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	Roscommon-South Leitrim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It will come into being in the 30th Irish general election, and will include all of County Roscommon and the southern portion of County Leitrim (the area to the east and south of Lough Allen) in the province of Connacht.
		The Roscommon-South Leitrim parliamentary constituency was created by the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roscommon-South_Leitrim (130 words)

	ipedia.com: Ireland Article
		It is composed of the Republic of Ireland in the south an...
		It is composed of the Republic of Ireland in the south and Northern Ireland, a region of the United Kingdom.
		The island of Ireland, named Hibernia by the Romans, is 485km (301 miles) from North to South and 275km (171 miles) from East to West.
	www.ipedia.com /ireland.html (1045 words)

	Sligo-North Leitrim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It largely replaces the current constituency of Sligo-Leitrim, although it cedes the southern portions of the latter county to the new constituency of Roscommon-South Leitrim.
		The Sligo-North Leitrim parliamentary constituency was created by the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies, and will will come into being in the 30th Irish general election.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sligo-North_Leitrim (100 words)

	Co Leitrim.
		Leitrim is otherwise bounded to the west by Co. Sligo and Co. Roscommon, to the south by Co. Roscommon and Co: Longford, to the east by Co. Cavan and Co. Fermanagh, and to the north by Co. Donegal.
		The soil of Co. Leitrim is exceptionally retentive of water which accounts, with its many lakes, for a standard joke that land in the county is sold by the gallon rather than by the acre.
		Leitrim, once the county town, has the remains of a castle and some other ancient buildings, but has lost its former importance and dwindled to a village.
	www.iol.ie /~jfflynn/history.html (788 words)

	Irish Election Database
		Regardless of the Commission's dislike of counstituencies extending into more than 3 counties, it is inevitable that Sligo, Roscommon and Leitrim will be included together into a single 5-seat constituency at some time in the future.
		Leitrim has the smallest population of any county in the Republic and splitting it in two means that it will be very difficult for a Leitrim-based candidate to win election to the Dáil.
		The population of Leitrim at the last census was just 25,815, compared to the ratio of TDs to population of 1:23,598.
	election.polarbears.com /art0040.htm (1334 words)

	EARLY - Online Information article about EARLY
		Leitrim, Cavan) and Tir Fiachrach, the territory of the Firbolg tribe the Fir Domnann in the valley of the Moy (Co. Mayo).
		Roscommon; but we have at present no means of ascertaining when this invasion took place.
		Somewhat later south Connaught was similarly wrested from the older race and colonized by descendants of Brian and Fiachra, later known as Ui Fiachrach Aidni and Ui Briuin Seola.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /DRO_ECG/EARLY.html (5693 words)

	Longford-Roscommon - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The current Longford-Roscommon division will be changed into the new constituencies of Longford Westmeath and Roscommon South Leitrim.
		The Longford Roscommon parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of both these Connacht and Leinster counties, taking in the towns of Longford and Roscommon and many other areas.
		The Longford Roscommon constituency is just one of a number of constituencies that will be changing at the next general election.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Longford-Roscommon (147 words)

	Roscommon, Michigan
		Roscommon is a village located in Roscommon County, Michigan.
		Location of Roscommon, Michigan According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 4.2 km² (1.6 mi²).
		It is the county seat of Roscommon County
	www.kiwipedia.com /roscommon--michigan.html (409 words)

	Welcome to the Roscommon Champion newspaper
		Roscommon Lions Club have identified the provision of a Youth Centre in the Roscommon town area as their key project going forward -- and are hosting an important meeting at which the views of interested parties will be sought.
		YOUTH organisations in the general Roscommon town area who have an interest in the establishment of a new Youth Centre in the county town are being invited to make their views known.
		Roscommon defeated Sligo IT by 1-10 to 0-10 in an FBD League encounter.
	homepage.eircom.net /~roscommonchampion/Frame3680835.html (1628 words)

	Leitrim GAA - CLG Liatroma
		We see football as a binding force in the county and it is very important that we have the identity of a single county". Should the proposed changes happen, north Leitrim would join Sligo and south Leitrim would join Roscommon to form two new constituencies.
		Leitrim GAA County Board has voiced it's support of the campaign to prevent Leitrim being split into two separate constituencies. County Chairman Michael McGowan said that while the GAA are a strictly non-political organisation, "we donât see this as a political issue.
		McGowan added that he had spent his life "trying to unite north Leitrim and south Leitrim and we will not allow this". Anybody wishing to voice their opposition to this decision can do so by e-mailing their name and address to giveleitrimbackitsTD@eircom.net.
	www.leitrimgaa.ie /news.php?storyid=6&cat=5 (136 words)

	Athlone.ie > Roscommon Nomination
		Roscommon Fianna Fil are set to be first off the blocks in selecting a candidate for the next General Election when the partys conventions for the new Roscommon/South Leitrim constituency takes place in Carrick-on-Shannon on Thursday night.
		In the northern end of the constituency sitting Leitrim TD John Ellis goes unopposed for the South Leitrim nomination.
		And with one sitting TD in Roscommon - Deputy Michael Finneran - and only one candidate from the county to go forward from the convention it would appear a straightforward choice for delegates.
	www.athlone.ie /News/BreakingNews/RoscommonNomination.aspx (242 words)

