A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Limerick in the Irish Free State on Wednesday, 28 May 1924, to fill a vacancy in the 4th Dáil. Limerick was a 7-seat constituency comprising the administrative county of County Limerick and the county borough of Limerick.
Richard Hayes, Teachta Dála (TD) for Cumann na nGaedheal, resigned on 10 January 1924. Hayes had been a TD since the 1918 general election.
A government motion to issue the writ was agreed on 9 May 1924.
Result The by-election was held on 28 May 1924. The seat was won by Richard O'Connell.
O'Connell took his seat in Dáil Éireann on 11 June, after taking the Oath of Allegiance required under Article 17 of the Constitution of the Irish Free State.
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