10th Dáil

TDs from 1938 to 1943 August 2019 August 2019 10th Dáil Oireachtas logo.svg 100px Dáil Éireann Ireland Leinster House 1938 general election 2nd government of Ireland 30 June 1938 26 June 1943 9th Dáil 11th Dáil 138 Ceann Comhairle Frank Fahy Taoiseach Éamon de Valera Tánaiste Seán T. O'Kelly Chief Whip Paddy Smith— Patrick Littleuntil 26 September 1939 Leader of the Opposition W. T. Cosgrave 30 June 1938 21 July 1938 26 October 1938 1 August 1939 2 September 1939 7 August 1940 2 October 1940 24 July 1941 17 September 1941 17 July 1942 14 October 1942 26 May 1943 The 10th Dáil was elected at the 1938 general election on 17 June 1938 and first met on 30 June 1938. The members of Dáil Éireann, the House of Representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 3rd Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas. The 10th Dáil is the longest serving Dáil, lasting 30 June 1938 26 June 1943. The Dáil adjourned on 26 May 1943 and on 31 May President Douglas Hyde called a general election for 17 June at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. Exceptionally, the outgoing Dáil was not dissolved until 26 June, after the election.Mr. de Valera to be Taoiseach https://epaper.irishtimes.com/titles/irishtimes/5088/publications/35928/pages/1 The Irish Times subscription 1 Although the Constitution requires the President to dissolve the Dáil before a general election, this procedure was overridden by the General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943.http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html#article16_3_1 Constitution of Ireland Irish Statute Book Article 16.3 y 27 March 2018 1 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150901055015/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html#article16_3_1 live; 1943 11 General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943 27 March 2018; https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1943-05-26/speech/147/ The General Election: Announcement by Taoiseach Dáil Debates 26 May 1943 90 5 19 c.562 the Dáil will rise to–day. ... It is my intention to advise the President so that on the 31st May he may issue his direction for the holding of a general election. His proclamation may be issued on the 31st May. ... the 22nd June will be the polling day and then the outgoing Dáil, the present Dáil, would have to be dissolved not later than 8th July. The House is aware that it will be dissolved as soon as the Clerk of the Dáil is able to inform us that he has got returns for all the writs. 27 March 2022 17 August 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220817180745/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1943-05-26/18/ live The act, which would have been unconstitutional under Article 16.3.2° if not for the state of emergency in effect under Article 28.3.3° during World War II, was intended to increase national security by minimising the interval during which no Dáil was in existence.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1943-04-14/18/ General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Bill, 1943—Second Stage 14 April 1943 Dáil Debates 89 15 Houses of the Oireachtas 27 March 2018 15 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200615192657/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1943-04-14/18/ live Composition of the 10th Dáil DAEFF2 #A2A9B1 3rd government PartyJune 1938June 1943Change Fianna Fáil 77 72 5Fine Gael 45 41 4Labour Party (Ireland) 9 9 Independent politician (Ireland) 7 8 1Ceann Comhairle 1 1Casual vacancy 7 7Total 138 Graphical representation This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 10th Dáil from June 1938. This was not the official seating plan. 290px Ceann Comhairle On 30 June 1938, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Donnchadh Ó Briain for the position, and was elected without a vote.