Roscommon Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

Roscommon Borough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

Members of Parliament

1613–1615
1689 Patriot Parliament
- John Dillon
- John Kelly

1692–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1692	Hercules Davys	Henry Sandford
1695	Sir Arthur Cole, 2nd Bt
September 1703	Robert Sandys
1703	William Westgarth
1711	David Kennedy
1713	Edward Crofton ^[1]
1733	Edward Crofton ^[1]	William Sandford
1740	Thomas Mahon	William Sandford
1759	Thomas Mahon	Edward Sandford
1761	Sir Marcus Lowther-Crofton, 1st Bt	Sir FitzGerald Aylmer, 6th Bt
1768	Nathaniel Clements	Robert Sandford
1769	Robert Tighe
1776	Henry Sandford
1783	Sir Cornwallis Maude, 3rd Bt	George Sandford
1785	Maurice Copinger
1790	Hon. Nathaniel Clements
1791	Henry Sandford
January 1798		Silver Oliver
1798		George Sandford
1799		William Johnson
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

↑ from 1729 Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Bt

References

Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: 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

Historic	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)

Current	Roscommon–Galway (2016–)

European Parliament
1979–present

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

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	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

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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