Members of the 15th Dáil

TDs from 1954 to 1957

15th Dáil

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Overview
Legislative body| Dáil Éireann
Jurisdiction| Ireland
Meeting place| Leinster House
Term| 2 June 1954 – 12 February 1957
Election| 1954 general election
Government| 7th Government of Ireland
Members| 147
Ceann Comhairle| Patrick Hogan
Taoiseach| John A. Costello
Tánaiste| William Norton
Chief Whip| Denis J. O'Sullivan
Leader of the Opposition| Éamon de Valera
Sessions
| 1st| 2 June 1954 – 15 July 1954

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2nd| 27 October 1954 – 14 July 1955
3rd| 26 October 1955 – 26 July 1956
4th| 24 October 1956 – 13 December 1956

The 15th Dáil was elected at the 1954 general election on 14 May 1954 and met on 2 June 1954. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. On 12 February 1957, President Seán T. O'Kelly dissolved the Dáil at the request of the Taoiseach John A. Costello on 4 February. The 15th Dáil lasted 987 days.

## Composition of the 15th Dáil[edit]

Party | May 1954 | Feb. 1957

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| Fianna Fáil | 65 | 68
● | Fine Gael | 50 | 48
● | Labour Party | 19 | 17
● | Clann na Talmhan | 5 | 5
| Clann na Poblachta | 3 | 3
| Independent | 5 | 5
| Ceann Comhairle | — | 1

Fine Gael, the Labour Party, and Clann na Talmhan, denoted with bullets (●), formed the 7th Government of Ireland, a minority government dependent on the support of Clann na Poblachta.

### Graphical representation[edit]

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 15th Dáil from June 1954. This was not the official seating plan.

## Ceann Comhairle[edit]

On the meeting of the Dáil, Patrick Hogan (Lab), who had served as Ceann Comhairle in the previous Dáil, was proposed by Éamon de Valera (FF) and seconded by Richard Mulcahy (FG) for the position. His election was approved without a vote.[1] Hogan had served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle from 1927 to 1928, from 1932 to 1938 and from 1948 to 1951.

## TDs by constituency[edit]

The list of the 147 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.[2]

