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Saturday, November 3, 2012

The Fifteenth Dáil

This is a list of the members who were elected to the 15th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These TDs (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 1954 general election on 14 May 1954 and met on 2 June 1954. The 15th Dáil was dissolved by President Seán T. O'Kelly, at the request of the Taoiseach John A. Costello on 4 February 1957. The 15th Dáil lasted 1,022 days.

The list of the 147 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
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 Party
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
Ceann Comhairle
William Murphy
Fine Gael
Cork Borough Stephen Barrett
Fine Gael
Anthony Barry
Fine Gael
Seán Casey
Labour Party
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 Party
Seán Moylan
Fianna Fáil
Denis O'Sullivan
Fine Gael
Cork South Dan Desmond
Labour Party
Seán McCarthy
Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Manley
Fine Gael
Cork West Seán Collins
Fine Gael
Edward Cotter
Fianna Fáil
Michael Murphy
Labour Party
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 Party
Éamon Rooney
Fine Gael
Dublin North–Central Vivion de Valera
Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGilligan
Fine Gael
Maureen O'Carroll
Labour Party
Dublin North–East Jack Belton
Fine Gael
Alfred Byrne
Independent
Harry Colley
Fianna Fáil
Denis Larkin
Labour Party
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 Party
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 Party
Kerry South Honor Crowley
Fianna Fáil
John Flynn
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Palmer
Fine Gael
Kildare Thomas Harris
Fianna Fáil
William Norton
Labour Party
Gerard Sweetman
Fine Gael
Leix–Offaly William Davin
Labour Party
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 Party
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
Micheál Ó Móráin
Fianna Fáil
Meath Patrick Giles
Fine Gael
Michael Hilliard
Fianna Fáil
James Tully
Labour Party
Monaghan James Dillon
Fine Gael
Edward Kelly
Fianna Fáil
Patrick Mooney
Fianna Fáil
Roscommon John Beirne, Jnr
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 Party
Thaddeus Lynch
Fine Gael
John Ormonde
Fianna Fáil
Wexford Denis Allen
Fianna Fáil
Brendan Corish
Labour Party
Anthony Esmonde
Fine Gael
John O'Leary
Labour Party
James Ryan
Fianna Fáil
Wicklow Paudge Brennan
Fianna Fáil
Mark Deering
Fine Gael
James Everett
Labour Party

Changes

Date Constituency
Gain
Loss Note
13 December 1955 Limerick West
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael Michael Colbert (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of David Madden (FG)
29 February 1956 Kerry North
Clann na Poblachta
Clann na Poblachta Kathleen O'Connor (CnaP) holds the seat vacated by the death of her father Johnny Connor (CnaP)
30 April 1956 Dublin North–East
Independent
Independent Patrick Byrne (Ind) holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Alfred Byrne (Ind)
30 April 1956 Leix–Offaly
Fianna Fáil
Labour Party Kieran Egan (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of William Davin (Lab)
2 August 1956 Cork Borough
Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil John Galvin (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of Patrick McGrath (FF)
14 November 1956 Carlow–Kilkenny
Fianna Fáil
Fianna Fáil Martin Medlar (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of Thomas Walsh (FF)
14 November 1956 Dublin South–West
Fianna Fáil
Fine Gael Noel Lemass, Jnr (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of Peadar Doyle (FG)

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