Find out if your ancestor was a registered voter in the county of city of Limerick in the 18th Century.
Find out if your ancestor was a registered voter in the county of city of Limerick in the 18th Century.
Each record will tell you the following information about the voter
These three Electoral registers record who voted in county Limerick in the elections in 1761, 1768 and 1776, and who they voted for. Limerick county was entitled to return 2 MPs to the Parliament which met in Dublin. Entitlement to vote was based on strict criteria and limited. Voting was restricted to adult men who also possessed freehold property to the value of £2 per annum or were freemen of the city of Limerick.
The candidates for the three elections were (the abbreviations in the “voted for” field designate the surname of the candidate that the elector voted for) - There are no candidate names recorded for 1760. 1768: Sir H. Harstonge bart.; Hugh Massy Esq; Silver Oliver Esq 1776: Right Honourable Silver Oliver; Sir Henry Hartstronge, bart.; Hugh Massy, the younger, Esq