Members of the 11th Dáil

TDs from 1943 to 1944

11th Dáil

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Overview
Legislative body| Dáil Éireann
Jurisdiction| Ireland
Meeting place| Leinster House
Term| 1 July 1943 – 7 June 1944
Election| 1943 general election
Government| 3rd Government of Ireland
Members| 138
Ceann Comhairle| Frank Fahy
Taoiseach| Éamon de Valera
Tánaiste| Seán T. O'Kelly
Chief Whip| Eamon Kissane
— Paddy Smith
until 2 July 1943
Leader of the Opposition| Thomas F. O'Higgins
— W. T. Cosgrave
until January 1944
Sessions
| 1st| 1 July 1943 – 9 July 1943

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2nd| 20 October 1943 – 10 May 1944

The 11th Dáil was elected at the 1943 general election on 23 June 1943 and met on 1 July 1943. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs.

The Dáil adjourned sine die on 10 May 1944, the day after President Douglas Hyde called a general election for 30 May at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The 11th Dáil was dissolved on 7 June 1944.[1] Exceptionally, the outgoing Dáil was not dissolved until after the election. Although the Constitution requires the President to dissolve the Dáil before a general election, this procedure was overridden by the General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943.[2][3] The act, which would have been unconstitutional if not for the state of emergency in effect during the Second World War, was intended to increase national security by minimising the interval during which no Dáil was in existence.[3] The 13th Dáil lasted 343 days.

There were no by-elections during this Dáil.

## Composition of the 11th Dáil[edit]

Party | June 1943 | May 1944

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● | Fianna Fáil | 67 | 66
| Fine Gael | 32 | 32
| Labour | 17 | 12
| Clann na Talmhan | 14 | 13
| Independent | 8 | 9
| Ceann Comhairle | — | 1
| National Labour Party | — | 5

Government party denoted with bullet (●)

### Graphical representation[edit]

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 11th Dáil from July 1943. This was not the official seating plan.

## Ceann Comhairle[edit]

On 1 July 1943, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Seán T. O'Kelly for the position, and was elected without a vote.[4]

## TDs by constituency[edit]

The list of the 138 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.[5]

