County Roscommon was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland. The constituency sent two MPs to Westminster from the Acts of Union 1800 until the constituency was split into North Roscommon and South Roscommon in 1885.
Boundaries This constituency comprised the whole of County Roscommon.
Members of Parliament Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1801 Arthur French (I) Thomas Mahon 1802 Edward King 1806 Stephen Mahon 1821 Arthur French (II) Whig 1826 Robert King Tory 1830 Owen O'Conor Whig 1831 Denis O'Conor Repeal Association 1832 Fitzstephen French Whig 1847 Oliver Dowell John Grace Whig 1852 Ind. Irish Ind. Irish 1857 Whig Whig 1859 Liberal Thomas William Goff Conservative 1860 Charles Owen O'Conor Liberal 1873 Charles French Liberal 1874 Home Rule League Home Rule League 1880 Andrew Commins James O'Kelly 1885 Constituency divided: see North Roscommon and South Roscommon
Elections Elections in the 1830s
O'Conor's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
O'Conor was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s On petition, Goff was unseated and a by-election was called.
Elections in the 1870s French's death caused a by-election
Elections in the 1880s
References
The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
See also Roscommon (Dáil constituency)