4th Dáil

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The 4th Dáil was elected at the 1923 general election on 27 August 1923 and met on 19 September 1923. The members of Dáil Éireann, the Chamber of Deputies of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. It was one of two houses of the Oireachtas, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1922 Seanad and the 1925 Seanad. Although Cumann na nGaedheal did not have a majority, it was able to govern due to the absence of Republicans (Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin) who refused to attend.

Legislative bodyDáil Éireann
JurisdictionIrish Free State
Meeting placeLeinster House
Term19 September 1923 –
20 May 1927
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4th Dáil
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Overview
Legislative bodyDáil Éireann
JurisdictionIrish Free State
Meeting placeLeinster House
Term19 September 1923 –
20 May 1927
Election1923 general election
Government2nd executive council
Members153
Ceann ComhairleMichael Hayes
President of the Executive CouncilW. T. Cosgrave
Vice-President of the Executive CouncilKevin O'Higgins
Chief WhipJames Dolan
— Daniel McCarthy
until 31 March 1924
Leader of the OppositionThomas Johnson
Sessions
1st19 September 1923 – 12 August 1924
2nd15 October 1924 – 8 July 1925
3rd3 November 1925 – 21 July 1926
4th16 November 1926 – 20 May 1927
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The 4th Dáil was dissolved by Governor-General Tim Healy on 23 May 1927, at the request of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave. The 4th Dáil lasted 3 years, 246 days.

Composition of the 4th Dáil

  •   2nd Executive Council
More information Party, Aug. 1923 ...
Party Aug. 1923 May 1927 Change
Cumann na nGaedheal 63 57 Decrease 6
Republican 44 27 Decrease 17
Farmers' Party 15 14 Decrease 1
Labour 14 15 Increase 1
Businessmen's Party 2 2 Steady
Fianna Fáil N/a 19 Increase 19
Clann Éireann N/a 3 Increase 3
National League N/a 2 Increase 2
Independent 15 12 Decrease 3
Ceann Comhairle N/a 1 Increase 1
Vacant N/a 1 Increase 1
Total 153
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In line with its policy of abstentionism, the Republican TDs did not take their seats. Fianna Fáil split from Sinn Féin in March 1926, and also maintained a policy of abstention throughout the 4th Dáil. This made a functional majority of only 55 seats. Labour formed the lead party of opposition in the absence of the Republican TDs.

The 2nd executive was formed by Cumann na nGaedheal.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 4th Dáil from September 1923. This was not the official seating plan. The Republican members did not take their seats.

Ceann Comhairle

On 19 September 1923, Michael Hayes (CnaG), the outgoing Ceann Comhairle, was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave and seconded by Thomas Johnson for the position, and was approved without a vote.[1]

TDs by constituency

The list of the 153 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.[2]

