, Ireland. As a county council, it was governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council had 28 elected members. Elections for the council were held every five years and were by single transferable vote. The head of the council had the title of Cathaoirleach (chairperson).

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.^[1][2] The county council then moved to County Hall, Dooradoyle in 2003.^[3] 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.

It was abolished in 2014 when the Local Government Reform Act 2014 was implemented.^[4] It was succeeded by Limerick City and County Council.^[4]

Elections

Year		FG		FF		Lab		PDs		Ind	Total
2009	15		9		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		—		0		28

Merger with Limerick City Council

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.^[5] The merger would come into effect following the 2014 local elections. 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. The new authority, Limerick City and County Council, came into being on 1 June 2014.

References

1. "Limerick County Council Buildings" (PDF). Limerick City and County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
2. "County Buildings, O'Connell Street, Limerick" (PDF). Limerick City and County Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
3. "Dooradoyle Civic Offices". Tegral. Archived from the original on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
4. Local Government Reform Act 2014 (No. 1 of 2014). Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2015-03-07. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
5. Carroll, Steven (28 June 2011). "Limerick local authorities to merge". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2011.