13th Dáil

TDs from 1948 to 1951 July 2021 July 2021 13th Dáil Oireachtas logo.svg 100px Dáil Éireann Ireland Leinster House 1948 general election 5th government of Ireland 18 February 1948 2 May 1951 12th Dáil 14th Dáil 147 Ceann Comhairle Frank Fahy Taoiseach John A. Costello Tánaiste William Norton Chief Whip Liam Cosgrave Leader of the Opposition Éamon de Valera 18 February 1948 6 August 1948 17 November 1948 21 July 1949 26 October 1949 18 July 1950 25 October 1950 2 May 1951 The 13th Dáil was elected at the 1948 general election on 4 February 1948 and first met on 18 February 1948. The members of Dáil Éireann, the House of Representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 6th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas. The 13th Dáil was dissolved by President Seán T. O'Kelly on 7 May 1951, at the request of the Taoiseach John A. Costello. The 13th Dáil lasted 18 Feb 1948 7 May 1951. Composition of the 13th Dáil DAEFF2 #A2A9B1 First Inter-Party Government (5th government) coalition partiesind comp 7 independents formed part of the government. PartyFeb. 1948May 1951Change Fianna Fáil 68 66 2 Fine Gael 31 30 1 Labourlab comp In May 1950, National Labour rejoined Labour. 14 19 5 Clann na Poblachta 10 7 3 Clann na Talmhan 7 6 1 National Labourlab comp 5 5 Monetary Reform 1 1 Independent politician (Ireland)ind comp 11 15 4 Ceann Comhairle 1 1 Casual vacancy 2 2Total 147 comp Graphical representation This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 13th Dáil from February 1948. This was not the official seating plan. 290px Ceann Comhairle On the meeting of the Dáil, Frank Fahy (FF) was proposed as Ceann Comhairle by Éamon de Valera (FF) and seconded by Richard Mulcahy (FG). His election was approved unanimously. This was the seventh successive Dáil in which Fahy served as Ceann Comhairle.Election of Ceann Comhairle Dáil Debates 110 1 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-02-18/2/ Houses of the Oireachtas 20 April 2022 18 February 1948 5 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191105184541/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-02-18/2/ live TDs by constituency The 147 TDs elected at the 1948 general election are listed by Dáil constituency.Oireachtas Database Members of the 13th Dáil Carlow–Kilkenny 5 Patrick Crotty Fine Gael Joseph Hughes Fine Gael Thomas Derrig Fianna Fáil James Pattison National Labour Party (Ireland) Thomas Walsh Fianna Fáil Cavan 4 Patrick O'Reilly Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Sheridan Fianna Fáil Paddy Smith Fianna Fáil John Tully Clann na Poblachta Clare 4 Thomas Burke Independent politician (Ireland) Éamon de Valera Fianna Fáil Patrick Hogan Labour Party (Ireland) Seán O'Grady Fianna Fáil Cork Borough 5 James Hickey National Labour Party (Ireland) Jack Lynch Fianna Fáil Patrick McGrath Fianna Fáil Thomas F. O'Higgins Fine Gael Michael Sheehan Independent politician (Ireland) Cork East 3 Martin Corry Fianna Fáil Seán Keane Labour Party (Ireland) Patrick O'Gorman Fine Gael Cork North 3 Patrick Halliden Clann na Talmhan Patrick McAuliffe Labour Party (Ireland) Seán Moylan Fianna Fáil Cork South 3 Seán Buckley Fianna Fáil Dan Desmond Labour Party (Ireland) Patrick Lehane Clann na Talmhan Cork West 3 Seán Collins Fine Gael Timothy J. Murphy Labour Party (Ireland) Timothy O'Sullivan Fianna Fáil Donegal East 4 Neal Blaney Fianna Fáil John Friel Fianna Fáil Daniel McMenamin Fine Gael William Sheldon Independent politician (Ireland) Donegal West 3 Brian Brady Fianna Fáil Cormac Breslin Fianna Fáil Michael Óg McFadden Fine Gael Dublin County 3 Patrick Burke Fianna Fáil Seán Dunne Labour Party (Ireland) Éamon Rooney Fine Gael Dublin North-Central 3 Vivion de Valera Fianna Fáil Patrick McGilligan Fine Gael Martin O'Sullivan Labour Party (Ireland) Dublin North-East 5 Jack Belton Fine Gael Alfie Byrne Independent politician (Ireland) Harry Colley Fianna Fáil Peadar Cowan Clann na Poblachta Oscar Traynor Fianna Fáil Dublin North-West 3 Cormac