Members of the 15th Dáil

Constituency  | Name  | Party
Carlow–Kilkenny | Patrick Crotty |  |  Fine Gael
Joseph Hughes |  |  Fine Gael
Thomas Derrig |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Pattison |  |  Labour
Thomas Walsh |  |  Fianna Fáil
Cavan | Patrick O'Reilly |  |  Fine Gael
Michael Sheridan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Paddy Smith |  |  Fianna Fáil
John Tully |  |  Clann na Poblachta
Clare | Éamon de Valera |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Hillery |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Hogan |  |  Labour
William Murphy |  |  Fine Gael
Cork Borough | Stephen Barrett |  |  Fine Gael
Anthony Barry |  |  Fine Gael
Seán Casey |  |  Labour
Jack Lynch |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGrath |  |  Fianna Fáil
Cork East | Richard Barry |  |  Fine Gael
Martin Corry |  |  Fianna Fáil
John Moher |  |  Fianna Fáil
Cork North | Patrick McAuliffe |  |  Labour
Seán Moylan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Denis O'Sullivan |  |  Fine Gael
Cork South | Dan Desmond |  |  Labour
Seán McCarthy |  |  Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Manley |  |  Fine Gael
Cork West | Seán Collins |  |  Fine Gael
Edward Cotter |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Pat Murphy |  |  Labour
Donegal East | Neil Blaney |  |  Fianna Fáil
Liam Cunningham |  |  Fianna Fáil
Daniel McMenamin |  |  Fine Gael
William Sheldon |  |  Independent
Donegal West | Joseph Brennan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Cormac Breslin |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick O'Donnell |  |  Fine Gael
Dublin County | Patrick Burke |  |  Fianna Fáil
Seán Dunne |  |  Labour
Éamon Rooney |  |  Fine Gael
Dublin North-Central | Vivion de Valera |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGilligan |  |  Fine Gael
Maureen O'Carroll |  |  Labour
Dublin North-East | Jack Belton |  |  Fine Gael
Alfie Byrne |  |  Independent
Harry Colley |  |  Fianna Fáil
Denis Larkin |  |  Labour
Oscar Traynor |  |  Fianna Fáil
Dublin North-West | Thomas Byrne |  |  Independent
Declan Costello |  |  Fine Gael
Richard Gogan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Dublin South-Central | Maurice E. Dockrell |  |  Fine Gael
Thomas Finlay |  |  Fine Gael
James Larkin Jnr |  |  Labour
Seán Lemass |  |  Fianna Fáil
Celia Lynch |  |  Fianna Fáil
Dublin South-East | John A. Costello |  |  Fine Gael
Seán MacEntee |  |  Fianna Fáil
John O'Donovan |  |  Fine Gael
Dublin South-West | Robert Briscoe |  |  Fianna Fáil
Bernard Butler |  |  Fianna Fáil
Peadar Doyle |  |  Fine Gael
Seán MacBride |  |  Clann na Poblachta
Michael O'Higgins |  |  Fine Gael
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown | Seán Brady |  |  Fianna Fáil
Liam Cosgrave |  |  Fine Gael
H. Percy Dockrell |  |  Fine Gael
Galway North | Michael Donnellan |  |  Clann na Talmhan
James Hession |  |  Fine Gael
Mark Killilea Snr |  |  Fianna Fáil
Galway South | Patrick Beegan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Brendan Glynn |  |  Fine Gael
Robert Lahiffe |  |  Fianna Fáil
Galway West | Gerald Bartley |  |  Fianna Fáil
Fintan Coogan |  |  Fine Gael
Johnny Geoghegan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Kerry North | Johnny Connor |  |  Clann na Poblachta
Patrick Finucane |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Tom McEllistrim |  |  Fianna Fáil
Dan Spring |  |  Labour
Kerry South | Honor Crowley |  |  Fianna Fáil
John Flynn |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Palmer |  |  Fine Gael
Kildare | Thomas Harris |  |  Fianna Fáil
William Norton |  |  Labour
Gerard Sweetman |  |  Fine Gael
Leix–Offaly | William Davin |  |  Labour
Nicholas Egan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Oliver J. Flanagan |  |  Fine Gael
Peadar Maher |  |  Fianna Fáil
Tom O'Higgins |  |  Fine Gael
Limerick East | John Carew |  |  Fine Gael
Tadhg Crowley |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Keyes |  |  Labour
Donogh O'Malley |  |  Fianna Fáil
Limerick West | James Collins |  |  Fianna Fáil
David Madden |  |  Fine Gael
Donnchadh Ó Briain |  |  Fianna Fáil
Longford–Westmeath | Frank Carter |  |  Fianna Fáil
Erskine H. Childers |  |  Fianna Fáil
Charles Fagan |  |  Fine Gael
Michael Kennedy |  |  Fianna Fáil
Seán Mac Eoin |  |  Fine Gael
Louth | Frank Aiken |  |  Fianna Fáil
George Coburn |  |  Fine Gael
Paddy Donegan |  |  Fine Gael
Mayo North | Phelim Calleary |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Lindsay |  |  Fine Gael
Thomas O'Hara |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Mayo South | Joseph Blowick |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Seán Flanagan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Henry Kenny |  |  Fine Gael
Mícheál Ó Móráin |  |  Fianna Fáil
Meath | Patrick Giles |  |  Fine Gael
Michael Hilliard |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Tully |  |  Labour
Monaghan | James Dillon |  |  Fine Gael
Edward Kelly |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Mooney |  |  Fianna Fáil
Roscommon | John Beirne |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Gerald Boland |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Burke |  |  Fine Gael
Jack McQuillan |  |  Independent
Sligo–Leitrim | Stephen Flynn |  |  Fianna Fáil
Eugene Gilbride |  |  Fianna Fáil
Bernard Maguire |  |  Independent
Mary Reynolds |  |  Fine Gael
Joseph Roddy |  |  Fine Gael
Tipperary North | John Fanning |  |  Fianna Fáil
Daniel Morrissey |  |  Fine Gael
Mary Ryan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Tipperary South | Dan Breen |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Crowe |  |  Fine Gael
Michael Davern |  |  Fianna Fáil
Richard Mulcahy |  |  Fine Gael
Waterford | William Kenneally |  |  Fianna Fáil
Thomas Kyne |  |  Labour
Thaddeus Lynch |  |  Fine Gael
John Ormonde |  |  Fianna Fáil
Wexford | Denis Allen |  |  Fianna Fáil
Brendan Corish |  |  Labour
Anthony Esmonde |  |  Fine Gael
John O'Leary |  |  Labour
James Ryan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Wicklow | Paudge Brennan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Mark Deering |  |  Fine Gael
James Everett |  |  Labour

