Part of the 1999 Irish local elections
1999 Limerick County Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png)
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All 28 seats to Limerick County Council |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | Party | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Progressive Democrats | Seats won | 14 | 10 | 3 | Seat change | +1 | - | -1 | | | Fourth party | Fifth party | | | | Party | Independent | Labour | Seats won | 1 | 0 | Seat change | +1 | -1 | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Limerick_in_Ireland.svg/300px-Limerick_in_Ireland.svg.png) Map showing the area of Limerick County Council |
| Council control after election Fianna Fail | |
An election to Limerick County Council took place on 10 June 1999 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 28 councillors were elected from five local electoral areas for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Results by party
Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| Fianna Fáil | 14 | +1 | 22,298 | 46.04 | |
| Fine Gael | 10 | - | 15,692 | 32.40 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 3 | -1 | 4,775 | 9.86 | |
| Independent | 1 | +1 | 4,030 | 8.32 | |
| Labour | 0 | -1 | 941 | 1.94 | |
Totals | 28 | - | 48,434 | 100.00 | — |
Results by local electoral area
Bruff
Bruff - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Brennan* | 15.80 | 1,624 | | | | | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Tim O'Malley* | 13.68 | 1,406 | | | | | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Cormac Hurley | 11.80 | 1,213 | 1,224 | 1,238 | 1,271 | 1,403 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Clifford* | 9.90 | 1,132 | 1,234 | 1,243 | 1,259 | 1,273 | 1,279 | 1,473 | | |
| Fine Gael | Richard Butler | 10.84 | 1,114 | 1,133 | 1,163 | 1,182 | 1,199 | 1,202 | 1,225 | 1,233 | 1,415 |
| Fianna Fáil | Leonard Enright | 9.12 | 937 | 1,035 | 1,042 | 1,052 | 1,068 | 1,071 | 1,198 | 1,261 | 1,316 |
| Fianna Fáil | Sandra Marsh | 6.97 | 716 | 738 | 748 | 772 | 865 | 917 | 980 | 1,010 | 1,133 |
| Fine Gael | Edmond Costello | 5.78 | 594 | 619 | 624 | 631 | 637 | 646 | 686 | 696 | 759 |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Fitzgerald | 4.74 | 487 | 535 | 539 | 541 | 547 | 547 | | | |
| Labour | Trisha Keyes-Bevan | 4.63 | 476 | 481 | 490 | 548 | 596 | 611 | 625 | 634 | |
| Progressive Democrats | Pat Hennessy | 3.43 | 353 | 357 | 384 | 410 | | | | | |
| Green | David Edler | 1.38 | 142 | 147 | 151 | | | | | | |
| Independent | Denis Riordan | 0.82 | 84 | 84 | 86 | | | | | | |
Electorate: 21,941 Valid: 10,278 (46.84%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,285 Turnout: 10,390 (47.35%) |
Castleconnell
Castleconnell - 7 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Fine Gael | Senator Mary Jackman* | 14.93 | 1,841 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eddie Wade* | 12.56 | 1,549 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Meagher | 8.12 | 1,001 | 1,005 | 1,008 | 1,020 | 1,042 | 1,053 | 1,066 | 1,116 | 1,160 | 1,177 | 1,274 | 1,281 | 1,282 |
| Fine Gael | Paddy Hourigan* | 7.29 | 899 | 948 | 952 | 980 | 1,013 | 1,046 | 1,126 | 1,226 | 1,273 | 1,459 | 1,563 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Noreen Ryan | 6.58 | 812 | 825 | 830 | 838 | 874 | 952 | 1,034 | 1,217 | 1,272 | 1,314 | 1,381 | 1,384 | 1,386 |
| Progressive Democrats | Brigid Teefy | 6.44 | 794 | 815 | 822 | 859 | 917 | 973 | 1,022 | 1,058 | 1,304 | 1,468 | 1,535 | 1,537 | 1,539 |
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Gleeson* | 6.13 | 756 | 766 | 768 | 779 | 844 | 866 | 884 | 978 | 1,016 | 1,064 | 1,272 | 1,274 | 1,276 |