More information Members of the 4th Dáil, Constituency ...
Members of the 4th Dáil
Constituency Name Party
Carlow–Kilkenny W. T. Cosgrave Cumann na nGaedheal
Edward Doyle Labour
Seán Gibbons Cumann na nGaedheal
Denis Gorey Farmers' Party
Michael Shelly Republican
Cavan Patrick Baxter Farmers' Party
John James Cole Independent
Seán Milroy Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick Smith Republican
Clare Éamon de Valera Republican
Conor Hogan Farmers' Party
Patrick Hogan Labour
Eoin MacNeill[a] Cumann na nGaedheal
Brian O'Higgins Republican
Cork Borough Richard Beamish[b] Independent
Mary MacSwiney Republican
Alfred O'Rahilly Cumann na nGaedheal
Andrew O'Shaughnessy[b] Independent
J. J. Walsh Cumann na nGaedheal
Cork East John Daly Independent
John Dinneen Farmers' Party
Michael Hennessy Cumann na nGaedheal
David Kent Republican
Thomas O'Mahony Cumann na nGaedheal
Cork North Daniel Corkery Republican
Thomas Nagle Labour
Daniel Vaughan Farmers' Party
Cork West Seán Buckley Republican
Cornelius Connolly Cumann na nGaedheal
Timothy J. Murphy Labour
Timothy O'Donovan Farmers' Party
John Prior Cumann na nGaedheal
Donegal Eugene Doherty Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick McGoldrick Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick McFadden Cumann na nGaedheal
James Myles Independent
Joseph O'Doherty Republican
Peadar O'Donnell Republican
Peter Ward Cumann na nGaedheal
John White Farmers' Party
Dublin North Alfie Byrne Independent
Francis Cahill Cumann na nGaedheal
Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll Cumann na nGaedheal
William Hewat Businessmen's Party
Seán McGarry Cumann na nGaedheal
Richard Mulcahy Cumann na nGaedheal
Seán T. O'Kelly Republican
Ernie O'Malley Republican
Dublin South Philip Cosgrave Cumann na nGaedheal
Peadar Doyle Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Hayes[c] Cumann na nGaedheal
Myles Keogh Independent
Daniel McCarthy Cumann na nGaedheal
Constance Markievicz Republican
Cathal Ó Murchadha Republican
Dublin County Bryan Cooper Independent
Michael Derham Cumann na nGaedheal
Darrell Figgis Independent
Desmond FitzGerald Cumann na nGaedheal
John Good Businessmen's Party
Thomas Johnson Labour
Kathleen Lynn Republican
Kevin O'Higgins Cumann na nGaedheal
Dublin University Ernest Alton Independent
James Craig Independent
William Thrift Independent
Galway Seán Broderick Cumann na nGaedheal
James Cosgrave Independent
Frank Fahy Republican
Patrick Hogan Cumann na nGaedheal
Barney Mellows Republican
George Nicolls Cumann na nGaedheal
Thomas J. O'Connell Labour
Louis O'Dea Republican
Pádraic Ó Máille Cumann na nGaedheal
Kerry Patrick Cahill Republican
James Crowley Cumann na nGaedheal
Fionán Lynch Cumann na nGaedheal
Tom McEllistrim Republican
Thomas O'Donoghue Republican
John O'Sullivan Cumann na nGaedheal
Austin Stack Republican
Kildare Hugh Colohan Labour
John Conlan Farmers' Party
George Wolfe Cumann na nGaedheal
Leitrim–Sligo Thomas Carter Cumann na nGaedheal
Frank Carty Republican
James Dolan Cumann na nGaedheal
Seán Farrell Republican
John Hennigan Cumann na nGaedheal
Alexander McCabe Cumann na nGaedheal
Martin McGowan Republican
Laois–Offaly Laurence Brady Republican
Francis Bulfin Cumann na nGaedheal
William Davin Labour
Patrick Egan Cumann na nGaedheal
Seán McGuinness Republican
Limerick Seán Carroll Republican
Patrick Clancy Labour
James Colbert Republican
John Nolan Cumann na nGaedheal
Richard Hayes Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick Hogan Farmers' Party
James Ledden Cumann na nGaedheal
Longford–Westmeath Conor Byrne Republican
James Killane Republican
John Lyons Independent
Patrick McKenna Farmers' Party
Patrick Shaw Cumann na nGaedheal
Louth Frank Aiken Republican
Peter Hughes Cumann na nGaedheal
James Murphy Cumann na nGaedheal
Mayo North Henry Coyle Cumann na nGaedheal
John Crowley Republican
Joseph McGrath Cumann na nGaedheal
P. J. Ruttledge Republican
Mayo South Michael Kilroy Republican
Joseph MacBride Cumann na nGaedheal
Tom Maguire Republican
Martin Nally Cumann na nGaedheal
William Sears Cumann na nGaedheal
Meath Eamonn Duggan Cumann na nGaedheal
David Hall Labour
Patrick Mulvany Farmers' Party
Monaghan Ernest Blythe Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick Duffy Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick MacCarvill Republican
National University Michael Hayes[c] Cumann na nGaedheal
Eoin MacNeill[a] Cumann na nGaedheal
William Magennis Cumann na nGaedheal
Roscommon Gerald Boland Republican
Henry Finlay Cumann na nGaedheal
Andrew Lavin Cumann na nGaedheal
George Noble Plunkett Republican
Tipperary Dan Breen Republican
Séamus Burke Cumann na nGaedheal
Louis Dalton Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Heffernan Farmers' Party
Seán McCurtin[d] Cumann na nGaedheal
Daniel Morrissey Labour
Patrick Ryan Republican
Waterford Caitlín Brugha Republican
John Butler Labour
William Redmond Independent
Nicholas Wall Farmers' Party
Wexford Richard Corish Labour
Michael Doyle Farmers' Party
Osmond Esmonde Cumann na nGaedheal
Robert Lambert Republican
James Ryan Republican
Wicklow Christopher Byrne Cumann na nGaedheal
James Everett Labour
Richard Wilson Farmers' Party
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Changes

