North Roscommon | |
Type: | county |
Parliament: | uk |
Year: | 1885 |
Abolished: | 1922 |
Seats: | 1 |
Previous: | Roscommon |
Next: | Leitrim–Roscommon North |
North Roscommon was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the Roscommon constituency. From 1922 it was no longer represented in the UK Parliament.
This constituency comprised the northern part of County Roscommon.
1885–1922: The baronies of Ballintober North, Boyle and Frenchpark, and that part of the barony of Roscommon not contained in the constituency of South Roscommon.
Election | Member | Party | ||
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1885 | James Joseph O'Kelly | Nationalist | ||
1892 | Matthias McDonnell Bodkin | Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | ||
1895 | James Joseph O'Kelly | Parnellite Nationalist (Nationalist from 1900) | ||
1917 | George Noble Plunkett | Sinn Féin | ||
1922 | Constituency abolished |
O'Kelly dies, prompting a by-election.