| Fine Gael | Mary Harty | 5.76 | 710 | 754 | 758 | 788 | 816 | 835 | 884 | 893 | 966 | 1,122 | 1,323 | 1,331 | |
| Independent | Patrick Coffey | 5.55 | 685 | 692 | 700 | 726 | 763 | 791 | 831 | 845 | 865 | 910 | | | |
| Fine Gael | Leo Walsh | 4.77 | 588 | 623 | 636 | 663 | 676 | 716 | 759 | 792 | 836 | | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Eamon Lawlor | 4.33 | 534 | 544 | 547 | 551 | 567 | 602 | 641 | | | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Damien O'Dwyer | 3.97 | 489 | 504 | 515 | 536 | 602 | 637 | 680 | 696 | | | | | |
| Labour | Niall Greene | 3.77 | 465 | 489 | 515 | 526 | 536 | 589 | | | | | | | |
| Independent | John Redington | 3.46 | 427 | 471 | 491 | 508 | 515 | | | | | | | | |
| Progressive Democrats | Martin Ryan | 3.32 | 410 | 419 | 424 | 429 | | | | | | | | | |
| Independent | P.J. O'Donnell | 2.04 | 251 | 259 | 263 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Green | Aine McCarthy | 0.98 | 121 | 127 | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electorate: 22,243 Valid: 12,332 (55.44%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,542 Turnout: 12,440 (55.93%) |
Kilmallock
Kilmallock - 4 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Independent | John Gallahue | 20.97 | 1,824 | | | | |
| Fine Gael | Jim Houlihan* | 16.05 | 1,396 | 1,406 | 1,627 | 1,772 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Pat McAuliffe | 15.59 | 1,356 | 1,363 | 1,407 | 1,620 | 1,795 |
| Progressive Democrats | Eddie Creighton* | 15.21 | 1,323 | 1,339 | 1,504 | 1,530 | 1,705 |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary O'Brien | 10.32 | 898 | 923 | 945 | 1,018 | 1,401 |
| Fianna Fáil | Eddie Ryan | 9.66 | 840 | 857 | 885 | 912 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Tom Lenihan | 6.22 | 541 | 545 | 560 | | |
| Fine Gael | Joe Wheeler | 5.99 | 521 | 526 | | | |
Electorate: 13,808 Valid: 8,699 (63.00%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 1,740 Turnout: 8,819 (63.87%) |
Newcastle West
Newcastle West - 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Fine Gael | Michael Finucane TD* | 22.10 | 1,903 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Senator John Cregan* | 16.78 | 1,445 | | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael O'Kelly* | 13.10 | 1,128 | 1,144 | 1,176 | 1,323 |
| Fianna Fáil | Seamus Ahern | 12.81 | 1,103 | 1,138 | 1,195 | 1,463 |
| Fine Gael | Seán Broderick* | 12.78 | 1,098 | 1,326 | 1,401 | 1,461 |
| Independent | Joseph Mullane | 8.84 | 761 | 832 | 937 | 1,117 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Healy* | 8.56 | 737 | 825 | 876 | |
| Sinn Féin | Coireall MacCurtain | 4.19 | 361 | 378 | | |
| Green | Ted Bradley | 0.86 | 74 | 86 | | |
Electorate: 15,682 Valid: 8,610 (54.90%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,436 Turnout: 8,733 (55.69%) |
Rathkeale
Rathkeale- 5 seats Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
1 | 2 | 3 |
| Fine Gael | Senator Dan Neville* | 30.00 | 2,555 | | |
| Fianna Fáil | Kevin Sheahan* | 16.06 | 1,368 | 1,501 | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Cregan | 15.08 | 1,284 | 1,379 | 1,446 |
| Fine Gael | David Naughton* | 14.79 | 1,260 | 1,855 | |
| Fianna Fáil | John Griffin* | 14.56 | 1,240 | 1,382 | 1,463 |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Mulcair | 9.51 | 810 | 980 | 1,088 |
Electorate: 15,267 Valid: 8,517 (55.79%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,420 Turnout: 8,664 (56.75%) |
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