Roscommon (UK Parliament constituency)

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Roscommon
County constituency
Created: 1801
Abolished: 1885
Type: House of Commons

Roscommon was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland. The constituency sent two MPs to Westminster from the Act of Union 1800 until the constituency was split into Roscommon North and Roscommon South in 1885.

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[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Roscommon.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This is a list of the people who have represented Roscommon, in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Source: http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/rcommons2.htm

[edit] Elections

[edit] 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)
  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

[edit] See also