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1938-06-30/2/ Election of Ceann Comhairle Dáil Debates 72 1 30 June 1938 8 August 2022 Houses of the Oireachtas 8 August 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220808180241/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1938-06-30/2/ live TDs by constituency The 138 TDs elected at the 1938 general election are listed by Dáil constituency.Oireachtas Database Members of the 10th Dáil Athlone–Longford 3 Erskine H. Childers Fianna Fáil Seán Mac Eoin Fine Gael James Victory Fianna Fáil Carlow–Kildare 4 Thomas Harris Fianna Fáil James Hughes Fine Gael Francis Humphreys Fianna Fáil William Norton Labour Party (Ireland) Cavan 4 John James Cole Independent politician (Ireland) Patrick McGovern Fine Gael Michael Sheridan Fianna Fáil Paddy Smith Fianna Fáil Clare 5 Patrick Burke Fine Gael Thomas Burke Independent politician (Ireland) Éamon de Valera Fianna Fáil Seán O'Grady Fianna Fáil Peter O'Loghlen Fianna Fáil Cork Borough 4 W. T. Cosgrave Fine Gael Thomas Dowdall Fianna Fáil Hugo Flinn Fianna Fáil James Hickey Labour Party (Ireland) Cork North 4 Patrick Daly Fine Gael Timothy Linehan Fine Gael Con Meaney Fianna Fáil Seán Moylan Fianna Fáil Cork South-East 3 Brook Brasier Fine Gael Martin Corry Fianna Fáil Jeremiah Hurley Labour Party (Ireland) Cork West 5 Seán Buckley Fianna Fáil Timothy J. Murphy Labour Party (Ireland) Timothy O'Donovan Fine Gael Eamonn O'Neill Fine Gael Timothy O'Sullivan Fianna Fáil Donegal East 4 John Friel Fianna Fáil Henry McDevitt Fianna Fáil Daniel McMenamin Fine Gael James Myles Independent politician (Ireland) Donegal West 3 Brian Brady Fianna Fáil Cormac Breslin Fianna Fáil Michael Óg McFadden Fine Gael Dublin South 7 James Beckett Fine Gael Robert Briscoe Fianna Fáil Peadar Doyle Fine Gael Joseph Hannigan Independent politician (Ireland) Seán Lemass Fianna Fáil James Lynch Fianna Fáil Thomas Kelly Fianna Fáil Dublin County 5 Patrick Belton Fine Gael Seán Brady Fianna Fáil Patrick Fogarty Fianna Fáil Henry Dockrell Fine Gael Thomas Mullen Fianna Fáil Dublin North-East 3 Alfie Byrne Independent politician (Ireland) Richard Mulcahy Fine Gael Oscar Traynor Fianna Fáil Dublin North-West 5 Cormac Breathnach Fianna Fáil A. P. Byrne Independent politician (Ireland) Eamonn Cooney Fianna Fáil Patrick McGilligan Fine Gael Seán T. O'Kelly Fianna Fáil Dublin Townships 3 Ernest Benson Fine Gael John A. Costello Fine Gael Seán MacEntee Fianna Fáil Galway East 4 Patrick Beegan Fianna Fáil Seán Broderick Fine Gael Frank Fahy Fianna Fáil Mark Killilea Snr Fianna Fáil Galway West 3 Gerald Bartley Fianna Fáil Joseph Mongan Fine Gael Seán Tubridy Fianna Fáil Kerry North 4 Stephen Fuller Fianna Fáil Eamon Kissane Fianna Fáil Tom McEllistrim Fianna Fáil John O'Sullivan Fine Gael Kerry South 3 Frederick Crowley Fianna Fáil John Flynn Fianna Fáil Fionán Lynch Fine Gael Kilkenny 3 Denis Gorey Fine Gael Thomas Derrig Fianna Fáil James Pattison Labour Party (Ireland) Leitrim 3 Stephen Flynn Fianna Fáil Bernard Maguire Fianna Fáil Mary Reynolds Fine Gael Leix–Offaly 5 Patrick Boland Fianna Fáil William Davin Labour Party (Ireland) Patrick Gorry Fianna Fáil Daniel Hogan Fianna Fáil Thomas F. O'Higgins Fine Gael Limerick 7 George C. Bennett Fine Gael Daniel Bourke Fianna Fáil Tadhg Crowley Fianna Fáil Michael Keyes Labour Party (Ireland) Donnchadh Ó Briain Fianna Fáil James Reidy Fine Gael Robert Ryan Fianna Fáil Louth 3 Frank Aiken Fianna Fáil James Coburn Fine Gael Laurence Walsh Fianna Fáil Mayo North 3 Patrick Browne Fine Gael John Munnelly Fianna Fáil P. J. Ruttledge Fianna Fáil Mayo South 5 Micheál Clery Fianna Fáil James FitzGerald-Kenney Fine Gael Martin Nally Fine Gael Mícheál Ó Móráin Fianna Fáil Richard Walsh Fianna Fáil Meath–Westmeath 5 Charles Fagan Fine Gael Patrick Giles Fine Gael James Kelly Fianna Fáil Michael Kennedy Fianna Fáil Matthew O'Reilly Fianna Fáil Monaghan 3 James Dillon Fine Gael Bridget Rice Fianna Fáil Conn Ward Fianna Fáil Roscommon 3 Michael Brennan Fine Gael Gerald Boland Fianna Fáil Daniel O'Rourke Fianna Fáil Sligo 3 Martin Brennan Fianna Fáil Frank Carty Fianna Fáil Patrick Rogers Fine Gael Tipperary 7 Dan Breen Fianna Fáil Richard Curran Fine Gael Andrew Fogarty Fianna Fáil Frank Loughman Fianna Fáil Daniel Morrissey Fine Gael Jeremiah Ryan Fine Gael Martin Ryan Fianna Fáil Waterford 4 William Broderick Fine Gael Patrick Little Fianna Fáil Michael Morrissey Fianna Fáil Bridget Redmond Fine Gael Wexford 5 Denis Allen Fianna Fáil Richard Corish Labour Party (Ireland) John Esmonde Fine Gael John Keating Fine Gael James Ryan Fianna Fáil Wicklow 3 Patrick Cogan Independent politician (Ireland) James Everett Labour Party (Ireland) Séamus Moore Fianna Fáil Changes Due to difficulties holding by-elections during the Emergency, no further by-elections were held to fill vacancies after the 1940 Galway West by-election. 