	Irish Times Article - More seats for Dublin commuter belt in Dail proposals
		Co Leitrim is to be divided between new Sligo-North Leitrim and Roscommon-South Leitrim constituencies.
		The party's Mr John Ellis, of Sligo Leitrim, was also seen as threatened.
		The decline in population in some urban areas is reflected in Dublin North Central's relegation from being a four-seat to a three-seat constituency, and the loss of a seat by Cork North Central, which becomes a four-seater.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/front/2004/0108/1142526447HM1BRENNOCK.html (635 words)

	RTE News - Leitrim constituency status review in 2006
		The delegation from Leitrim was told today that the status of the constituency could be reviewed after the next census which is due in 2006.
		Seven county deputies from Leitrim County Council met the Minister for the Environment, Dick Roche, this morning to discuss keeping Co Leitrim united as a constituency.
		The deputies have asked the Minister for the Environment to establish a commission to review their case as soon as he new census is in.
	www.rte.ie /news/2004/1222/leitrim.html (157 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: Fianna Fáil pick Roscommon South Leitrim candidates
		Dáil Deputies John Ellis and Michael Finneran were chosen tonight as Fianna Fáil candidates to run for seats in the Roscommon South Leitrim constituency in the next election.
		At the close of nominations on Monday Sligo Leitrim TD John Ellis was the only nominee for South Leitrim, and so was selected as the candidate for the area.
		For Roscommon, selectors chose the sitting TD for Longford Roscommon Michael Finneran over the other three candidates nominated: John Cummins, Rachel Doherty and Eugene Murphy.
	www.breakingnews.ie /2005/09/08/story219867.html (359 words)

	RTE News - Leitrim group to challenge electoral split
		The Save Leitrim campaign was set up in opposition to the planned split of the county into two new constituencies of Sligo-North Leitrim and Roscommon-South Leitrim.
		A group opposed to the proposed splitting of the electorate in Co Leitrim has said tonight that it will mount a legal challenge to the move.
		The campaign believes that the division of the county will deprive the people of Leirim of the chance to elect a local TD in future elections.
	www.rte.ie /news/2004/1101/boundary.html (87 words)

	ireland.com Election 2004
		Mr Reynolds narrowly lost his seat in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency in the last general election, and is likely to contest the new Roscommon-South Leitrim constituency next time.
		Labour has no representative on Leitrim County Council, and is hoping for a breakthrough in Manorhamilton with its candidate, Mr Gabriel McSharry.
		The county has a "Save Leitrim committee" campaign to reverse the electoral splitting of Leitrim at the next general election.
	www.ireland.com /focus/localelection2004/profile_leitrim.html (692 words)

	Lavin Text
		In County Leitrim ten of thirteen families listed are in parishes contiguous to Boyle barony in County Roscommon.
		Roscommon and the rest of Connacht were shired in 1575, sheriffs were appointed and provision made for law courts.
		This covered most of Co. Roscommon, the eastern region of of County Sligo and nine parishes in County Galway.
	www.leitrim-roscommon.com /plavin/lavin.html (15475 words)

	Roscommon Tourism
		It was built by the people of Roscommon in 1999 as a reminder of the thousands of their ancestors who perished in the Famine.
		The South Roscommon Drive takes in the narrow southern part of the county driving along the River Shannon on the eastern boundary and the River Suck on the western boundary.
		The South Pavilion incorporated the physician’s residence with an entrance to the front of the building, with carved door case and steps.
	www.visitroscommon.ie /tour4.asp (3628 words)

	The Labour Party - People - Gabriel McSharry - Local News
		Labour spokesperson in Roscommon-South Leitrim, Hughie Baxter, also expressed disappointment at the failure to include the North-West in the new plans.
		Labour spokesperson in North Leitrim, Gabriel McSharry, has expressed his disbelief that the Government’s plans for a national network of radiotherapy units does not include a unit for the North West.
		Cancer patients from Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim will be required to travel to either Belfast or Galway if they require radiotherapy treatment.
	www.fairsociety.com /gabrielmcsharry/news/20050802112400.html (520 words)

	The Sligo Champion Newspaper - County Sligo, Ireland
		Despite South Leitrim now having been earmarked to join County Roscommon for the next general election, Sligo-based Deputy Jimmy Devins pointed out that he had been elected to represent the entire Sligo/Leitrim constituency and would continue to do so diligently until the next general election.
		With only a small proportion of Eamon Scanlon's vote in the last general election having come from South Leitrim, the amalgamation of that area with Roscommon to form a new constituency is not a major loss to the Ballymote-based senator.
		Although he very much regretted losing South Leitrim, Fine Gael Deputy John Perry said he would now be representing North Leitrim with an increased emphasis because of Fianna Fail Deputy John Ellis's move to the new constituency of Roscommon/South Leitrim.
	www.unison.ie /sligo_champion/index.php3?ca=45&issue_id=10310 (629 words)

