# 1991 Roscommon County Council election

An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 27 June 1991 as part of that year's 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 twice, first to 1998, then to 1999.

## Results by party

| Party | Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% |
| | Fine Gael | 11 | +3 | 11,229 | 40.33 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | 10 | -3 | 11,177 | 40.15 | |
| | Independent | 5 | - | 4,934 | 17.72 | |
| Totals | Totals | 26 | - | 27,840 | 100.00 | — |

## Results by local electoral area
### Athlone

Athlone - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Michael Finneran* | 31.4% | 1,635 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Senator Liam Naughten* | 30.5% | 1,586 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Paddy Moore | 16.2% | 841 | 996 | 1,405 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Jim Morris* | 11.4% | 592 | 857 | 904 | 980 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Michael O'Faolain | 10.6% | 550 | 724 | 813 | 907 |
| Electorate: 7,034 Valid: 5,204 (73.98%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,041 Turnout: 5,233 (74.40%) ||||||||

### Ballaghadreen

Ballaghadreen - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Scally | 20.69 | 1,112 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | John Connor* | 20.6% | 839 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paul Lynch* | 14.7% | 599 | 672 | 743 | 795 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Dooney* | 13.5% | 550 | 630 | 690 | 803 |
| | Independent | Dermot Allman | 10.6% | 430 | 484 | 552 | 652 |
| | Independent | Tom McGarry* | 7.0% | 286 | 351 | 389 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Joe Creighton | 6.2% | 252 | 277 | | |
| Electorate: 5,583 Valid: 4,068 (62.04%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 815 Turnout: 4,098 (73.4%) ||||||||

### Boyle

Boyle - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fine Gael | Kitty Duignan* | 16.4% | 813 | 985 | | | |
| | Independent | Paul Beirne | 8.40 | 775 | 840 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Charlie Hopkins | 13.5% | 671 | 733 | 802 | 844 | |
| | Fine Gael | Joseph O'Beirne | 10.7% | 529 | 543 | 587 | 599 | 726 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Colm O'Donnell* | 10.7% | 529 | 537 | 545 | 649 | 814 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Sean McQuaid* | 9.2% | 457 | 479 | 498 | 627 | 792 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tommy Kelly | 9.1% | 452 | 452 | 454 | 519 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Mary Clifford | 7.4% | 369 | 390 | 396 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael Carty | 7.4% | 368 | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,959 Valid: 4,963 (71.32%) Spoilt: 41 Quota: 828 Turnout: 5,004 (71.91%) |||||||||

### Castlerea

Castlerea - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Fine Gael | Michael McGreal* | 19.8% | 748 | 793 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Tom Callaghan | 15.9% | 600 | 608 | 648 | 752 |
| | Independent | Patrick Moylan* | 15.5% | 583 | 649 | 684 | 787 |
| | Independent | Danny Burke | 15.4% | 579 | 598 | 644 | 756 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tony Waldron | 10.1% | 382 | 432 | 570 | 623 |
| | Independent | Paddy Concannon* | 9.9% | 372 | 381 | 410 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Liam Satchwell | 6.8% | 257 | 300 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus Sloyan | 6.6% | 250 | | | |
| Electorate: 5,175 Valid: 3,771 (72.87%) Spoilt: 34 Quota: 755 Turnout: 3,805 (73.53%) ||||||||

### Roscommon

Roscommon - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Tom Foxe TD | 22.01 | 1,232 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Eithne Quinn* | 13.3% | 677 | 890 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Des Bruen* | 12.0% | 608 | 656 | 746 | 799 | 923 | |
| | Fine Gael | Dominic Connolly | 11.4% | 578 | 607 | 654 | 745 | 765 | 767 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Seamus McDermott | 9.4% | 476 | 506 | 538 | 575 | 664 | 719 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Paddy Kilduff | 8.7% | 439 | 450 | 498 | 523 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Gerry Donnelly | 8.6% | 436 | 450 | 493 | 604 | 784 | 802 |
| | Fine Gael | Patrick Walshe* | 6.5% | 331 | 363 | 377 | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Anthony Murray* | 5.8% | 295 | 304 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,411 Valid: 5,072 (68.44%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 846 Turnout: 5,108 (68.92%) ||||||||||

### Strokestown

Strokestown - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Senator Brian Mullooly* | 18.9% | 899 | 937 | 1,059 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Eugene Murphy* | 17.4% | 827 | 928 | 1,014 |
| | Fine Gael | Seán Beirne* | 16.2% | 773 | 881 | 970 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Tom Crosby | 15.9% | 759 | 818 | 909 |
| | Fine Gael | Noel Collins | 12.9% | 614 | 657 | 722 |
| | Republican Sinn Féin | Dermot Mullooly | 10.5% | 500 | 525 | |
| | Fine Gael | Frank Curley | 8.2% | 390 | | |
| Electorate: 7,411 Valid: 5,072 (68.44%) Spoilt: 36 Quota: 846 Turnout: 5,108 (68.92%) |||||||