Members of the 16th Dáil

TDs from 1957 to 1961

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16th Dáil

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Overview
Legislative body| Dáil Éireann
Jurisdiction| Ireland
Meeting place| Leinster House
Term| 20 March 1957 – 1 September 1961
Election| 1957 general election
Government|

* 8th Government of Ireland
* 9th Government of Ireland

Members| 147
Ceann Comhairle| Patrick Hogan
Taoiseach| Seán Lemass
— Éamon de Valera
until 23 June 1959
Tánaiste| Seán MacEntee
— Seán Lemass
until 23 June 1959
Chief Whip| Donnchadh Ó Briain
Leader of the Opposition| James Dillon
— John A. Costello
until 21 October 1959
Sessions
| 1st| 20 March 1957 – 4 July 1957

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2nd| 23 October 1957 – 17 July 1958
3rd| 22 October 1958 – 23 July 1959
4th| 21 October 1959 – 20 July 1960
5th| 26 October 1960 – 1 September 1961

The 16th Dáil was elected at the 1957 general election on 5 March 1957 and met on 20 March 1957. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. The 16th Dáil saw a change of Taoiseach from Éamon de Valera to Seán Lemass in June 1959. On 8 September 1961 President Éamon de Valera dissolved the Dáil on the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The 16th Dáil lasted 1,627 days.

## Composition of the 16th Dáil[edit]

Party | March 1957 | Sep. 1961

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● | Fianna Fáil | 78 | 75
| Fine Gael | 40 | 41
| Labour | 12 | 11
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 4
| Clann na Talmhan | 3 | 3
| Clann na Poblachta | 1 | 1
| Independent | 9 | 7
| Ceann Comhairle | — | 1
| National Progressive Democrats | — | 2
| Vacant | — | 2

In line with its policy of abstentionism, the Sinn Féin TDs did not take their seats.

Fianna Fáil, denoted with a bullet (●), formed the 8th Government of Ireland led by Éamon de Valera as Taoiseach. Following de Valera's election as president of Ireland in June 1959, Seán Lemass formed the 9th Government of Ireland.

### Graphical representation[edit]

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 16th Dáil from March 1957. 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 since 1951, was proposed by John A. Costello (FG) and seconded by Éamon de Valera (FF) for the position. His election was approved without a vote.[1]

## TDs by constituency[edit]

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

Members of the 16th Dáil

Constituency  | Name  | Party
Carlow–Kilkenny | Patrick Crotty |  |  Fine Gael
Jim Gibbons |  |  Fianna Fáil
Joseph Hughes |  |  Fine Gael
Francis Humphreys |  |  Fianna Fáil
Martin Medlar |  |  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
Seán Casey |  |  Labour
John Galvin |  |  Fianna Fáil
Gus Healy |  |  Fianna Fáil
Jack Lynch |  |  Fianna Fáil
Cork East | Richard Barry |  |  Fine Gael
Martin Corry |  |  Fianna Fáil
John Moher |  |  Fianna Fáil
Cork North | Batt Donegan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick McAuliffe |  |  Labour
Denis O'Sullivan |  |  Fine Gael
Cork South | Dan Desmond |  |  Labour
Seán McCarthy |  |  Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Manley |  |  Fine Gael
Cork West | Edward Cotter |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Pat Murphy |  |  Labour
Florence Wycherley |  |  Independent
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 | Kevin Boland |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Burke |  |  Fianna Fáil
Éamon Rooney |  |  Fine Gael
Dublin North-Central | Vivion de Valera |  |  Fianna Fáil
Colm Gallagher |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGilligan |  |  Fine Gael
Dublin North-East | Jack Belton |  |  Fine Gael
Patrick Byrne |  |  Fine Gael
Charles Haughey |  |  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 | Philip Brady |  |  Fianna Fáil
Maurice E. Dockrell |  |  Fine Gael
Seán Lemass |  |  Fianna Fáil
Celia Lynch |  |  Fianna Fáil
Jack Murphy |  |  Independent
Dublin South-East | Noël Browne |  |  Independent
John A. Costello |  |  Fine Gael
Seán MacEntee |  |  Fianna Fáil
Dublin South-West | Robert Briscoe |  |  Fianna Fáil
Bernard Butler |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Carroll |  |  Independent
Noel Lemass |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael O'Higgins |  |  Fine Gael
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown | Lionel Booth |  |  Fianna Fáil
Seán Brady |  |  Fianna Fáil
Liam Cosgrave |  |  Fine Gael
Galway North | Michael Donnellan |  |  Clann na Talmhan
Mark Killilea Snr |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael F. Kitt |  |  Fianna Fáil
Galway South | Patrick Beegan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Carty |  |  Fianna Fáil
Brigid Hogan |  |  Fine Gael
Galway West | Gerald Bartley |  |  Fianna Fáil
Fintan Coogan |  |  Fine Gael
Johnny Geoghegan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Kerry North | Patrick Finucane |  |  Independent
Tom McEllistrim |  |  Fianna Fáil
Daniel Moloney |  |  Fianna Fáil
Dan Spring |  |  Labour
Kerry South | Honor Crowley |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Palmer |  |  Fine Gael
John Joe Rice |  |  Sinn Féin
Kildare | Patrick Dooley |  |  Fianna Fáil
William Norton |  |  Labour
Gerard Sweetman |  |  Fine Gael
Leix–Offaly | Kieran Egan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Nicholas Egan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Oliver J. Flanagan |  |  Fine Gael
Peadar Maher |  |  Fianna Fáil
Tom O'Higgins |  |  Fine Gael
Limerick East | John Carew |  |  Fine Gael
Paddy Clohessy |  |  Fianna Fáil
Donogh O'Malley |  |  Fianna Fáil
Ted Russell |  |  Independent
Limerick West | James Collins |  |  Fianna Fáil
Denis Jones |  |  Fine Gael
Donnchadh Ó Briain |  |  Fianna Fáil
Longford–Westmeath | Erskine H. Childers |  |  Fianna Fáil
Charles Fagan |  |  Fine Gael
Michael Kennedy |  |  Fianna Fáil
Seán Mac Eoin |  |  Fine Gael
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh |  |  Sinn Féin
Louth | Frank Aiken |  |  Fianna Fáil
George Coburn |  |  Fine Gael
Pádraig Faulkner |  |  Fianna Fáil
Mayo North | Phelim Calleary |  |  Fianna Fáil
Seán Doherty |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Lindsay |  |  Fine Gael
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
James Griffin |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Hilliard |  |  Fianna Fáil
Monaghan | James Dillon |  |  Fine Gael
Patrick Mooney |  |  Fianna Fáil
Eighneachán Ó hAnnluain |  |  Sinn Féin
Roscommon | John Beirne |  |  Clann na Talmhan
James Burke |  |  Fine Gael
Gerald Boland |  |  Fianna Fáil
Jack McQuillan |  |  Independent
Sligo–Leitrim | Stephen Flynn |  |  Fianna Fáil
Eugene Gilbride |  |  Fianna Fáil
John Joe McGirl |  |  Sinn Féin
Mary Reynolds |  |  Fine Gael
Patrick Rogers |  |  Fine Gael
Tipperary North | John Fanning |  |  Fianna Fáil
Mary Ryan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Patrick Tierney |  |  Labour
Tipperary South | Dan Breen |  |  Fianna Fáil
Michael Davern |  |  Fianna Fáil
Frank Loughman |  |  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
Seán Browne |  |  Fianna Fáil
Brendan Corish |  |  Labour
Anthony Esmonde |  |  Fine Gael
James Ryan |  |  Fianna Fáil
Wicklow | Paudge Brennan |  |  Fianna Fáil
James Everett |  |  Labour
James O'Toole |  |  Fianna Fáil

