South Roscommon (UK Parliament constituency)

South Roscommon
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	Roscommon

South Roscommon was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the Roscommon constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Roscommon.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1885	Andrew Commins	Nationalist
1886		Nationalist
1890		Anti-Parnellite
1892	Luke Patrick Hayden	Parnellite
1895	Luke Patrick Hayden
1897 (by)	John Patrick Hayden
1900		Nationalist
1906
1910, Jan
1910, Dec
1918	Henry James Boland	Sinn Féin
1922	UK constituency abolished

Elections

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References

Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)

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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