The Seventeenth Dáil

This is a list of the members who were elected to the 17th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These TDs (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 1961 general election on 4 October 1961 and met on 11 October 1961. The 17th Dáil was dissolved by President Éamon de Valera, at the request of the Taoiseach Seán Lemass on 18 March 1965. The 17th Dáil lasted 1,281 days.

The list of the 144 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by constituency.

Members of the 17th Dáil
Constituency	Name	Party
Carlow–Kilkenny	Patrick Crotty		Fine Gael
	Jim Gibbons		Fianna Fáil
	Desmond Governey		Fine Gael
	Martin Medlar		Fianna Fáil
	Séamus Pattison		Labour Party
Cavan	Séamus Dolan		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick O'Reilly		Fine Gael
	Paddy Smith		Fianna Fáil
Clare	Patrick Hogan		Ceann Comhairle
	Patrick Hillery		Fianna Fáil
	William Murphy		Fine Gael
	Seán Ó Ceallaigh		Fianna Fáil
Cork Borough	Stephen Barrett		Fine Gael
	Anthony Barry		Fine Gael
	Seán Casey		Labour Party
	John Galvin		Fianna Fáil
	Jack Lynch		Fianna Fáil
Cork Mid	Dan Desmond		Labour Party
	Seán McCarthy		Fianna Fáil
	Con Meaney		Fianna Fáil
	Denis O'Sullivan		Fine Gael
Cork North–East	Richard Barry		Fine Gael
	Philip Burton		Fine Gael
	Martin Corry		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick McAuliffe		Labour Party
	John Moher		Fianna Fáil
Cork South–West	Seán Collins		Fine Gael
	Edward Cotter		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Murphy		Labour Party
Donegal North–East	Neil Blaney		Fianna Fáil
	Liam Cunningham		Fianna Fáil
	Paddy Harte		Fine Gael
Donegal South–West	Joseph Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	Cormac Breslin		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick O'Donnell		Fine Gael
Dublin County	Kevin Boland		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Burke		Fianna Fáil
	Mark Clinton		Fine Gael
	Seán Dunne		Independent
	Éamon Rooney		Fine Gael
Dublin North–Central	Vivion de Valera		Fianna Fáil
	Celia Lynch		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick McGilligan		Fine Gael
	Frank Sherwin		Independent
Dublin North–East	Jack Belton		Fine Gael
	Patrick Byrne		Fine Gael
	George Colley		Fianna Fáil
	Charles Haughey		Fianna Fáil
	Eugene Timmons		Fianna Fáil
Dublin North–West	Declan Costello		Fine Gael
	Richard Gogan		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Mullen		Labour Party
Dublin South–Central	Joseph Barron		Clann na Poblachta
	Philip Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Cummins		Fianna Fáil
	Maurice E. Dockrell		Fine Gael
	Seán Lemass		Fianna Fáil
Dublin South–East	Noël Browne		National Progressive Democrats
	John A. Costello		Fine Gael
	Seán MacEntee		Fianna Fáil
Dublin South–West	Robert Briscoe		Fianna Fáil
	James Carroll		Independent
	Noel Lemass, Jnr		Fianna Fáil
	James O'Keeffe		Fine Gael
	Richie Ryan		Fine Gael
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown	Seán Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Lionel Booth		Fianna Fáil
	Liam Cosgrave		Fine Gael
	H. Percy Dockrell		Fine Gael
Galway East	Michael Carty		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Donnellan		Clann na Talmhan
	Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins		Fine Gael
	Michael F. Kitt		Fianna Fáil
	Anthony Millar		Fianna Fáil
Galway West	Gerald Bartley		Fianna Fáil
	Fintan Coogan		Fine Gael
	Johnny Geoghegan		Fianna Fáil
Kerry North	Patrick Finucane		Independent
	Tom McEllistrim		Fianna Fáil
	Dan Spring		Labour Party
Kerry South	Patrick Connor		Fine Gael
	Honor Crowley		Fianna Fáil
	Timothy O'Connor		Fianna Fáil
Kildare	Brendan Crinion		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Dooley		Fianna Fáil
	William Norton		Labour Party
	Gerard Sweetman		Fine Gael
Laois–Offaly	Kieran Egan		Fianna Fáil
	Nicholas Egan		Fianna Fáil
	Oliver J. Flanagan		Fine Gael
	Patrick Lalor		Fianna Fáil
	Tom O'Higgins		Fine Gael
Limerick East	Paddy Clohessy		Fianna Fáil
	Stephen Coughlan		Labour Party
	Tom O'Donnell		Fine Gael
	Donogh O'Malley		Fianna Fáil
Limerick West	James Collins		Fianna Fáil
	Denis Jones		Fine Gael
	Donnchadh Ó Briain		Fianna Fáil
Longford–Westmeath	Frank Carter		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Kennedy		Fianna Fáil
	Seán Mac Eoin		Fine Gael
	Joseph Sheridan		Independent
Louth	Frank Aiken		Fianna Fáil
	Paddy Donegan		Fine Gael
	Pádraig Faulkner		Fianna Fáil
Mayo North	Michael Browne		Fine Gael
	Phelim Calleary		Fianna Fáil
	Joseph Lenehan		Independent
Mayo South	Joseph Blowick		Clann na Talmhan
	Seán Flanagan		Fianna Fáil
	Henry Kenny		Fine Gael
	Micheál Ó Móráin		Fianna Fáil
Meath	Denis Farrelly		Fine Gael
	Michael Hilliard		Fianna Fáil
	James Tully		Labour Party
Monaghan	Erskine H. Childers		Fianna Fáil
	James Dillon		Fine Gael
	Patrick Mooney		Fianna Fáil
Roscommon	James Burke		Fine Gael
	Brian Lenihan		Fianna Fáil
	Jack McQuillan		National Progressive Democrats
	Patrick J. Reynolds		Fine Gael
Sligo–Leitrim	James Gallagher		Fianna Fáil
	Eugene Gilbride		Fianna Fáil
	Eugene Gilhawley		Fine Gael
	Joseph McLoughlin		Fine Gael
Tipperary North	Thomas Dunne		Fine Gael
	John Fanning		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Tierney		Labour Party
Tipperary South	Dan Breen		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Davern		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Hogan		Fine Gael
	Seán Treacy		Labour Party
Waterford	Thomas Kyne		Labour Party
	Thaddeus Lynch		Fine Gael
	John Ormonde		Fianna Fáil
Wexford	Lorcan Allen		Fianna Fáil
	Brendan Corish		Labour Party
	Anthony Esmonde		Fine Gael
	James Ryan		Fianna Fáil
Wicklow	Paudge Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	James Everett		Labour Party
	Michael O'Higgins		Fine Gael