Breathnach Fianna Fáil A. P. Byrne Independent politician (Ireland) Mick Fitzpatrick Clann na Poblachta Dublin South-Central 5 Maurice E. Dockrell Fine Gael James Larkin Jnr Labour Party (Ireland) Con Lehane Clann na Poblachta Seán Lemass Fianna Fáil John McCann Fianna Fáil Dublin South-East 3 Noël Browne Clann na Poblachta John A. Costello Fine Gael Seán MacEntee Fianna Fáil Dublin South-West 5 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 3 Seán Brady Fianna Fáil Joseph Brennan Clann na Poblachta Liam Cosgrave Fine Gael Galway North 3 Michael Donnellan Clann na Talmhan Mark Killilea Snr Fianna Fáil Michael F. Kitt Fianna Fáil Galway South 3 Patrick Beegan Fianna Fáil Frank Fahy Fianna Fáil Robert Lahiffe Fianna Fáil Galway West 3 Gerald Bartley Fianna Fáil Michael Lydon Fianna Fáil Joseph Mongan Fine Gael Kerry North 4 Patrick Finucane Clann na Talmhan Eamon Kissane Fianna Fáil Tom McEllistrim Fianna Fáil Dan Spring National Labour Party (Ireland) Kerry South 3 Honor Crowley Fianna Fáil John Flynn Independent politician (Ireland) Patrick Palmer Fine Gael Kildare 3 Thomas Harris Fianna Fáil William Norton Labour Party (Ireland) Gerard Sweetman Fine Gael Leix–Offaly 5 Patrick Boland Fianna Fáil William Davin Labour Party (Ireland) Oliver J. Flanagan Irish Monetary Reform Association Patrick Gorry Fianna Fáil Tom O'Higgins Fine Gael Limerick East 4 Daniel Bourke Fianna Fáil Michael Keyes Labour Party (Ireland) James Reidy Fine Gael Robert Ryan Fianna Fáil Limerick West 3 James Collins Fianna Fáil David Madden Fine Gael Donnchadh Ó Briain Fianna Fáil Longford–Westmeath 5 Thomas Carter Fianna Fáil Erskine H. Childers Fianna Fáil Charles Fagan Independent politician (Ireland) Michael Kennedy Fianna Fáil Seán Mac Eoin Fine Gael Louth 3 Frank Aiken Fianna Fáil James Coburn Fine Gael Roddy Connolly Labour Party (Ireland) Mayo North 3 Patrick Browne Fine Gael James Kilroy Fianna Fáil P. J. Ruttledge Fianna Fáil Mayo South 4 Joseph Blowick Clann na Talmhan Bernard Commons Clann na Talmhan Mícheál Ó Móráin Fianna Fáil Richard Walsh Fianna Fáil Meath 3 Patrick Giles Fine Gael Michael Hilliard Fianna Fáil Matthew O'Reilly Fianna Fáil Monaghan 3 James Dillon Independent politician (Ireland) Patrick Maguire Fianna Fáil Bridget Rice Fianna Fáil Roscommon 4 John Beirne Clann na Talmhan Gerald Boland Fianna Fáil Jack McQuillan Clann na Poblachta Daniel O'Rourke Fianna Fáil Sligo–Leitrim 5 Stephen Flynn Fianna Fáil Eugene Gilbride Fianna Fáil Bernard Maguire Independent politician (Ireland) Mary Reynolds Fine Gael Joseph Roddy Fine Gael Tipperary North 3 Patrick Kinane Clann na Poblachta Daniel Morrissey Fine Gael Mary Ryan Fianna Fáil Tipperary South 4 Dan Breen Fianna Fáil Michael Davern Fianna Fáil Richard Mulcahy Fine Gael John Timoney Clann na Poblachta Waterford 4 Thomas Kyne Labour Party (Ireland) Patrick Little Fianna Fáil John Ormonde Fianna Fáil Bridget Redmond Fine Gael Wexford 5 Denis Allen Fianna Fáil Brendan Corish Labour Party (Ireland) John Esmonde Fine Gael John O'Leary National Labour Party (Ireland) James Ryan Fianna Fáil Wicklow 3 Thomas Brennan Fianna Fáil Patrick Cogan Independent politician (Ireland) James Everett National Labour Party (Ireland) Changes 18 February 1948 Galway South Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle 2 July 1948 Dublin North-East Independent politician (Ireland) Clann na Poblachta Peadar Cowan expelled from party for stance on aid from Marshall PlanDempsey Pauric J. Cowan, Peadar 002116.v1 30 October 1948 Donegal East Fianna Fáil Death of Neal BlaneyDeath of a Deputy – Expression of Sympathy https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-11-17/58/ 17 November 1948 Dáil Debates 113 1 Houses of the Oireachtas 15 May 2026 7 December 1948 Donegal East Fianna Fáil Neil Blaney holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Neal BlaneyNew Deputy Takes His Seat https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-12-10/27/ 10 December 1948 Dáil Debates 113 10 Houses of the Oireachtas 