# Roscommon–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)

Roscommon–Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## History

The 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.
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–Leitrim constituency and a new Roscommon constituency.

## Boundaries

It covered most of the County Roscommon and part of County Leitrim.
Changes to the Roscommon–Leitrim constituency :
| Years | TDs | Boundaries | Law | Notes |
| 1969–1977 | 3 | All of County Roscommon, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Clare–South Galway 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. | Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 | Constituency created. The following areas in Galway North-East: 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 following areas in Clare–South Galway: in the administrative county of Roscommon, parts of the former Rural District of Athlone No. 2. |
| 1977–1981 | 3 | 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. | Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 | The following parts of Roscommon in Mayo East: parts of the former Rural District of Castlereagh The following parts of Leitrim in Sligo–Leitrim: 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 | — | Constituency abolished. | Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 | 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) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 19th | 1969 | | Hugh Gibbons (FF) | | Brian Lenihan (FF) | | Joan Burke (FG) |
| 20th | 1973 | | Hugh Gibbons (FF) | | Patrick J. Reynolds (FG) | | Joan Burke (FG) |
| 21st | 1977 | | Terry Leyden (FF) | | Seán Doherty (FF) | | Joan Burke (FG) |
| 22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon and Sligo–Leitrim | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon and Sligo–Leitrim | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon and Sligo–Leitrim | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon and Sligo–Leitrim | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon and Sligo–Leitrim | 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.

## Elections
### 1977 general election

1977 general election: Roscommon–Leitrim :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fine Gael | Joan Burke | 22.1 | 7,862 | 7,913 | 8,082 | 8,274 | 10,208 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Terry Leyden | 18.5 | 6,563 | 6,607 | 6,638 | 6,660 | 7,017 | 7,139 | 8,986 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seán Doherty | 16.8 | 5,968 | 6,056 | 6,124 | 6,167 | 6,211 | 6,225 | 9,109 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick J. Reynolds | 16.3 | 5,802 | 5,815 | 5,873 | 5,953 | 6,212 | 7,381 | 8,096 |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Ellis | 15.5 | 5,496 | 5,547 | 5,578 | 5,682 | 5,720 | 5,731 | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Naughten | 7.4 | 2,624 | 2,636 | 2,678 | 2,718 | | | |
| | Independent | James Reynolds | 1.4 | 502 | 521 | 536 | | | | |
| | Labour | Connie Fallon | 1.1 | 395 | 444 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Desmond Curley | 1.0 | 355 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 43,958 Valid: 35,567 Quota: 8,892 Turnout: 80.9% |||||||||||

### 1973 general election

1973 general election: Roscommon–Leitrim :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fine Gael | Joan Burke | 25.4 | 7,241 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Hugh Gibbons | 20.0 | 5,689 | 5,695 | 5,720 | 5,776 | 5,902 | 6,916 | 7,119 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan | 19.5 | 5,548 | 5,553 | 5,587 | 5,647 | 5,760 | 6,234 | 6,318 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick J. Reynolds | 16.5 | 4,706 | 4,740 | 4,974 | 5,076 | 5,306 | 5,536 | 7,253 |
| | Fine Gael | Gerald Dodd | 6.3 | 1,801 | 1,871 | 1,979 | 2,036 | 2,283 | 2,295 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Farrell McElgunn | 6.0 | 1,704 | 1,704 | 1,720 | 1,728 | 1,771 | | |
| | Sinn Féin (Official) | Frances Grehan | 2.7 | 770 | 772 | 832 | 1,006 | | | |
| | Independent | Thomas McCrann | 1.8 | 513 | 515 | 533 | | | | |
| | Labour | Tony O'Connell | 1.8 | 503 | 506 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 37,682 Valid: 28,475 Quota: 7,119 Turnout: 75.6% |||||||||||

### 1969 general election

1969 general election: Roscommon–Leitrim :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Fine Gael | Joan Burke | 26.7 | 8,102 | | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan | 22.7 | 6,867 | 6,895 | 6,906 | 7,008 | 7,181 | 7,428 | 8,280 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Hugh Gibbons | 17.4 | 5,282 | 5,318 | 5,349 | 5,365 | 5,420 | 5,645 | 6,860 | 7,502 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick J. Reynolds | 15.1 | 4,574 | 4,771 | 4,826 | 4,858 | 5,736 | 6,207 | 6,567 | 6,628 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Farrell McElgunn | 8.2 | 2,467 | 2,471 | 2,480 | 2,494 | 2,528 | 2,575 | | |
| | Labour | Peter McGuinness | 3.8 | 1,163 | 1,188 | 1,246 | 1,612 | 1,654 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Kilroy | 3.3 | 1,009 | 1,233 | 1,241 | 1,338 | | | | |
| | Labour | Neil O'Shea | 2.0 | 610 | 618 | 675 | | | | | |
| | Labour | James Nolan | 0.8 | 232 | 235 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 38,461 Valid: 30,306 Quota: 7,577 Turnout: 78.8% ||||||||||||