More information Date, Constituency ...
Date Constituency Loss Gain Note
19 September 1923 Dublin South Cumann na nGaedheal   Michael Hayes resigns to sit for NUI[c]
19 September 1923 National University Cumann na nGaedheal Ceann Comhairle Michael Hayes takes office as Ceann Comhairle[1]
9 October 1923 National University Cumann na nGaedheal   Eoin MacNeill resigns to sit for Clare[a]
22 October 1923 Dublin South Cumann na nGaedheal   Death of Philip Cosgrave[6][7]
27 October 1923 Dublin South   Cumann na nGaedheal Hugh Kennedy holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Hayes[8]
3 November 1923 NUI   Cumann na nGaedheal Patrick McGilligan holds the seat vacated by the resignation of MacNeill[9]
20 November 1923 Dublin County Cumann na nGaedheal   Death of Michael Derham[10][11]
10 January 1924 Limerick Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Richard Hayes[12]
12 March 1924 Dublin South   Cumann na nGaedheal James O'Mara holds the seat vacated by the death of Cosgrave[13]
19 March 1924 Dublin County   Cumann na nGaedheal Batt O'Connor holds the seat vacated by the death of Derham[14]
April 1924 Mayo North Cumann na nGaedheal National Group Joseph McGrath joins new party as leader[15][16]
April 1924 Carlow–Kilkenny Cumann na nGaedheal National Group Seán Gibbons joins new party[15]
April 1924 Cavan Cumann na nGaedheal National Group Seán Milroy joins new party[15]
April 1924 Dublin North Cumann na nGaedheal National Group Francis Cahill joins new party[15]
April 1924 Dublin North Cumann na nGaedheal National Group Seán McGarry joins new party[15]
April 1924 Dublin South Cumann na nGaedheal National Group Daniel McCarthy joins new party[15]
April 1924 Leitrim–Sligo Cumann na nGaedheal National Group Thomas Carter joins new party[15]
April 1924 Leitrim–Sligo Cumann na nGaedheal National Group Alexander McCabe joins new party[15]
April 1924 Roscommon Cumann na nGaedheal National Group Henry Finlay joins new party[15]
9 May 1924 Mayo North Cumann na nGaedheal   Disqualification of Henry Coyle[17]
28 May 1924 Limerick   Cumann na nGaedheal Richard O'Connell holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Hayes[18]
5 June 1924 Dublin South Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Hugh Kennedy on appointment as Chief Justice[19]
20 July 1924 Cork East Cumann na nGaedheal   Death of Thomas O'Mahony[20]
1 August 1924 Cork Borough Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Alfred O'Rahilly[21]
1 August November 1924 Donegal Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Peter Ward[21]
29 October 1924 Mayo North National Group   Resignation of Joseph McGrath[22]
30 October 1924 Carlow–Kilkenny National Group   Resignation of Seán Gibbons[23]
30 October 1924 Cavan National Group   Resignation of Seán Milroy[23]
30 October 1924 Dublin North National Group   Resignation of Francis Cahill[23]
30 October 1924 Dublin North National Group   Resignation of Seán McGarry[23]
30 October 1924 Dublin South National Group   Resignation of Daniel McCarthy[23]
30 October 1924 Leitrim–Sligo National Group   Resignation of Thomas Carter[23]
30 October 1924 Leitrim–Sligo National Group   Resignation of Alexander McCabe[23]
30 October 1924 Roscommon National Group   Resignation of Henry Finlay[23]
18 November 1924 Cork East   Cumann na nGaedheal Michael Noonan holds the seat vacated by the death of O'Mahony[24]
18 November 1924 Dublin South   Republican Seán Lemass gains the seat vacated by the resignation of Kennedy[24]
18 November 1924 Mayo North   Republican John Madden gains the seat vacated by the disqualification of Coyle[24]
19 November 1924 Cork Borough   Cumann na nGaedheal Michael Egan holds the seat vacated by the resignation of O'Rahilly[24]
20 November 1924 Donegal   Cumann na nGaedheal Denis McCullough holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Ward[24]
11 March 1925 Carlow–Kilkenny   Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Bolger holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Gibbons[25]
11 March 1925 Cavan   Cumann na nGaedheal John Joe O'Reilly holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Milroy[25]
11 March 1925 Dublin North   Cumann na nGaedheal Patrick Leonard holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Cahill[26]