15 May 2026 1948 Donegal East by-election 19 April 1949 Cork West Labour Party (Ireland) Death of Timothy J. MurphyDeath of a Minister – Expression of Sympathy https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1949-05-03/16/ 3 May 1949 Dáil Debates 115 3 Houses of the Oireachtas 15 May 2026 26 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200926012256/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1949-05-03/16/ live 15 June 1949 Cork West Labour Party (Ireland) William J. Murphy holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Timothy J. MurphyNew Deputy Takes His Seat https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1949-06-21/32/ 21 June 1949 Dáil Debates 116 6 Houses of the Oireachtas 15 May 2026 1949 Cork West by-election 10 September 1949 Donegal West Fianna Fáil Death of Brian BradyDeath of a Deputy https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1949-10-26/65/ 26 October 1949 Dáil Debates 118 1 Houses of the Oireachtas 14 May 2026 20 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180520144022/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1949-10-26/65/ live 16 November 1949 Donegal West Fine Gael Patrick O'Donnell wins the seat vacated by the death of BradyNew Deputy takes His Seat https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1949-11-23/36/ 23 November 1949 Dáil Debates 118 9 Houses of the Oireachtas 14 May 2026 1949 Donegal West by-election May 1950 Carlow–Kilkenny Labour Party (Ireland) National Labour Party (Ireland) James Pattison re-joins Labour Party May 1950 Cork Borough Labour Party (Ireland) National Labour Party (Ireland) James Hickey re-joins Labour Party May 1950 Kerry North Labour Party (Ireland) National Labour Party (Ireland) Dan Spring re-joins Labour Party May 1950 Wexford Labour Party (Ireland) National Labour Party (Ireland) John O'Leary re-joins Labour Party May 1950 Wicklow Labour Party (Ireland) National Labour Party (Ireland) James Everett re-joins Labour Party 20 September 1950 Wexford Independent politician (Ireland) Fine Gael Resignation of John Esmonde from partyFine Gael TD leaves party https://epaper.irishtimes.com/titles/irishtimes/5088/publications/39196/pages/1 The Irish Times subscription 21 September 1950 1 12 March 1951 Galway West Fine Gael Death of Joseph Mongan 12 April 1951 Dublin South-East Independent politician (Ireland) Clann na Poblachta Noël Browne resigns from party on his resignation as Minister for Health 13 April 1951 Roscommon Independent politician (Ireland) Clann na Poblachta Jack McQuillan resigns from party in sympathy with BrowneAnother Clann T.D. resigns https://epaper.irishtimes.com/titles/irishtimes/5088/publications/39450/pages/1 The Irish Times 14 April 1951 subscription 1 29 April 1951 Kerry North Independent politician (Ireland) Clann na Talmhan Patrick Finucane resigns from party in opposition to government milk policyThis week will be critical for government https://epaper.irishtimes.com/titles/irishtimes/5088/publications/39473/pages/1 The Irish Times 30 April 1951 subscription 1 1 May 1951 Wexford Independent politician (Ireland) Resignation from Dáil of John Esmondehttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1951-05-01/37/ Resignation of Deputy Dáil Debates 125 12 1 May 1951 19 April 2022 Houses of the Oireachtas 28 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190928115838/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1951-05-01/37/ live References External links Debates: 13th Dáil https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/find/?debateType=dail&datePeriod=term&term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fdail%2F13 Houses of the Oireachtas TDs & Senators: 13th Dáil https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fdail%2F13 Houses of the Oireachtas 19 April 2022 5 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180505133630/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=13&MemberID=200&ConstID=132 live Oireachtas Database 13