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County/City council County Roscommon
Seats 4 (1923–37) 3 (1937–48) 4 (1948–69) Created Irish general election, 1923, Irish general election, 1981 Abolished Irish general election, 1969, Irish general election, 1992

Roscommon was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1969 and from 1981 to 1992. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency has had two separate periods of existence:

from the 1923 general election until its abolition at the 1969 general election, when it was amalgamated into the Roscommon–Leitrim constituency. At different periods it returned 4, 3 or 4 TDs. It comprised the administrative county of Roscommon.

as a 3 seater from the 1981 general election until its abolition at the 1992 general election to be replaced by the 4-seat Longford–Roscommon constituency. It comprised the administrative county of Roscommon; and, in the administrative county of Galway, the district electoral divisions of: Ballinastack, Ballymoe, Ballynakill, Boyounagh, Creggs, Island, Kilcroan, Templetogher, Toberroe, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy.

For the 2007 general election, the county was represented by the new Roscommon–South Leitrim constituency.

TDs 1923–1969

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

TDs 1981–1992

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

1964 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD James Burke, a by-election was held on 8 July 1964. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Joan Burke, widow of the deceased TD.

1925 by-election

Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Henry Finlay, a by-election was held on 11 March 1925. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Martin Conlon.

References

Roscommon (Dáil Éireann constituency) Wikipedia

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