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Roscommon–Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland which was represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency existed from 1969 to 1981, electing three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs) and covering most of the County Roscommon and part of County Leitrim. The method of election was the Single Transferable Vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Its boundaries were revised in 1977, but the number of seats remained unchanged. The constituency was abolished for the 1981 general election, when its territory was divided between the existing Sligo-North Leitrim constituency and a new Roscommon constituency.

Boundaries

The Roscommon–Leitrim constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, and first used for the 1969 general election. It replaced the previous Roscommon constituency and part of the Sligo–Leitrim constituency.

**Boundaries of the Roscommon-Leitrim constituency**
Years	TDs	Law	Boundaries	Notes
1969–1977	3	Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969	*All of County Roscommon, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Clare–Galway South and Galway North East; In County Leitrim, the parts of the former Rural District of Carrick-on-Shannon No. 1.; parts of the former Rural District of Mohill; In County Westmeath, the district electoral divisions of Athlone West Urban.	Constituency created. The areas in Galway North East are defined as: in the administrative county of Roscommon, parts of the former Rural District of Athlone No. 2; parts of the former Rural District of Castlereagh; parts of the former Rural District of Roscommon. The areas in Clare–Galway South are defined as: in the administrative county of Roscommon, parts of the former Rural District of Athlone No. 2.
1977–1981	3	Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974	Boundaries more closely aligned with county boundaries, and defined as: The administrative county of Roscommon, except the part, thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Mayo East; and the administrative county of Leitrim, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Sligo–Leitrim.	The parts of Roscommon in the Mayo East constituency are defined as: parts of the former Rural District of Castlereagh The parts of Leitrim in the Sligo–Leitrim constituency are defined as: the district electoral divisions of: parts of the former Rural District of Kinlough, in the coastal northern area of Leitrim; Most of the former Rural District of Manorhamilton, including Arigna.
1981	—	Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980	Constituency abolished.	The two counties now represented through the constituencies of Roscommon–South Leitrim and Sligo–North Leitrim

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Roscommon–Leitrim 1969–1981
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969		Joan Burke (FG)		Brian Lenihan (FF)		Hugh Gibbons (FF)
20th	1973				Patrick J. Reynolds (FG)		Hugh Gibbons (FF)
21st	1977				Terry Leyden (FF)		Seán Doherty (FF)
22nd	1981	Constituency abolished. See Roscommon and Sligo–Leitrim

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

References

^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
"Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1980: Schedule (constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286.

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