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Saturday, January 12, 2013

The Sixteenth Dáil

This is a list of the members who were elected to the 16th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These TDs (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 1957 general election on 5 March 1957 and met on 20 March 1957. The 16th Dáil was dissolved by President Éamon de Valera, at the request of the Taoiseach Seán Lemass on 8 September 1961. The 16th Dáil lasted 1,674 days, and saw a change of Taoiseach from Éamon de Valera to Seán Lemass.

The list of the 147 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
Members of the 16th Dáil
ConstituencyNameParty
Carlow–KilkennyPatrick CrottyFine Gael
Jim GibbonsFianna Fáil
Joseph HughesFine Gael
Francis HumphreysFianna Fáil
Martin MedlarFianna Fáil
CavanPatrick O'ReillyFine Gael
Michael SheridanFianna Fáil
Paddy SmithFianna Fáil
John TullyClann na Poblachta
ClareÉamon de ValeraFianna Fáil
Patrick HilleryFianna Fáil
Patrick HoganCeann Comhairle
William MurphyFine Gael
Cork BoroughStephen BarrettFine Gael
Seán CaseyLabour Party
John GalvinFianna Fáil
Gus HealyFianna Fáil
Jack LynchFianna Fáil
Cork EastRichard BarryFine Gael
Martin CorryFianna Fáil
John MoherFianna Fáil
Cork NorthBatt DoneganFianna Fáil
Patrick McAuliffeLabour Party
Denis O'SullivanFine Gael
Cork SouthDan DesmondLabour Party
Seán McCarthyFianna Fáil
Tadhg ManleyFine Gael
Cork WestEdward CotterFianna Fáil
Michael MurphyLabour Party
Florence WycherleyIndependent
Donegal EastNeil BlaneyFianna Fáil
Liam CunninghamFianna Fáil
Daniel McMenaminFine Gael
William SheldonIndependent
Donegal WestJoseph BrennanFianna Fáil
Cormac BreslinFianna Fáil
Patrick O'DonnellFine Gael
Dublin CountyKevin BolandFianna Fáil
Patrick BurkeFianna Fáil
Éamon RooneyFine Gael
Dublin North–CentralVivion de ValeraFianna Fáil
Colm GallagherFianna Fáil
Patrick McGilliganFine Gael
Dublin North–EastJack BeltonFine Gael
Patrick ByrneFine Gael
Charles HaugheyFianna Fáil
Denis LarkinLabour Party
Oscar TraynorFianna Fáil
Dublin North–WestThomas ByrneIndependent
Declan CostelloFine Gael
Richard GoganFianna Fáil
Dublin South–CentralPhilip BradyFianna Fáil
Maurice E. DockrellFine Gael
Seán LemassFianna Fáil
Celia LynchFianna Fáil
Jack MurphyIndependent
Dublin South–EastNoël BrowneIndependent
John A. CostelloFine Gael
Seán MacEnteeFianna Fáil
Dublin South–WestRobert BriscoeFianna Fáil
Bernard ButlerFianna Fáil
James CarrollIndependent
Noel Lemass, JnrFianna Fáil
Michael O'HigginsFine Gael
Dún Laoghaire and RathdownLionel BoothFianna Fáil
Seán BradyFianna Fáil
Liam CosgraveFine Gael
Galway NorthMichael DonnellanClann na Talmhan
Mark Killilea, SnrFianna Fáil
Michael F. KittFianna Fáil
Galway SouthPatrick BeeganFianna Fáil
Michael CartyFianna Fáil
Brigid HoganFine Gael
Galway WestGerald BartleyFianna Fáil
Fintan CooganFine Gael
Johnny GeogheganFianna Fáil
Kerry NorthPatrick FinucaneIndependent
Tom McEllistrimFianna Fáil
Daniel MoloneyFianna Fáil
Dan SpringLabour Party
Kerry SouthHonor CrowleyFianna Fáil
Patrick PalmerFine Gael
John Joe RiceSinn Féin
KildarePatrick DooleyFianna Fáil
William NortonLabour Party
Gerard SweetmanFine Gael
Leix–OffalyKieran EganFianna Fáil
Nicholas EganFianna Fáil
Oliver J. FlanaganFine Gael
Peadar MaherFianna Fáil
Tom O'HigginsFine Gael
Limerick EastJohn CarewFine Gael
Paddy ClohessyFianna Fáil
Donogh O'MalleyFianna Fáil
Ted RussellIndependent
Limerick WestJames CollinsFianna Fáil
Denis JonesFine Gael
Donnchadh Ó BriainFianna Fáil
Longford–WestmeathErskine H. ChildersFianna Fáil
Charles FaganFine Gael
Michael KennedyFianna Fáil
Seán Mac EoinFine Gael
Ruairí Ó BrádaighSinn Féin
LouthFrank AikenFianna Fáil
George CoburnFine Gael
Pádraig FaulknerFianna Fáil
Mayo NorthPhelim CallearyFianna Fáil
Seán DohertyFianna Fáil
Patrick LindsayFine Gael
Mayo SouthJoseph BlowickClann na Talmhan
Seán FlanaganFianna Fáil
Henry KennyFine Gael
Micheál Ó MóráinFianna Fáil
MeathPatrick GilesFine Gael
James GriffinFianna Fáil
Michael HilliardFianna Fáil
MonaghanJames DillonFine Gael
Patrick MooneyFianna Fáil
Eighneachán Ó hAnnluainSinn Féin
RoscommonJohn Beirne, JnrClann na Talmhan
James BurkeFine Gael
Gerald BolandFianna Fáil
Jack McQuillanIndependent
Sligo–LeitrimStephen FlynnFianna Fáil
Eugene GilbrideFianna Fáil
John Joe McGirlSinn Féin
Mary ReynoldsFine Gael
Patrick RogersFine Gael
Tipperary NorthJohn FanningFianna Fáil
Mary RyanFianna Fáil
Patrick TierneyLabour Party
Tipperary SouthDan BreenFianna Fáil
Michael DavernFianna Fáil
Frank LoughmanFianna Fáil
Richard MulcahyFine Gael
WaterfordWilliam KenneallyFianna Fáil
Thomas KyneLabour Party
Thaddeus LynchFine Gael
John OrmondeFianna Fáil
WexfordDenis AllenFianna Fáil
Seán BrowneFianna Fáil
Brendan CorishLabour Party
Anthony EsmondeFine Gael
James RyanFianna Fáil
WicklowPaudge BrennanFianna Fáil
James EverettLabour Party
James O'TooleFianna Fáil