Members of the 11th Dáil

Constituency  | Name  | Party
Athlone–Longford | Thomas Carter |  |  Fianna Fáil
Erskine H. Childers |  |  Fianna Fáil
Seán Mac Eoin |  |  Fine Gael
Carlow–Kildare | Thomas Harris |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Hughes |  |  Fine Gael
Francis Humphreys |  |  Fianna Fáil
William Norton |  |  Labour
Cavan | John James Cole |  |  Independent
Patrick O'Reilly |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Michael Sheridan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Paddy Smith |  |  Fianna Fáil
Clare | Patrick Burke |  |  Fine Gael
Thomas Burke |  |  Independent
Éamon de Valera |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Hogan |  |  Labour
Seán O'Grady |  |  Fianna Fáil
Cork Borough | Richard Anthony |  |  Independent
W. T. Cosgrave |  |  Fine Gael
Frank Daly |  |  Fianna Fáil
Séamus Fitzgerald |  |  Fianna Fáil
Cork North | Patrick Halliden |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Timothy Linehan |  |  Fine Gael
Seán Moylan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Leo Skinner |  |  Fianna Fáil
Cork South-East | William Broderick |  |  Fine Gael
Martin Corry |  |  Fianna Fáil
Thomas Looney |  |  Labour
Cork West | Seán Buckley |  |  Fianna Fáil
Timothy O'Donovan |  |  Fine Gael
Timothy J. Murphy |  |  Labour
Patrick O'Driscoll |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Timothy O'Sullivan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Donegal East | Neal Blaney |  |  Fianna Fáil
John Friel |  |  Fianna Fáil
Daniel McMenamin |  |  Fine Gael
William Sheldon |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Donegal West | Brian Brady |  |  Fianna Fáil
Cormac Breslin |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Óg McFadden |  |  Fine Gael
Dublin South | Robert Briscoe |  |  Fianna Fáil
Maurice E. Dockrell |  |  Fine Gael
Peadar Doyle |  |  Fine Gael
James Larkin Jnr |  |  Labour
Seán Lemass |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Lynch |  |  Fianna Fáil
John McCann |  |  Fianna Fáil
Dublin County | Seán Brady |  |  Fianna Fáil
Liam Cosgrave |  |  Fine Gael
Henry Dockrell |  |  Fine Gael
Patrick Fogarty |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Tunney |  |  Labour
Dublin North-East | Alfie Byrne |  |  Independent
James Larkin |  |  Labour
Oscar Traynor |  |  Fianna Fáil
Dublin North-West | Cormac Breathnach |  |  Fianna Fáil
A. P. Byrne |  |  Independent
Patrick McGilligan |  |  Fine Gael
Seán T. O'Kelly |  |  Fianna Fáil
Martin O'Sullivan |  |  Labour
Dublin Townships | Ernest Benson |  |  Fine Gael
Bernard Butler |  |  Fianna Fáil
Seán MacEntee |  |  Fianna Fáil
Galway East | Patrick Beegan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Donnellan |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Frank Fahy |  |  Fianna Fáil
Mark Killilea Snr |  |  Fianna Fáil
Galway West | Gerald Bartley |  |  Fianna Fáil
Eamon Corbett |  |  Fianna Fáil
Joseph Mongan |  |  Fine Gael
Kerry North | Patrick Finucane |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Eamon Kissane |  |  Fianna Fáil
Tom McEllistrim |  |  Fianna Fáil
Dan Spring |  |  Labour
Kerry South | Frederick Crowley |  |  Fianna Fáil
John Healy |  |  Fianna Fáil
Fionán Lynch |  |  Fine Gael
Kilkenny | Philip Mahony |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Thomas Derrig |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Pattison |  |  Labour
Leitrim | Stephen Flynn |  |  Fianna Fáil
Bernard Maguire |  |  Independent
Mary Reynolds |  |  Fine Gael
Leix–Offaly | Patrick Boland |  |  Fianna Fáil
William Davin |  |  Labour
Oliver J. Flanagan |  |  Independent
Patrick Gorry |  |  Fianna Fáil
Thomas F. O'Higgins |  |  Fine Gael
Limerick | George C. Bennett |  |  Fine Gael
Daniel Bourke |  |  Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Crowley |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Keyes |  |  Labour
Donnchadh Ó Briain |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Reidy |  |  Fine Gael
Robert Ryan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Louth | Frank Aiken |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Coburn |  |  Fine Gael
Roddy Connolly |  |  Labour
Mayo North | Patrick Browne |  |  Fine Gael
James Kilroy |  |  Fianna Fáil
P. J. Ruttledge |  |  Fianna Fáil
Mayo South | Joseph Blowick |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Dominick Cafferky |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Micheál Clery |  |  Fianna Fáil
James FitzGerald-Kenney |  |  Fine Gael
Mícheál Ó Móráin |  |  Fianna Fáil
Meath–Westmeath | Charles Fagan |  |  Fine Gael
Patrick Giles |  |  Fine Gael
Michael Hilliard |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Kennedy |  |  Fianna Fáil
Matthew O'Reilly |  |  Fianna Fáil
Monaghan | James Dillon |  |  Independent
Bridget Rice |  |  Fianna Fáil
Conn Ward |  |  Fianna Fáil
Roscommon | John Beirne |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Gerald Boland |  |  Fianna Fáil
John Meighan |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Sligo | Martin Brennan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Martin Roddy |  |  Fine Gael
Patrick Rogers |  |  Fine Gael
Tipperary | Dan Breen |  |  Fianna Fáil
Andrew Fogarty |  |  Fianna Fáil
Daniel Morrissey |  |  Fine Gael
William O'Donnell |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Jeremiah Ryan |  |  Fine Gael
Martin Ryan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Richard Stapleton |  |  Labour
Waterford | Denis Heskin |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Patrick Little |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Morrissey |  |  Fianna Fáil
Bridget Redmond |  |  Fine Gael
Wexford | Denis Allen |  |  Fianna Fáil
Richard Corish |  |  Labour
John Esmonde |  |  Fine Gael
John O'Leary |  |  Labour
James Ryan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Wicklow | Christopher Byrne |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Cogan |  |  Clann na Talmhan
James Everett |  |  Labour

## Changes[edit]

Date  | Constituency  |  | Loss  |  | Gain  | Note

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1 July 1943  | Galway East |  |  Fianna Fáil |  |  Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle[4]
July 1943  | Donegal East |  |  Clann na Talmhan |  |  Independent | William Sheldon resigns from Clann na Talmhan
7 January 1944  | Wicklow |  |  Labour |  |  National Labour Party | James Everett resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party as its leader
7 January 1944  | Cork South-East |  |  Labour |  |  National Labour Party | Thomas Looney resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party
7 January 1944  | Wexford |  |  Labour |  |  National Labour Party | John O'Leary resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party
7 January 1944  | Kilkenny |  |  Labour |  |  National Labour Party | James Pattison resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party
7 January 1944  | Kerry North |  |  Labour |  |  National Labour Party | Dan Spring resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party

## See also[edit]

* Members of the 4th Seanad

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Dáil dissolved". The Irish Times. 8 June 1944. p. 3.
2. ^ "Constitution of Ireland". Irish Statute Book. Article 16.3. Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2022.; General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943 (No. 11 of 1943). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 27 March 2018.; "Adjournment of the Dáil – Dáil Éireann (11th Dáil)". 10 May 1944. Vol.93 No.15 p.3 c.2497–2498. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2022. "I did not ask for a dissolution of the Dáil. This Dáil would not have been meeting to-day if there had been a dissolution. ... I did not ask for a dissolution, because we passed an Act last year to enable the Dáil, during this critical period, to be brought together at any time that there was need for doing so, so that the Executive at any time would have to assemble the Dáil in case there was any national issue that demanded its assembly. ... when the Dáil adjourns now it will not meet again unless there is some national issue which makes it necessary to call the Dáil together."
3. ^ a b "General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Bill, 1943—Second Stage – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)". Oireachtas. 14 April 1943. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
4. ^ a b "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (11th Dáil) – Vol. 91 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 1 July 1943. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
5. ^ "TDs & Senators (11th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

## External links[edit]

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