The College of Business in the University of Limerick has been named in his memory in 2003 as the "Kemmy Business School". The University College Cork branch of the Labour Party is named after him. The city council had proposed in 1999 to name a new bridge after Kemmy, but it was renamed the Abbey Bridge. In 2000 the Limerick City Museum was renamed the Jim Kemmy Municipal Museum. Kemmy's life is profiled in a biography: "Jim Kemmy - stonemason, trade unionist, politician, historian" by Brian Callanan (Liffey Press, 2011). The Jim Kemmy Papers are housed at the Glucksman Library, University of Limerick.