30 June 1938 Galway East Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle 19 December 1938 Dublin South Fine Gael Death of James Becketthttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1939-02-08/48/ Death of Deputy James Walter Beckett Dáil Debates 74 1 8 February 1939 Houses of the Oireachtas 6 June 1939 Dublin South Fianna Fáil John McCann wins the seat vacated by the death of Becketthttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1939-06-14/22/ New Deputy Takes His Seat Dáil Debates 76 7 14 June 1939 Houses of the Oireachtas 1939 Dublin South by-election 15 July 1939 Galway West Fianna Fáil Death of Seán Tubridyhttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1939-08-01/3/ Bás an Teachta Seán O Tiobraide Irish Dáil Debates 76 18 1 August 1939 Houses of the Oireachtas 1939 Dublin South Labour Party (Ireland) Independent politician (Ireland) Joseph Hannigan joins Labour 20 February 1940 Kilkenny Fine Gael Death of Denis Goreyhttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1940-02-21/37/ Death of a Deputy Dáil Debates 78 12 21 February 1940 Houses of the Oireachtas 13 December 2021 13 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211213103638/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1940-02-21/37/ live 30 May 1940 Galway West Fianna Fáil John J. Keane holds the seat vacated by the death of Tubridyhttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1940-06-05/13/ New Deputy Takes His Seat Dáil Debates 80 12 5 June 1940 Houses of the Oireachtas 1940 Galway West by-election 14 June 1940 Wicklow Fianna Fáil Death of Séamus Moorehttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1940-06-19/6/ Death of a Deputy Dáil Debates 80 15 19 June 1940 24 October 2019 Houses of the Oireachtas 24 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191024164742/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1940-06-19/6/ live 31 August 1940 Cork South-East Fine Gael Death of Brook Brasierhttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1940-10-02/43/ Death of a Deputy Dáil Debates 81 1 2 October 1940 28 September 2019 Houses of the Oireachtas 27 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190927145202/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1940-10-02/43/ live 18 October 1941 Mayo North Fianna Fáil Death of John Munnellyhttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1941-10-29/39/ Bás an Teachta Seán ó Muinghile Irish Dáil Debates 85 1 29 October 1941 3 November 2019 Houses of the Oireachtas 2 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191102160145/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1941-10-29/39/ live 7 April 1942 Cork Borough Fianna Fáil Death of Thomas Dowdallhttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1942-04-15/46/ Death of Deputy T.P. Dowdall Dáil Debates 86 4 14 April 1942 28 September 2019 Houses of the Oireachtas 28 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190928132803/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1942-04-15/46/ live 20 April 1942 Dublin South Fianna Fáil Death of Thomas Kellyhttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1942-04-21/13/ Death of Deputy T. Kelly Dáil Debates 88 6 21 April 1942 28 September 2019 Houses of the Oireachtas 28 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190928132809/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1942-04-21/13/ live 10 September 1942 Sligo Fianna Fáil Death of Frank Cartyhttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1942-10-14/41/ Death of a Deputy Dáil Debates 88 9 14 October 1942 3 November 2021 Houses of the Oireachtas 15 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220415200123/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1942-10-14/41/ live 1942 Monaghan Independent politician (Ireland) Fine Gael James Dillon resigns from party in opposition to Irish neutrality in World War II 28 January 1943 Cork Borough Fianna Fáil Death of Hugo Flinnhttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1943-02-03/50/ Death of Two Deputies Dáil Debates 89 3 3 February 1943 11 September 2022 Houses of the Oireachtas 2 February 1943 Cork South-East Labour Party (Ireland) Death of Jeremiah Hurley References External links Debates: 10th Dáil https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/find/?debateType=dail&datePeriod=term&term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fdail%2F10 Houses of the Oireachtas TDs & Senators: 10th Dáil https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fdail%2F10 Houses of the Oireachtas 27 March 2022 5 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180505152655/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=10&MemberID=91&ConstID=161 live Oireachtas Database 10