17th Dáil

TDs from 1961 to 1965

17th Dáil

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Overview
Legislative body| Dáil Éireann
Jurisdiction| Ireland
Meeting place| Leinster House
Term| 11 October 1961 – 11 March 1965
Election| 1961 general election
Government| 10th government of Ireland
Members| 144
Ceann Comhairle| Patrick Hogan
Taoiseach| Seán Lemass
Tánaiste| Seán MacEntee
Chief Whip| Joseph Brennan
Leader of the Opposition| James Dillon
Sessions
| 1st| 11 October 1961 – 26 July 1962

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2nd| 30 October 1962 – 19 July 1963
3rd| 23 October 1963 – 1 July 1964
4th| 3 November 1964 – 11 March 1965

The 17th Dáil was elected at the 1961 general election on 4 October 1961 and met on 11 October 1961. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 10th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

On 18 March 1965 President Éamon de Valera dissolved the Dáil on the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The 17th Dáil lasted 3 years, 158 days.

## Composition of the 17th Dáil

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Party | Oct. 1961 | March 1965

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● | Fianna Fáil | 70 | 71
| Fine Gael | 47 | 48
| Labour | 16 | 17
| Clann na Talmhan | 2 | 1
| National Progressive Democrats | 2 | —
| Clann na Poblachta | 1 | 1
| Independent | 6 | 5
| Ceann Comhairle | — | 1

Fianna Fáil, denoted with a bullet (●), formed the 10th government of Ireland led by Seán Lemass as Taoiseach.

### Graphical representation

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This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 17th Dáil from October 1961. This was not the official seating plan.

## Ceann Comhairle

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On the meeting of the Dáil, Patrick Hogan (Lab), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1951, was proposed by Seán Lemass (FF) and seconded by James Dillon (FG) for the position. His election was approved without a vote.[1]

## TDs by constituency

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The list of the 144 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.[2]

