Kerry North–West Limerick (Dáil constituency)
Kerry North–West Limerick was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 2011 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation.The Constituency Commission proposed in 2007 that at the next general election a new constituency called Kerry North–West Limerick be created.
It was established by the Electoral Act 2009 when it partially replaced the former constituencies of Kerry North and Limerick West. It was only used at the 2011 general election.
The constituency comprised the northern half of County Kerry, located between the River Shannon estuary and the Slieve Mish Mountains; taking in Tralee, Listowel, Tarbert, Ballybunion and Castleisland; and the western part of County Limerick taking in the town of Abbeyfeale; and the villages of Athea, Glin, Mountcollins, Templeglantine and Tournafulla.
The 2009 Act defined the constituency as:
At the 2016 general election, it was superseded by the constituencies of Kerry and Limerick County.TDs
Elections
