# 1985 Roscommon County Council election

An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 20 June 1985 as part of the Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). This term was extended for a further year, to 1991.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fianna Fáil | 13 | +1 | 13,230 | 44.86 | |
| | Fine Gael | 8 | -4 | 10,648 | 36.10 | |
| | Independent | 5 | +4 | 4,661 | 15.80 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 0 | -1 | 948 | 3.21 | |
| Totals | Totals | 26 | - | 29,495 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Athlone

Athlone: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael Finneran* | | 1,522 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Liam Naughten TD* | | 1,379 | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick Lenihan* | | 1,274 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Morris | | 448 | 825 | 870 | 905 | 1,091 |
| | Fine Gael | John Joe Grenham* | | 387 | 437 | 627 | 840 | 884 |
| | Fine Gael | Willie Nestor | | 208 | 259 | 359 | | |
| Electorate: 6,686 Valid: 5,218 (78.79%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,044 Turnout: 5,268 |||||||||

### Ballaghadreen

Ballaghadreen: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Sen. John Connor | | 881 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Dooney* | | 795 | 806 | 951 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Scally | | 636 | 793 | 819 | 821 | 832 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul Lynch | | 633 | 656 | 762 | 833 | 834 |
| | Independent | Tom McGarry* | | 568 | 652 | 818 | 830 | 834 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Hubert Maxwell | | 479 | 508 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Gilligan* | | 332 | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,498 Valid: 4,325 (67.04%) Spoilt: 31 Quota: 866 Turnout: 4,356 |||||||||

### Boyle

Boyle: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Doherty TD* | | 1,263 | | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean McQuaid | | 652 | 758 | 797 | 843 | 977 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Colm O'Donnell* | | 595 | 696 | 718 | 765 | 862 | 926 | |
| | Fine Gael | Thomas Egan* | | 574 | 595 | 705 | 748 | 760 | 761 | 830 |
| | Fine Gael | Charlie Hopkins | | 514 | 528 | 573 | 619 | 624 | 625 | 680 |
| | Fine Gael | Charles Duignan* | | 500 | 523 | 557 | 575 | 606 | 608 | 909 |
| | Fine Gael | John Beirne* | | 444 | 458 | 480 | 499 | 579 | 579 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Timothy Cooney | | 327 | 379 | 383 | 421 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Kevin Earley | | 296 | 310 | 319 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Connie Fallon | | 283 | 292 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,103 Valid: 5,448 (77.64%) Spoilt: 67 Quota: 909 Turnout: 5,515 |||||||||||

### Castlerea

Castlerea: 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Patrick Moylan* | | 714 | 755 | 845 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael McGreal | | 579 | 601 | 625 | 634 | 691 | 711 | 713 |
| | Independent | Paddy Concannon* | | 550 | 553 | 556 | 556 | 668 | 780 | 837 |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Callaghan* | | 526 | 528 | 528 | 529 | 588 | 657 | 681 |
| | Independent | Tony Waldron | | 473 | 481 | 489 | 493 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | John Costello* | | 443 | 446 | 516 | 528 | 665 | 957 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Satchwell | | 429 | 434 | 498 | 503 | 579 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Gerard Regan | | 263 | 271 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Michael Mitchell | | 96 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 5,412 Valid: 4,074 (76.07%) Spoilt: 43 Quota: 815 Turnout: 4,117 |||||||||||

### Roscommon

Roscommon: 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Terry Leyden TD* | | 1,101 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Eithne Quinn | | 986 | | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Anthony Murray | | 609 | 655 | 670 | 756 | 824 | 930 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Des Bruen* | | 549 | 632 | 654 | 786 | 806 | 830 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Walshe* | | 515 | 529 | 549 | 580 | 722 | 901 |
| | Fine Gael | John T. Kirwan | | 446 | 453 | 464 | 473 | 526 | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Hunt* | | 402 | 418 | 433 | 472 | 581 | 742 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Keane | | 382 | 394 | 403 | 429 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus McDermott | | 316 | 359 | 367 | | | |
| Electorate: 7,607 Valid: 5,312 (70.28%) Spoilt: 34 Quota: 886 Turnout: 5,346 ||||||||||

### Strokestown

Strokestown- 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sen. Brian Mullooly* | | 1,259 | | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Seán Beirne | | 773 | 765 | 831 | 1,054 | |
| | Fine Gael | Seamus Scott* | | 674 | 683 | 801 | 925 | 961 |
| | Sinn Féin | Dermot Mullooly* | | 652 | 698 | 799 | 881 | 917 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eugene Murphy | | 632 | 729 | 975 | 1,130 | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Curley | | 629 | 637 | 652 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean Neary | | 533 | 582 | | | |
| Electorate: 6,498 Valid: 5,118 (79.32%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 1,024 Turnout: 5,154 |||||||||