1985 Limerick County Council election

1985 Limerick County Council election
All 28 seats on Limerick County Council
	Map showing the area of Limerick County Council
	Council control after election ; Fianna Fail;

An election to Limerick County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 28 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.^[1]

Party		Seats	±	First pref. votes	FPv%
	Fianna Fáil	18	+3	27,169	57.59
	Fine Gael	10	-1	17,639	37.39
	Independent	0	-1	1,152	2.44
Totals		28	-	47,180	100.00

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fianna Fáil	Michael J. Noonan TD*		1,552
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Collins*		1,381
	Fine Gael	Jim McCarthy		1,234	1,238	1,239	1,275	1,325
	Fine Gael	William O'Brien TD*		1,160	1,185	1,190	1,197	1,231	1,235	1,246	1,246	1,649
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Brennan*		1,110	1,235	1,266	1,281	1,306	1,307	1,461
	Fine Gael	Michael Whelan		1,046	1,051	1,057	1,075	1,161	1,166	1,179	1,180	1,241
	Fine Gael	Tommy Healy		528	531	533	535	545	547	551	555
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Fitzgerald		439	500	515	520	535	535	649	750	783
	Fianna Fáil	Pat Frost		318	334	341	353	370	372
	Labour	Liam Coughlan		232	233	235	277
	Green Alliance	Declan Lehane		175	176	177
Electorate: 15,910 Valid: 9,175 (58.28%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,311 Turnout: 9,272

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	Peadar Clohessy*		2,000
	Fianna Fáil	Eddie Wade*		1,965
	Fine Gael	Mary Jackman		1,385	1,416	1,447	1,493	1,494	1,872
	Fine Gael	Paddy Hourigan*		1,364	1,386	1,406	1,429	1,430	1,767
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Hickey*		1,216	1,374	1,550
	Fine Gael	Tommy Wallace		832	884	931	954	957
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Gleeson		821	917	1,001	1,043	1,058	1,125	1,202	1,248
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Carroll		809	934	1,023	1,036	1,056	1,098	1,136	1,181
	Independent	John O'Donoghue		175	179	187
Electorate: 16,901 Valid: 10,565 (63.29%) Spoilt: 131 Quota: 1,510 Turnout: 10,696

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fine Gael	Matt Callaghan*		1,718
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Maguire*		1,516
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Barry*		1,106	1,128	1,144	1,163	1,195	1,562
	Fianna Fáil	William Sampson*		1,075	1,126	1,229	1,354	1,392	1,555
	Fine Gael	Jim Houlihan		872	913	924	1,059	1,062	1,212	1,256	1,267
	Fianna Fáil	John Kelleher		819	824	831	846	856
	Fine Gael	Nicholas Hayes		775	878	908	1,093	1,101	1,154	1,179	1,190
	Fianna Fáil	James Reardon		425	467	533
	Labour	Tom Rea		242	271
Electorate: 12,310 Valid: 8,548 (70.46%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 1,425 Turnout: 8,647

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Michael O'Kelly*		1,747
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Healy*		1,431
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Ahern*		1,216	1,425
	Fine Gael	John Kelly*		1,151	1,156	1,257	1,267	1,512
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Cregan*		1,117	1,182	1,208	1,245	1,335	1,383
	Fine Gael	Michael Finucane		1,052	1,061	1,165	1,176	1,244	1,245	1,330
	Fine Gael	Seán Broderick*		979	1065	1,098	1,100	1,222	1,229	1,287
	Fine Gael	John L. O'Sullivan		553	529	533	605	628
	Labour	Patrick Brennan		333	335
Electorate: 13,910 Valid: 9,579 (69.71%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 1,369 Turnout: 9,697

Results by local electoral area

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Rathkeale- 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Fianna Fáil	John Griffin*		1,973
	Fianna Fáil	Maureen Barrett*		1,455	1,522	1,593
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Sheehy*		1,228	1,365	1,390	1,456	1,499	1,539	1,553
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin Sheahan		875	967	990	1,121	1,186	1,226	1,239	1,483
	Fine Gael	Dan Neville		812	854	860	886	1,028	1,193	1,194	1,280
	Fine Gael	Gerry Foley		786	805	812	839	991	1,148	1,151	1,263
	Independent	Margaret O'Shaughnessy		557	581	622	688	710	834	843
	Fine Gael	Jerry Brennan		510	513	571	579	620
	Fine Gael	Tim Kelly		457	469	477	525
	Independent	Joseph McCarthy		366	377	400
	Sinn Féin	Donnchadh O Nuallain		240	249
	Independent	Con Scanlon		54	58
Electorate: 12,557 Valid: 9,313 (75.03%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,553 Turnout: 9,421