	Dáil Debates Official Report - 8-10-98
		Deputy Kenny and I are aware that in the case of some applications made in respect of areas along the Mayo and Roscommon border, one is seriously restricted in Roscommon while one will find a common sense approach to a similar application in County Mayo.
		A serious accident occurred in Knockcroghery in Roscommon some months ago and we were lucky 20 or 30 people were not killed.
		Why can it not be located in Cavan, Mayo or Roscommon?
	www.gov.ie /debates-98/8oct98/sect2.htm (11343 words)

	Dublin_West LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER
		The constituency is currently made up of the Castleknock and most of the Mulhuddart electoral areas of Fingal County Council and the Palmerstown part of the Lucan electoral area of South Dublin County Council.
		Recent boundary revisions have proposed that the constituency should be altered further and that the Palmerstown area should join the Dublin Mid West constituency while the Scribblestown and Dunsink areas near Finglas should join Dublin North West.
		The area of west Dublin in recent years is probably the most redrawn constituency in the Republic of Ireland.
	www.school-explorer.com /info/Dublin_West (198 words)

	Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs - October
		Leitrim is unique in that the entire county is included in the CLÁR programme.
		It is encouraging to note, however, that the preliminary results of the 2002 population census shows that the population of County Leitrim increased by 758 people from 1996 to 2002.
		South Sligo, North Roscommon and South West Longford, South Westmeath(parts of)
	www.pobail.ie /en/PressReleases/2002/October/htmltext,2868,en.html (566 words)

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		Patsy McNamara – Patsy was born and reared in the village of Croghan in North Roscommon.
		John Kelly – John, of Roscommon town, was born in 1973 and he started learning music at a young age, from both his father Frank, and from renowned musician and teacher, Paddy Ryan.
		Catherine McEvoy – Catherine was born in Birmingham in the 1950s after her Roscommon parents had moved there.
	www.roscommonarts.com /trad/flute%20biogs.htm (1792 words)

	Home
		Elected to Dail Eireann 1977 to 1981 Roscommon /South Leitrim.
		Re-Elected to Roscommon County Council 1979 and 1985.
		Elected a Member of Roscommon County Council 1974.
	www.geocities.com /leydenterry/curriculum_vitae.htm (193 words)

	eircom net Ireland-International / Irish news headlines from leading Irish newspapers
		In Roscommon/South Leitrim, four councillors are complaining about the party's decision to run only two candidates - TDs Michael Finneran and John Ellis.
		Fianna Fail faces problems in both Kildare North and Roscommon/South Leitrim.
		Earlier this year, Fianna Fail selected political debutante Aine Brady in Kildare North - only to see her lose the party seat of the former Finance Minister, now EU Commissioner, to Independent Catherine Murphy.
	home.eircom.net /content/unison/national/6172530?view=Eircomnet (298 words)

	Seanad Debate - 29 January 2003
		The club generated considerable interest in north Roscommon, south Sligo and Leitrim and many of my friends were involved in it.
		The incentives which have proved so successful in the south Leitrim area and regenerated a rural area in decline could kick-start a new era in Ballinasloe.
		I call on the Minister for State to ask his colleague at the Department of Finance to extend the pilot scheme operating very successfully in the upper Shannon region to the middle region to incorporate Ballinasloe and Portumna and the catchment area in between.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-03/s29Jan/Sect4.htm (16165 words)

	Roscommon, Ireland
		Carrick-on-Shannon : - Births - Deaths - Marriages (Roscommon and Leitrim)
		Some cover only Roscommon, while others take in parts of the surrounding counties or are districts whose main town is in another county and which covers only part of Co. Roscommon.
		Roscommon Before the Famine: The Parishes of Kiltoom and Cam, 1749-1845 (Maynooth Studies in Local History)
	www.from-ireland.net /contents/roscommconts.htm (2257 words)

	Labour opposed to Sligo-Leitrim constituency division - Sligo Elections - Indymedia Ireland
		The division of county Leitrim by the Constituency Commission and the creation of a new Sligo/North Leitrim 3 seat Dail constituency and a new Roscommon/South Leitrim 3 seat constituency has been described as disappointing and unfair by Labour Alderman Declan Bree.
		The North Leitrim Labour spokesperson Mr Gabriel McSharry said that he was very angry with the outcome of the Commissions review.
		Now at a time when the violence has ended and at a time when Leitrim's population is beginning to grow, we have this decision which I firmly believe will undermine morale in the county.
	www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=63017&region=sligo (7563 words)

	Welcome to Ocean fm
		Roscommon Fianna Fail Senator, Terry Leyden, has revealed that he will not be seeking a party nomination to stand in the next General Election in the new Roscommon-South Leitrim constituency.
		The convention is due to take place on the 8th September next in Carrick On Shannon.
		He says he will seek re-election to the Senate.
	www.oceanfm.ie /onair/sligoleitrimnews.php?articleid=000001808 (99 words)

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