Roscommon–Galway (Dáil constituency)

Roscommon–Galway
Dáil constituency
Location of Roscommon–Galway within Ireland
Major settlements	Ballaghaderreen Ballinasloe Castlerea Roscommon Strokestown
Current constituency
Created	2016
Seats	3
TDs	Martin Daly (FF)   Michael Fitzmaurice (II)   Claire Kerrane (SF)
Local government areas	County Roscommon County Galway
Created from	Roscommon–South Leitrim Galway East
EP constituency	Midlands–North-West

Roscommon–Galway is a parliamentary constituency that has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from the 2016 general election. The constituency elects three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was established by the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 and first used at the 2016 election.^[1]

The Constituency Review Report 2023 of the Electoral Commission recommended that at the next general election, the boundary of Roscommon–Galway be altered with the transfer of territory from Sligo–Leitrim and the transfer of territory to Galway East.^[2]

The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023 defines the constituency as:^[3]

"The county of Roscommon; and the county of Galway except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West."

Changes to the Roscommon–Galway constituency

Years	No. of TDs	Area	Formed by
2016–2020	3	County Roscommon, and the parts of County Galway not in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West.[4]	County Roscommon, from Roscommon–South Leitrim,[5] Transfer from Galway East of: Ballinasloe Urban Ahascragh, Ballinasloe Rural, Clontuskert, Kellysgrove, Killure, Kylemore, Lismanny, in the former Rural District of Ballinasloe No. 1 Ballinastack, Ballymoe, Ballynakill, Boyounagh, Creggs, Curraghmore, Glennamaddy, Island, Kilcroan, Kiltullagh, Raheen, Shankill, Templetogher, Toberroe, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy Ballynakill, Caltra, Castleblakeney, Castleffrench, Clonbrock, Cloonkeen, Killeroran, Killian, Taghboy, in the former Rural District of Mount Bellew Dunmore North, Toberadosh, in the former Rural District of Tuam.
2020–	3	County Roscommon, except for the part in the constituency of Sligo–Leitrim, and the parts of County Galway not in the constituencies of Galway East and Galway West.[1]	Transfer from Galway East of:[6] Aughrim, Ballymacward, Kilconnell, Killaan, Killallaghtan, Oatfield, in the former Rural District of Ballinasloe No. 1 Scregg, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy Annagh, Mount Bellew, Mounthazel, in the former Rural District of Mount Bellew Addergoole, Carrownagur, Clonbern, Cloonkeen, Dunmore South, in the former Rural District of Tuam Transfer to Sligo–Leitrim of: Aghafin, Altagowlan, Ballyfarnan, Ballyformoyle, Boyle Rural, Boyle Urban, Crossna, Danesfort, Keadew, Kilbryan, Killukin, Lough Allen, Oakport, Rockingham, Rushfield, Tivannagh, Tumna North, Tumna South, in the former Rural District of Boyle No. 1

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Roscommon–Galway 2016–
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   Ind = Independent   II = Independent Ireland   SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
32nd	2016[7]		Eugene Murphy (FF)		Denis Naughten (Ind)		Michael Fitzmaurice (Ind)
33rd	2020[8]		Claire Kerrane (SF)
34th	2024[9]				Martin Daly (FF)		Michael Fitzmaurice (II)

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

^ *: Outgoing TD

2024 general election

2024 general election: Roscommon–Galway^[9]^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent Ireland	Michael Fitzmaurice[*]	29.2	12,002
	Sinn Féin	Claire Kerrane[*]	19.5	8,039	8,449	8,469	8,540	9,331	9,551	11,087
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Daly	17.7	7,283	7,705	7,715	7,811	8,010	8,372	10,234
	Fine Gael	Aisling Dolan	11.8	4,843	5,012	5,017	5,097	5,228	6,625	7,593
	Independent	Eugene Murphy	10.5	4,327	4,782	4,848	4,954	5,441	5,779
	Fine Gael	Dympna Daly Finn	5.3	2,164	2,252	2,262	2,325	2,425
	PBP–Solidarity	Andrew Mannion[a]	2.0	814	848	862	1,006
	Aontú	Cormac Ó Corcoráin	1.9	789	868	909	1,031
	Green	Martina O'Connor	1.1	441	449	449
	The Irish People	Alan Sweeney	0.5	224	246	306
	Independent	Vincent Beirne	0.5	202	234
Electorate: 62,727   Valid: 41,128   Spoilt: 204   Quota: 10,283   Turnout: 65.9%

1. Mannion is a member of People Before Profit.

2020 general election

2020 general election: Roscommon–Galway^[8]^[11]^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Michael Fitzmaurice[*]	28.7	13,077
	Independent	Denis Naughten[*]	18.5	8,422	9,057	9,419	10,866	14,683
	Sinn Féin	Claire Kerrane	17.5	8,003	8,322	8,690	9,402	10,082	10,545
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Murphy[*]	10.8	4,945	5,201	5,381	7,242	8,058	9,204
	Fine Gael	Aisling Dolan	12.0	5,466	5,635	5,710	6,162
	Fianna Fáil	Orla Leyden	6.5	2,953	3,124	3,197
	Green	Julie O'Donoghue	3.1	1,413	1,445	1,610
	Aontú	James Hope	1.1	504	542
	Solidarity–PBP	Kenny Tynan[a]	0.9	422	442
	National Party	Paul Hanley	0.7	319	331
	Independent	Thomas Fallon	0.2	88	109
Electorate: 69,598   Valid: 45,612   Spoilt: 330   Quota: 11,404   Turnout: 45,942 (66.0%)

1. Tynan was a member of People Before Profit.

2016 general election

2016 general election: Roscommon–Galway^[13]^[14]^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Denis Naughten[*]	30.5	13,936
	Independent	Michael Fitzmaurice[*]	21.3	9,750	10,964	10,996	11,073	11,275	11,630
	Fianna Fáil	Eugene Murphy	14.9	6,813	7,157	7,162	7,192	7,260	7,368	7,565	10,104
	Fine Gael	Maura Hopkins	14.9	6,812	7,317	7,324	7,428	7,555	7,698	8,388	9,313
	Sinn Féin	Claire Kerrane	6.7	3,075	3,196	3,207	3,256	3,301	3,591	3,826
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Curran	4.4	2,006	2,164	2,168	2,198	2,240	2,294	2,389
	Labour	John Kelly	2.7	1,211	1,254	1,258	1,320	1,373	1,442
	AAA–PBP	Eddie Conroy	2.1	982	1,008	1,015	1,146	1,172
	Renua	Anne Farrell	1.1	520	577	580	616
	Green	Miriam Hennesy	0.6	286	305	307
	Independent	Anthony Coleman	0.5	214	229	237
	Independent	Thomas Fallon	0.2	75	88
Electorate: 64,235   Valid: 45,680   Spoilt: 315   Quota: 11,421   Turnout: 71.6%

See also

• Elections in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland

References

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3. Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023, Schedule (No. 40 of 2023, Schedule). Enacted on 19 December 2023. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 16 February 2024.
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