 

DateConstituencyGainLossNote
14 November 1957Dublin North–CentralIndependentFianna FáilFrank Sherwin (Ind) wins the seat vacated by the death of Colm Gallagher (FF)
16 May 1958Dublin South–EastNational Progressive DemocratsIndependentNoël Browne (Ind) co-founds the National Progressive Democrats
16 May 1958RoscommonNational Progressive DemocratsIndependentJack McQuillan (Ind) co-founds the National Progressive Democrats
30 May 1958Galway SouthFianna FáilFianna FáilAnthony Millar (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of Patrick Beegan (FF)
25 June 1958Dublin South–CentralFianna FáilIndependentPatrick Cummins (FF) wins the seat vacated by the resignation of Jack Murphy (Ind)
22 July 1959ClareFianna FáilFianna FáilSeán Ó Ceallaigh (FF) holds the seat vacated by Éamon de Valera (FF) on his election as President
22 July 1959Dublin South–WestFine GaelFianna FáilRichie Ryan (FG) wins the seat vacated by the death of Bernard Butler (FF)
22 July 1959MeathFianna FáilFianna FáilHenry Johnston (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of James Griffin (FF)
23 June 1960Carlow–KilkennyFianna FáilFine GaelPatrick Teehan (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of Joseph Hughes (FG)
1 March 1960Sligo–LeitrimFine GaelFianna FáilJoseph McLoughlin (FG) wins the seat vacated by the death of Stephen Flynn (FF)

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