17th Dáil

TDs from 1961 to 1965 July 2021 July 2021 17th Dáil Oireachtas logo.svg 100px Dáil Éireann Ireland Leinster House 1961 general election 10th government of Ireland 11 October 1961 11 March 1965 16th Dáil 18th Dáil 144 Ceann Comhairle Patrick Hogan Taoiseach Seán Lemass Tánaiste Seán MacEntee Chief Whip Joseph Brennan Leader of the Opposition James Dillon 11 October 1961 26 July 1962 30 October 1962 19 July 1963 23 October 1963 1 July 1964 3 November 1964 11 March 1965 The 17th Dáil was elected at the 1961 general election on 4 October 1961 and met on 11 October 1961. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 10th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas. On 18 March 1965 President Éamon de Valera dissolved the Dáil on the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The 17th Dáil lasted 11 Oct 1961 18 Mar 1965. Composition of the 17th Dáil DAEFF2 #A2A9B1 10th government PartyOct. 1957Mar. 1961Change Fianna Fáil 70 71 1 Fine Gael 47 48 1 Labour Party (Ireland)npd comp 16 17 1 Clann na Talmhan 2 1 1 National Progressive Democratsnpd comp National Progressive Democrats merged into Labour in November 1963. 2 2 Clann na Poblachta 1 1 Independent politician (Ireland) 6 5 1 Ceann Comhairle 1 1Total 144 comp Fianna Fáil formed the 10th government of Ireland led by Seán Lemass as Taoiseach. Graphical representation This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 17th Dáil from October 1961. This was not the official seating plan. 290px Ceann Comhairle On the meeting of the Dáil, Patrick Hogan (Lab), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1951, was proposed by Seán Lemass (FF) and seconded by James Dillon (FG) for the position. His election was approved without a vote.Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (17th Dáil) – Vol. 192 No. 1 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1961-10-11/2/ Houses of the Oireachtas 25 August 2022 11 October 1961 24 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220624053654/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1961-10-11/2/ live TDs by constituency The list of the 144 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.TDs & Senators (17th Dáil) https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fdail%2F17 Houses of the Oireachtas 18 May 2022 5 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180505104631/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=17&MemberID=1268&ConstID=21 live Members of the 17th Dáil Carlow–Kilkenny 5 Patrick Crotty Fine Gael Jim Gibbons Fianna Fáil Desmond Governey Fine Gael Martin Medlar Fianna Fáil Séamus Pattison Labour Party (Ireland) Cavan 3 Séamus Dolan Fianna Fáil Patrick O'Reilly Fine Gael Paddy Smith Fianna Fáil Clare 4 Patrick Hogan Labour Party (Ireland) Patrick Hillery Fianna Fáil William Murphy Fine Gael Seán Ó Ceallaigh Fianna Fáil Cork Borough 5 Stephen Barrett Fine Gael Anthony Barry Fine Gael Seán Casey Labour Party (Ireland) John Galvin Fianna Fáil Jack Lynch Fianna Fáil Cork Mid 4 Dan Desmond Labour Party (Ireland) Seán McCarthy Fianna Fáil Con Meaney Fianna Fáil Denis O'Sullivan Fine Gael Cork North-East 5 Richard Barry Fine Gael Philip Burton Fine Gael Martin Corry Fianna Fáil Patrick McAuliffe Labour Party (Ireland) John Moher Fianna Fáil Cork South-West 3 Seán Collins Fine Gael Edward Cotter Fianna Fáil Michael Pat Murphy Labour Party (Ireland) Donegal North-East 3 Neil Blaney Fianna Fáil Liam Cunningham Fianna Fáil Paddy Harte Fine Gael Donegal South-West 3 Joseph Brennan Fianna Fáil Cormac Breslin Fianna Fáil Patrick O'Donnell Fine Gael Dublin County 5 Kevin Boland Fianna Fáil Patrick Burke Fianna Fáil Mark Clinton Fine Gael Seán Dunne Independent politician (Ireland) Éamon Rooney Fine Gael Dublin North-Central 4 Vivion de Valera Fianna Fáil Celia Lynch Fianna Fáil Patrick McGilligan Fine Gael Frank Sherwin Independent politician (Ireland) Dublin North-East 5 Jack Belton Fine Gael Patrick Byrne Fine Gael George Colley Fianna Fáil Charles Haughey Fianna Fáil Eugene Timmons Fianna Fáil Dublin North-West 3 Declan Costello Fine Gael Richard Gogan Fianna Fáil Michael Mullen Labour Party (Ireland) Dublin South-Central 5 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 3 Noël Browne National Progressive Democrats John A. Costello Fine Gael Seán MacEntee Fianna Fáil Dublin South-West 5 Robert Briscoe Fianna Fáil James Carroll Independent politician (Ireland) Noel Lemass Fianna Fáil James O'Keeffe Fine Gael Richie Ryan Fine Gael Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown 4 Seán Brady Fianna Fáil Lionel Booth Fianna Fáil Liam Cosgrave Fine Gael H. Percy Dockrell Fine Gael Galway East 5 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 3 Gerald Bartley Fianna Fáil Fintan Coogan Fine Gael Johnny