## Changes[edit]

Date  | Constituency  |  | Loss  |  | Gain  | Note

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2 June 1954  | Clare |  |  Labour |  |  Ceann Comhairle | Patrick Hogan takes office as Ceann Comhairle[1]
31 July 1955  | Limerick West |  |  Fine Gael |  | Death of David Madden
11 December 1955  | Kerry North |  |  Clann na Poblachta |  | Death of Johnny Connor
13 December 1955  | Limerick West |  |  |  Fianna Fáil | Michael Colbert wins the seat vacated by the death of Madden
29 February 1956  | Kerry North |  |  |  Clann na Poblachta | Kathleen O'Connor holds the seat vacated by the death of her father Johnny Connor
1 March 1956  | Leix–Offaly |  |  Labour |  | Death of William Davin
13 March 1956  | Dublin North-East |  |  Independent |  | Death of Alfie Byrne
30 April 1956  | Leix–Offaly |  |  |  Fianna Fáil | Kieran Egan wins the seat vacated by the death of Davin
30 April 1956  | Dublin North-East |  |  |  Independent | Patrick Byrne holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Alfie Byrne
20 June 1956  | Cork Borough |  |  Fianna Fáil |  | Death of Patrick McGrath
2 August 1956  | Cork Borough |  |  |  Fianna Fáil | John Galvin holds the seat vacated by the death of McGrath
14 July 1956  | Carlow–Kilkenny |  |  Fianna Fáil |  | Death of Thomas Walsh
4 August 1956  | Dublin South-West |  |  Fine Gael |  | Death of Peadar Doyle
14 November 1956  | Carlow–Kilkenny |  |  |  Fianna Fáil | Martin Medlar holds the seat vacated by the death of Walsh
14 November 1956  | Dublin South-West |  |  |  Fianna Fáil | Noel Lemass wins the seat vacated by the death of Doyle

## See also[edit]

* Members of the 8th Seanad

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Election of Ceann Comhairle - Dáil Éireann (15th Dáil) – Vol. 146 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 2 June 1954. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
2. ^ "TDs & Senators (15th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 15th Dáil

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* 1923: Dublin South
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* 1925: Carlow–Kilkenny
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5th Dáil|

* 1927: Dublin County
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6th Dail|

* 1927: Carlow–Kilkenny
* 1928: Dublin North
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* 1931: Kildare

8th Dáil|

* 1933: Dublin University
* 1935: Dublin County
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10th Dáil|

* 1939: Dublin South
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12th Dáil|

* 1944: Kerry South
* 1945: Clare
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* Kerry South
* Mayo South
* Wexford
* 1946: Cork Borough
* 1947: Dublin County
* Tipperary
* Waterford

13th Dáil|

* 1948: Donegal East
* 1949: Cork West
* Donegal West

14th Dáil|

* 1952: Limerick East
* Mayo North
* Waterford
* Dublin North-West
* 1953: Cork East
* Wicklow
* Galway South
* 1954: Cork Borough
* Louth

15th Dáil|

* 1955: Limerick West
* 1956: Kerry North
* Dublin North-East
* Leix–Offaly
* Cork Borough
* Carlow–Kilkenny
* Dublin South-West

16th Dáil|

* 1957: Dublin North-Central
* 1958: Galway South
* Dublin South-Central
* 1959: Clare
* Dublin South-West
* Meath
* 1960: Carlow–Kilkenny
* 1961: Sligo–Leitrim

17th Dáil|

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

18th Dáil|

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

19th Dáil|

* 1970: Dublin South-West
* Kildare
* Longford–Westmeath
* Donegal–Leitrim
* Dublin County South
* 1972: Cork Mid

20th Dáil|

* 1973: Monaghan
* 1974: Cork North-East
* 1975: Galway North-East
* Galway West
* Mayo West
* 1976: Donegal North-East
* Dublin South-West

21st Dáil|

* 1979: Cork City
* Cork North-East
* 1980: Donegal

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* 1983: Donegal South-West
* Dublin Central
* 1984: Laois–Offaly

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* Cork South-Central
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* 1996: Donegal North-East
* Dublin West

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* 1998: Limerick East
* Dublin North
* October: Cork South-Central
* 1999: Dublin South-Central
* 2000: Tipperary South
* 2001: Tipperary South

29th Dáil|

* 2005: Kildare North
* Meath

30th Dáil|

* 2009: Dublin South
* Dublin Central
* 2010: Donegal South-West

31st Dáil|

* 2011: Dublin West
* 2013: Meath East
* 2014: Dublin West
* Longford–Westmeath
* Dublin South-West
* Roscommon–South Leitrim
* 2015: Carlow–Kilkenny

32nd Dáil|

* 2019: Cork North-Central
* Dublin Fingal
* Dublin Mid-West
* Wexford

33rd Dáil|

* 2021: Dublin Bay South

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