1885 Register of Electors, Limerick City and environs

Who could vote?

The Representation of the People Act of 1884 extended the same voting qualifications as existed in the towns to the countryside, and essentially established the modern one member constituency as the normal pattern for Parliamentary representation. All men paying an annual rental of £10 or all those holding land valued at £10 now had the vote. The 1884 Reform Act did not establish universal suffrage: although the size of the electorate was widened considerably, 40% of adult males were still without the vote at the time.

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Acknowledgements:

This index was compiled from a copy of the 1885-1886 Register for The County of the City of Limerick held at the British Library and is provided here with permission of the British Library.

Thanks to Michael Moynihan who acquired a copy of the register and sent it to us.

Thanks also to Dr. Matthew Potter, University of Limerick, for information regarding the voting franchise at the time this register was produced.