 

Date	Constituency		Gain		Loss	Note
1963-05-30 30 May 1963	Dublin North–East		Fine Gael		Fine Gael	Paddy Belton (FG) holds the seat vacated by the death of his brother Jack Belton (FG)
1963-10-27 27 October 1963	Dublin South–East		Labour Party		National Progressive Democrats	Noël Browne (NPD) disbands the National Progressive Democrats and joins the Labour Party
1963-10-27 27 October 1963	Roscommon		Labour Party		National Progressive Democrats	Jack McQuillan (NPD) disbands the National Progressive Democrats and joins the Labour Party
1963-10-27 27 October 1963	Dublin County		Labour Party		Independent	Seán Dunne (Ind) joins the Labour Party
1964-02-19 19 February 1964	Cork Borough		Fianna Fáil		Fianna Fáil	Sheila Galvin (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of her husband John Galvin (FF)
1964-02-19 19 February 1964	Kildare		Fianna Fáil		Labour Party	Terence Boylan (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of William Norton (Lab)
1964-07-08 8 July 1964	Roscommon		Fine Gael		Fine Gael	Joan Burke (FG) holds the seat vacated by the death of her husband James Burke (FG)
1964-12-03 3 December 1964	Galway East		Fine Gael		Clann na Talmhan	John Donnellan (FG) wins the seat vacated by the death of his father Michael Donnellan (CnaT)
1965-03-10 10 March 1965	Cork Mid		Labour Party		Labour Party	Eileen Desmond (Lab) holds the seat vacated by the death of her husband Dan Desmond (Lab)