## Changes[edit]

Date  | Constituency  |  | Loss  |  | Gain  | Note

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20 March 1957  | Clare |  |  Labour |  |  Ceann Comhairle | Patrick Hogan takes office as Ceann Comhairle[1]
26 June 1957  | Dublin North-Central |  |  Fianna Fáil |  | Death of Colm Gallagher
14 November 1957  | Dublin North-Central |  |  |  Independent | Frank Sherwin wins seat vacated by the death of Gallagher
2 February 1958  | Galway South |  |  Fianna Fáil |  | Death of Patrick Beegan
16 May 1958  | Dublin South-East |  |  Independent |  |  National Progressive Democrats | Noël Browne co-founds the National Progressive Democrats
16 May 1958  | Roscommon |  |  Independent |  |  National Progressive Democrats | Jack McQuillan co-founds the National Progressive Democrats
30 May 1958  | Galway South |  |  |  Fianna Fáil | Anthony Millar holds seat vacated by the death of Beegan
13 May 1958  | Dublin South-Central |  |  Independent |  | Resignation of Jack Murphy[3]
25 June 1958  | Dublin South-Central |  |  |  Fianna Fáil | Patrick Cummins wins seat vacated by the resignation of Murphy
13 March 1959  | Dublin South-West |  |  Fianna Fáil |  | Death of Bernard Butler
22 March 1959  | Meath |  |  Fianna Fáil |  | Death of James Griffin
17 June 1959  | Clare |  |  Fianna Fáil |  | Election of Éamon de Valera as president of Ireland
22 July 1959  | Dublin South-West |  |  |  Fine Gael | Richie Ryan wins seat vacated by the death of Butler
22 July 1959  | Meath |  |  |  Fianna Fáil | Henry Johnston holds seat vacated by the death of Griffin
22 July 1959  | Clare |  |  |  Fianna Fáil | Seán Ó Ceallaigh holds seat vacated by de Valera
20 January 1960  | Carlow–Kilkenny |  |  Fine Gael |  | Death of Joseph Hughes
23 June 1960  | Carlow–Kilkenny |  |  |  Fianna Fáil | Patrick Teehan wins seat vacated by the death of Hughes
24 November 1960  | Sligo–Leitrim |  |  Fianna Fáil |  | Death of Stephen Flynn
1 March 1961  | Sligo–Leitrim |  |  |  Fine Gael | Joseph McLoughlin wins seat vacated by the death of Flynn
29 March 1961  | Wexford |  |  Fianna Fáil |  | Death of Denis Allen
19 April 1961  | Carlow–Kilkenny |  |  Fianna Fáil |  | Death of Francis Humphreys

## See also[edit]

* Members of the 9th Seanad

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (16th Dáil) – Vol. 161 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 20 March 1957. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
2. ^ "TDs & Senators (16th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
3. ^ "Resignation of Member – Dáil Éireann (16th Dáil) – Vol. 168 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 13 May 1958. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 16th Dáil

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