Members of the 17th Dáil

Constituency  | Name  | Party
Carlow–Kilkenny | Patrick Crotty |  |  Fine Gael
Jim Gibbons |  |  Fianna Fáil
Desmond Governey |  |  Fine Gael
Martin Medlar |  |  Fianna Fáil
Séamus Pattison |  |  Labour
Cavan | Séamus Dolan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick O'Reilly |  |  Fine Gael
Paddy Smith |  |  Fianna Fáil
Clare | Patrick Hogan |  |  Labour
Patrick Hillery |  |  Fianna Fáil
William Murphy |  |  Fine Gael
Seán Ó Ceallaigh |  |  Fianna Fáil
Cork Borough | Stephen Barrett |  |  Fine Gael
Anthony Barry |  |  Fine Gael
Seán Casey |  |  Labour
John Galvin |  |  Fianna Fáil
Jack Lynch |  |  Fianna Fáil
Cork Mid | Dan Desmond |  |  Labour
Seán McCarthy |  |  Fianna Fáil
Con Meaney |  |  Fianna Fáil
Denis O'Sullivan |  |  Fine Gael
Cork North-East | Richard Barry |  |  Fine Gael
Philip Burton |  |  Fine Gael
Martin Corry |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick McAuliffe |  |  Labour
John Moher |  |  Fianna Fáil
Cork South-West | Seán Collins |  |  Fine Gael
Edward Cotter |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Pat Murphy |  |  Labour
Donegal North-East | Neil Blaney |  |  Fianna Fáil
Liam Cunningham |  |  Fianna Fáil
Paddy Harte |  |  Fine Gael
Donegal South-West | Joseph Brennan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Cormac Breslin |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick O'Donnell |  |  Fine Gael
Dublin County | Kevin Boland |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Burke |  |  Fianna Fáil
Mark Clinton |  |  Fine Gael
Seán Dunne |  |  Independent
Éamon Rooney |  |  Fine Gael
Dublin North-Central | Vivion de Valera |  |  Fianna Fáil
Celia Lynch |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGilligan |  |  Fine Gael
Frank Sherwin |  |  Independent
Dublin North-East | Jack Belton |  |  Fine Gael
Patrick Byrne |  |  Fine Gael
George Colley |  |  Fianna Fáil
Charles Haughey |  |  Fianna Fáil
Eugene Timmons |  |  Fianna Fáil
Dublin North-West | Declan Costello |  |  Fine Gael
Richard Gogan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Mullen |  |  Labour
Dublin South-Central | Joseph Barron |  |  Clann na Poblachta
Philip Brady |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Cummins |  |  Fianna Fáil
Maurice E. Dockrell |  |  Fine Gael
Seán Lemass |  |  Fianna Fáil
Dublin South-East | Noël Browne |  |  National Progressive Democrats
John A. Costello |  |  Fine Gael
Seán MacEntee |  |  Fianna Fáil
Dublin South-West | Robert Briscoe |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Carroll |  |  Independent
Noel Lemass |  |  Fianna Fáil
James O'Keeffe |  |  Fine Gael
Richie Ryan |  |  Fine Gael
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown | Seán Brady |  |  Fianna Fáil
Lionel Booth |  |  Fianna Fáil
Liam Cosgrave |  |  Fine Gael
H. Percy Dockrell |  |  Fine Gael
Galway East | Michael Carty |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Donnellan |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins |  |  Fine Gael
Michael F. Kitt |  |  Fianna Fáil
Anthony Millar |  |  Fianna Fáil
Galway West | Gerald Bartley |  |  Fianna Fáil
Fintan Coogan |  |  Fine Gael
Johnny Geoghegan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Kerry North | Patrick Finucane |  |  Independent
Tom McEllistrim |  |  Fianna Fáil
Dan Spring |  |  Labour
Kerry South | Patrick Connor |  |  Fine Gael
Honor Crowley |  |  Fianna Fáil
Timothy O'Connor |  |  Fianna Fáil
Kildare | Brendan Crinion |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Dooley |  |  Fianna Fáil
William Norton |  |  Labour
Gerard Sweetman |  |  Fine Gael
Laois–Offaly | Kieran Egan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Nicholas Egan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Oliver J. Flanagan |  |  Fine Gael
Patrick Lalor |  |  Fianna Fáil
Tom O'Higgins |  |  Fine Gael
Limerick East | Paddy Clohessy |  |  Fianna Fáil
Stephen Coughlan |  |  Labour
Tom O'Donnell |  |  Fine Gael
Donogh O'Malley |  |  Fianna Fáil
Limerick West | James Collins |  |  Fianna Fáil
Denis Jones |  |  Fine Gael
Donnchadh Ó Briain |  |  Fianna Fáil
Longford–Westmeath | Frank Carter |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Kennedy |  |  Fianna Fáil
Seán Mac Eoin |  |  Fine Gael
Joe Sheridan |  |  Independent
Louth | Frank Aiken |  |  Fianna Fáil
Paddy Donegan |  |  Fine Gael
Pádraig Faulkner |  |  Fianna Fáil
Mayo North | Michael Browne |  |  Fine Gael
Phelim Calleary |  |  Fianna Fáil
Joseph Lenehan |  |  Independent
Mayo South | Joseph Blowick |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Seán Flanagan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Henry Kenny |  |  Fine Gael
Mícheál Ó Móráin |  |  Fianna Fáil
Meath | Denis Farrelly |  |  Fine Gael
Michael Hilliard |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Tully |  |  Labour
Monaghan | Erskine H. Childers |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Dillon |  |  Fine Gael
Patrick Mooney |  |  Fianna Fáil
Roscommon | James Burke |  |  Fine Gael
Brian Lenihan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Jack McQuillan |  |  National Progressive Democrats
Patrick J. Reynolds |  |  Fine Gael
Sligo–Leitrim | James Gallagher |  |  Fianna Fáil
Eugene Gilbride |  |  Fianna Fáil
Eugene Gilhawley |  |  Fine Gael
Joseph McLoughlin |  |  Fine Gael
Tipperary North | Thomas Dunne |  |  Fine Gael
John Fanning |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Tierney |  |  Labour
Tipperary South | Dan Breen |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Davern |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Hogan |  |  Fine Gael
Seán Treacy |  |  Labour
Waterford | Thomas Kyne |  |  Labour
Thaddeus Lynch |  |  Fine Gael
John Ormonde |  |  Fianna Fáil
Wexford | Lorcan Allen |  |  Fianna Fáil
Brendan Corish |  |  Labour
Anthony Esmonde |  |  Fine Gael
James Ryan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Wicklow | Paudge Brennan |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Everett |  |  Labour
Michael O'Higgins |  |  Fine Gael