Geoghegan Fianna Fáil Kerry North 3 Patrick Finucane Independent politician (Ireland) Tom McEllistrim Fianna Fáil Dan Spring Labour Party (Ireland) Kerry South 3 Patrick Connor Fine Gael Honor Crowley Fianna Fáil Timothy O'Connor Fianna Fáil Kildare 4 Brendan Crinion Fianna Fáil Patrick Dooley Fianna Fáil William Norton Labour Party (Ireland) Gerard Sweetman Fine Gael Laois–Offaly 5 Kieran Egan Fianna Fáil Nicholas Egan Fianna Fáil Oliver J. Flanagan Fine Gael Patrick Lalor Fianna Fáil Tom O'Higgins Fine Gael Limerick East 4 Paddy Clohessy Fianna Fáil Stephen Coughlan Labour Party (Ireland) Tom O'Donnell Fine Gael Donogh O'Malley Fianna Fáil Limerick West 3 James Collins Fianna Fáil Denis Jones Fine Gael Donnchadh Ó Briain Fianna Fáil Longford–Westmeath 4 Frank Carter Fianna Fáil Michael Kennedy Fianna Fáil Seán Mac Eoin Fine Gael Joe Sheridan Independent politician (Ireland) Louth 3 Frank Aiken Fianna Fáil Paddy Donegan Fine Gael Pádraig Faulkner Fianna Fáil Mayo North 3 Michael Browne Fine Gael Phelim Calleary Fianna Fáil Joseph Lenehan Independent politician (Ireland) Mayo South 4 Joseph Blowick Clann na Talmhan Seán Flanagan Fianna Fáil Henry Kenny Fine Gael Mícheál Ó Móráin Fianna Fáil Meath 3 Denis Farrelly Fine Gael Michael Hilliard Fianna Fáil James Tully Labour Party (Ireland) Monaghan 3 Erskine H. Childers Fianna Fáil James Dillon Fine Gael Patrick Mooney Fianna Fáil Roscommon 4 James Burke Fine Gael Brian Lenihan Fianna Fáil Jack McQuillan National Progressive Democrats Patrick J. Reynolds Fine Gael Sligo–Leitrim 4 James Gallagher Fianna Fáil Eugene Gilbride Fianna Fáil Eugene Gilhawley Fine Gael Joseph McLoughlin Fine Gael Tipperary North 3 Thomas Dunne Fine Gael John Fanning Fianna Fáil Patrick Tierney Labour Party (Ireland) Tipperary South 4 Dan Breen Fianna Fáil Michael Davern Fianna Fáil Patrick Hogan Fine Gael Seán Treacy Labour Party (Ireland) Waterford 3 Thomas Kyne Labour Party (Ireland) Thaddeus Lynch Fine Gael John Ormonde Fianna Fáil Wexford 4 Lorcan Allen Fianna Fáil Brendan Corish Labour Party (Ireland) Anthony Esmonde Fine Gael James Ryan Fianna Fáil Wicklow 3 Paudge Brennan Fianna Fáil James Everett Labour Party (Ireland) Michael O'Higgins Fine Gael Changes 11 October 1961 Clare Ceann Comhairle Labour Party (Ireland) Patrick Hogan takes office as Ceann Comhairle 23 February 1963 Dublin North-East Fine Gael Death of Jack Belton 30 May 1963 Dublin North-East Fine Gael Paddy Belton holds seat vacated by the death of his brother Jack Belton 1963 Dublin North-East by-election 11 October 1963 Cork Borough Fianna Fáil Death of John Galvin 13 November 1963 Dublin County Labour Party (Ireland) Independent politician (Ireland) Seán Dunne joins the Labour PartyT.D. rejoins Labour Party https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1963/1114/Pg001.html#Ar00107 1 subscription 8 July 2022 The Irish Times 14 November 1963 27 November 1963 Dublin South-East Labour Party (Ireland) National Progressive Democrats Noël Browne disbands the National Progressive Democrats and joins the Labour PartyBrowne and McQuillan join Labour Party https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1963/1128/Pg001.html#Ar00101 1 subscription 8 July 2022 The Irish Times 28 November 1963 27 November 1963 Roscommon Labour Party (Ireland) National Progressive Democrats Jack McQuillan disbands the National Progressive Democrats and joins the Labour Party 4 December 1963 Kildare Labour Party (Ireland) Death of William Norton 19 February 1964 Cork Borough Fianna Fáil Sheila Galvin holds seat vacated by the death of her husband John Galvin 1964 Cork Borough by-election 19 February 1964 Kildare Fianna Fáil Terence Boylan gains seat vacated by the death of Norton 1964 Kildare by-election 12 May 1964 Roscommon Fine Gael Death of James Burke 8 July 1964 Roscommon Fine Gael Joan Burke holds seat vacated by the death of her husband James Burke 1964 Roscommon by-election 27 September 1964 Galway East Clann na Talmhan Death of Michael Donnellan 3 December 1964 Galway East Fine Gael John Donnellan gains seat vacated by the death of his father Michael Donnellan 1964 Galway East by-election 9 December 1964 Cork Mid Labour Party (Ireland) Death of Dan Desmond 10 March 1965 Cork Mid Labour Party (Ireland) Eileen Desmond holds seat vacated by the death of her husband Dan DesmondOn the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass, the 17th Dáil was dissolved on 18 March 1965 before Desmond could assume her seat.https://www.dib.ie/biography/desmond-eileen-nee-harrington-a9386 Desmond, Eileen Dictionary of Irish Biography Maume Patrick 9 January 2023 1965 Cork Mid by-election Notes References External links Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 17th Dáil Category:Lists of Teachtaí Dála by term