Roscommon County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Roscommon County
Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Roscommon

Roscommon County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.

Members of Parliament

1613–15 Sir John King ^[1]
1657 James King
1661 Oliver Jones
1662 George Lane, 1st Viscount Lanesborough

1692–1801

Election		First member	Second member
1692		Sir Robert King, 1st Bt	George St George ^[2]
1703		Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Bt	George St George ^[2]
November 1713			James Donnellan
1713			Sir George St George, 2nd Bt
1715			Sir John King, 2nd Bt
1721			Arthur French
1727			Sir Henry King, 3rd Bt
1730		Nicholas Mahon
1735		Edward Crofton ^[3]
1741		Edward Crofton ^[3]	Henry Sandford
1745		John French	Henry Sandford
1761		John French	Thomas Mahon
1775		Edward Crofton ^[4]	Thomas Mahon
1782			Maurice Mahon
1783			Arthur French
1798		George King, Viscount Kingsborough
1799		Thomas Mahon
1801	Constituency replaced by Westminster constituency Roscommon

Notes

↑ Gordon Goodwin, ‘King, Sir John (d. 1637)’, rev. Terry Clavin, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008
↑ from 1695 Sir George St George, 2nd Bt
↑ from 1739 Sir Edward Crofton, 4th Bt
↑ from 1784 Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Bt

References

Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons( ) cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Roscommon

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athlone (1607–1800) Boyle (1614–1800) Tulsk (1643–1800) Roscommon Borough (1611–1800) Roscommon County (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Roscommon (1801–85) North Roscommon (1885–1922) South Roscommon (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Leitrim–Roscommon North (1921–23) Mayo South–Roscommon South (1921–23) Roscommon (1923–69, 1981–92) Roscommon–Leitrim (1969–81) Longford–Roscommon (1992–2007) Roscommon–South Leitrim (2007–16) Roscommon–Galway (2016–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) North-West (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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