## Changes

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Date  | Constituency  | Loss  | Gain  | Note

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11 October 1961  | Clare |  |  Labour |  |  Ceann Comhairle | Patrick Hogan takes office as Ceann Comhairle[1]
23 February 1963  | Dublin North-East |  |  Fine Gael |  | Death of Jack Belton
30 May 1963  | Dublin North-East |  |  |  Fine Gael | Paddy Belton holds seat vacated by the death of his brother Jack Belton
11 October 1963  | Cork Borough |  |  Fianna Fáil |  | Death of John Galvin
13 November 1963  | Dublin County |  |  Independent |  |  Labour | Seán Dunne joins the Labour Party[3]
27 November 1963  | Dublin South-East |  |  National Progressive Democrats |  |  Labour | Noël Browne disbands the National Progressive Democrats and joins the Labour Party[4]
27 November 1963  | Roscommon |  |  National Progressive Democrats |  |  Labour | Jack McQuillan disbands the National Progressive Democrats and joins the Labour Party[4]
4 December 1963  | Kildare |  |  Labour |  | Death of William Norton
19 February 1964  | Cork Borough |  |  |  Fianna Fáil | Sheila Galvin holds seat vacated by the death of her husband John Galvin
19 February 1964  | Kildare |  |  |  Fianna Fáil | Terence Boylan gains seat vacated by the death of Norton
12 May 1964  | Roscommon |  |  Fine Gael |  | Death of James Burke
8 July 1964  | Roscommon |  |  |  Fine Gael | Joan Burke holds seat vacated by the death of her husband James Burke
27 September 1964  | Galway East |  |  Clann na Talmhan |  | Death of Michael Donnellan
3 December 1964  | Galway East |  |  |  Fine Gael | John Donnellan gains seat vacated by the death of his father Michael Donnellan
9 December 1964  | Cork Mid |  |  Labour |  | Death of Dan Desmond
10 March 1965  | Cork Mid |  |  |  Labour | Eileen Desmond holds seat vacated by the death of her husband Dan Desmond[a]

## Notes

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1. ^ On the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass, the 17th Dáil was dissolved on 18 March 1965 before Desmond could assume her seat.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (17th Dáil) – Vol. 192 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 11 October 1961. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
2. ^ "TDs & Senators (17th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
3. ^ "T.D. rejoins Labour Party". The Irish Times. 14 November 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
4. ^ a b "Browne and McQuillan join Labour Party". The Irish Times. 28 November 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
5. ^ Maume, Patrick. "Desmond, Eileen". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 9 January 2023.

## External links

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* Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 17th Dáil

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* 1957: Dublin North-Central
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17th Dáil|

* 1963: Dublin North-East
* 1964: Cork Borough
* Kildare
* Roscommon
* Galway East
* 1965: Cork Mid

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* 1966: Kerry South
* Waterford
* 1967: Cork Borough
* Limerick West
* 1968:: Clare
* Wicklow
* Limerick East

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* 1970: Dublin South-West
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* Donegal–Leitrim
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* 1972: Cork Mid

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* 1973: Monaghan
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* 1976: Donegal North-East
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* 2009: Dublin South
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* 2015: Carlow–Kilkenny

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