11 March 1925 Dublin North   Republican Oscar Traynor gains the seat vacated by the resignation of McGarry[26]
11 March 1925 Dublin South   Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Hennessy holds the seat vacated by the resignation of McCarthy[26]
11 March 1925 Leitrim–Sligo   Republican Samuel Holt gains the seat vacated by the resignation of Carter[25]
11 March 1925 Leitrim–Sligo   Cumann na nGaedheal Martin Roddy holds the seat vacated by the resignation of McCabe[25]
11 March 1925 Mayo North   Cumann na nGaedheal Michael Tierney holds the seat vacated by the resignation of McGrath[25]
11 March 1925 Roscommon   Cumann na nGaedheal Martin Conlon holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Finlay[25]
27 October 1926 Dublin County Independent   Death of Darrell Figgis[27]
30 November 1925 Leix–Offaly Republican   Disqualification of Seán McGuinness[28]
25 January 1926 National University Cumann na nGaedheal Clann Éireann William Magennis joins new party
25 January 1926 Galway Cumann na nGaedheal Clann Éireann Pádraic Ó Máille joins new party
25 January 1926 Wicklow Cumann na nGaedheal Clann Éireann Christopher Byrne joins new party
18 February 1926 Dublin County   Labour William Norton gains the seat vacated by the death of Figgis[29]
18 February 1926 Leix–Offaly   Cumann na nGaedheal James Dwyer gains the seat vacated by the disqualification of McGuinness[29]
16 May 1926 Clare Republican Fianna Fáil Éamon de Valera founds new party Fianna Fáil as party leader
1926 Louth Republican Fianna Fáil Frank Aiken joins new party
1926 Roscommon Republican Fianna Fáil Gerald Boland joins new party
1926 Tipperary Republican Fianna Fáil Dan Breen joins new party
1926 Leitrim–Sligo Republican Fianna Fáil Frank Carty joins new party
1926 Limerick Republican Fianna Fáil James Colbert joins new party
1926 Galway Republican Fianna Fáil Frank Fahy joins new party
1926 Leitrim–Sligo Republican Fianna Fáil Samuel Holt joins new party
1926 Longford–Westmeath Republican Fianna Fáil James Killane joins new party
1926 Mayo South Republican Fianna Fáil Michael Kilroy joins new party
1926 Dublin South Republican Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass joins new party
1926 Monaghan Republican Fianna Fáil Patrick MacCarvill joins new party
1926 Dublin South Republican Fianna Fáil Constance Markievicz joins new party
1926 Kerry Republican Fianna Fáil Tom McEllistrim joins new party
1926 Dublin North Republican Fianna Fáil Seán T. O'Kelly joins new party
1926 Donegal Republican Fianna Fáil Joseph O'Doherty joins new party
1926 Dublin North Republican Fianna Fáil Seán T. O'Kelly joins new party
1926 Mayo North Republican Fianna Fáil P. J. Ruttledge joins new party
1926 Leitrim–Sligo Republican Fianna Fáil Frank Carty joins new party
1926 Wexford Republican Fianna Fáil James Ryan joins new party
1926 Carlow–Kilkenny Republican Fianna Fáil Michael Shelly joins new party
1926 Cavan Republican Fianna Fáil Patrick Smith joins new party
September 1926 Waterford Independent National League William Redmond joins new party as founder member
September 1926 Galway Independent National League James Cosgrave joins new party as founder member
19 January 1927 Limerick Cumann na nGaedheal   Death of James Ledden[30]
25 January 1927 Tipperary Fianna Fáil Ind. Republican Dan Breen takes the Oath of Allegiance[31][32]
May 1927 Carlow–Kilkenny Farmers' Party Cumann na nGaedheal Denis Gorey selected as candidate for Cumann na nGaedheal[33]
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Footnotes

  1. [a]
    Eoin MacNeill was elected for two constituencies; Clare and the National University. He chose to sit for Clare.[3]
  2. [b]
    Andrew O'Shaughnessy and Richard Beamish were elected under the label of Cork Progressive Association, a group associated with the Businessmen's Party.
  3. [c]
    Michael Hayes was elected for two constituencies; Dublin South and the National University. He chose to sit for the National University.[4]
  4. [d]
    Seán McCurtin did not take his seat until 23 March 1926 due to imprisonment in Northern Ireland.[5]

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