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18th Dáil
18th Dáil
Overview
Legislative body	Dáil Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	21 April 1965 – 22 May 1969
Election	1965 general election
Government	11th government of Ireland (1965–1966); 12th government of Ireland (1966–1969);
Members	144
Ceann Comhairle	Cormac Breslin; — Patrick Hogan; until 14 November 1967
Taoiseach	Jack Lynch; — Seán Lemass; until 10 November 1966
Tánaiste	Frank Aiken
Chief Whip	Michael Carty
Leader of the Opposition	Liam Cosgrave
Sessions
1st
1st	21 April 1965 – 21 July 1965
2nd	20 October 1965 – 8 July 1966
3rd	27 September 1966 – 26 July 1967
4th	18 October 1967 – 11 July 1968
5th	23 October 1968 – 21 May 1969

The 18th Dáil was elected at the 1965 general election on 7 April 1965 and met on 21 April 1965. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 11th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

The 18th Dáil saw a change of Taoiseach from Seán Lemass to Jack Lynch in November 1966. On 22 May 1969, President Éamon de Valera dissolved the Dáil at the request of Taoiseach Jack Lynch. The 18th Dáil lasted 1,493 days.

Composition of the 18th Dáil

Party		April 1965	May 1969
●	Fianna Fáil	72	73
	Fine Gael	47	46
	Labour	22	18
	Clann na Poblachta	1	—
	Independent	2	3
	Ceann Comhairle	—	1
	Vacant	—	3

Fianna Fáil, denoted with a bullet (●), formed the 11th government of Ireland led by Seán Lemass as Taoiseach. In 1966, Lemass resigned as Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach, to be succeeded by Jack Lynch, who formed the 12th government of Ireland.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 18th Dáil from April 1965. This was not the official seating plan.

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.^[1]

On 7 November 1967, Hogan retired as Ceann Comhairle.^[2] Cormac Breslin (FF), the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, was appointed to the position on a temporary basis. On 14 November, Breslin was proposed by Lemass to the position on a permanent basis. His election was approved without a vote.^[3]

TDs by constituency

The list of the 144 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.^[4]

Members of the 18th Dáil
Constituency	Name	Party
Carlow–Kilkenny	Patrick Crotty		Fine Gael
	Jim Gibbons		Fianna Fáil
	Desmond Governey		Fine Gael
	Tom Nolan		Fianna Fáil
	Séamus Pattison		Labour
Cavan	Tom Fitzpatrick		Fine Gael
	Paddy Smith		Fianna Fáil
	John Tully		Clann na Poblachta
Clare	Patrick Hillery		Fianna Fáil
	William Murphy		Fine Gael
	Patrick Hogan		Labour
	Seán Ó Ceallaigh		Fianna Fáil
Cork Borough	Stephen Barrett		Fine Gael
	Seán Casey		Labour
	Gus Healy		Fianna Fáil
	Jack Lynch		Fianna Fáil
	Pearse Wyse		Fianna Fáil
Cork Mid	Donal Creed		Fine Gael
	Flor Crowley		Fianna Fáil
	Eileen Desmond		Labour
	Thomas Meaney		Fianna Fáil
Cork North-East	Richard Barry		Fine Gael
	Philip Burton		Fine Gael
	Martin Corry		Fianna Fáil
	Jerry Cronin		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick McAuliffe		Labour
Cork South-West	Seán Collins		Fine Gael
	Edward Cotter		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Pat Murphy		Labour
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		Labour
	Des Foley		Fianna Fáil
Dublin North-Central	Luke Belton		Fine Gael
	Vivion de Valera		Fianna Fáil
	Celia Lynch		Fianna Fáil
	Michael O'Leary		Labour
Dublin North-East	Paddy Belton		Fine Gael
	Patrick Byrne		Fine Gael
	George Colley		Fianna Fáil
	Charles Haughey		Fianna Fáil
	Denis Larkin		Labour
Dublin North-West	Declan Costello		Fine Gael
	Richard Gogan		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Mullen		Labour
Dublin South-Central	Philip Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Frank Cluskey		Labour
	Maurice E. Dockrell		Fine Gael
	Tom Fitzpatrick		Fianna Fáil
	Seán Lemass		Fianna Fáil
Dublin South-East	John A. Costello		Fine Gael
	Seán MacEntee		Fianna Fáil
	Seán Moore		Fianna Fáil
Dublin South-West	Ben Briscoe		Fianna Fáil
	Joseph Dowling		Fianna Fáil
	Noel Lemass		Fianna Fáil
	John O'Connell		Labour
	Richie Ryan		Fine Gael
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown	David Andrews		Fianna Fáil
	Lionel Booth		Fianna Fáil
	Liam Cosgrave		Fine Gael
	H. Percy Dockrell		Fine Gael
Galway East	Michael Carty		Fianna Fáil
	John Donnellan		Fine Gael
	Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins		Fine Gael
	Michael F. Kitt		Fianna Fáil
	Anthony Millar		Fianna Fáil
Galway West	Fintan Coogan		Fine Gael
	Johnny Geoghegan		Fianna Fáil
	Bobby Molloy		Fianna Fáil
Kerry North	Patrick Finucane		Independent
	Tom McEllistrim		Fianna Fáil
	Dan Spring		Labour
Kerry South	Honor Crowley		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Connor		Fine Gael
	Timothy O'Connor		Fianna Fáil
Kildare	Terence Boylan		Fianna Fáil
	Brendan Crinion		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Norton		Labour
	Gerard Sweetman		Fine Gael
Laois–Offaly	Henry Byrne		Labour
	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
	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
	Patrick Lenihan		Fianna Fáil
	Gerry L'Estrange		Fine Gael
	Joe Sheridan		Independent
Louth	Frank Aiken		Fianna Fáil
	Paddy Donegan		Fine Gael
	Pádraig Faulkner		Fianna Fáil
Mayo North	Phelim Calleary		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Lindsay		Fine Gael
	Thomas O'Hara		Fine Gael
Mayo South	Seán Flanagan		Fianna Fáil
	Henry Kenny		Fine Gael
	Michael Lyons		Fine Gael
	Mícheál Ó Móráin		Fianna Fáil
Meath	Denis Farrelly		Fine Gael
	Michael Hilliard		Fianna Fáil
	James Tully		Labour
Monaghan	Erskine H. Childers		Fianna Fáil
	James Dillon		Fine Gael
	Patrick Mooney		Fianna Fáil
Roscommon	Joan Burke		Fine Gael
	Hugh Gibbons		Fianna Fáil
	Brian Lenihan		Fianna Fáil
	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
Tipperary South	Don Davern		Fianna Fáil
	Jackie Fahey		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Hogan		Fine Gael
	Seán Treacy		Labour
Waterford	Billy Kenneally		Fianna Fáil
	Thomas Kyne		Labour
	Thaddeus Lynch		Fine Gael
Wexford	Lorcan Allen		Fianna Fáil
	Brendan Corish		Labour
	Anthony Esmonde		Fine Gael
	James Kennedy		Fianna Fáil
Wicklow	Paudge Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	James Everett		Labour
	Michael O'Higgins		Fine Gael

Changes

Date	Constituency			Note
21 April 1965	Clare	Labour	Ceann Comhairle	Patrick Hogan takes office as Ceann Comhairle^[1]
10 July 1965	Cavan	Clann na Poblachta	Independent	John Tully becomes an independent TD on the dissolution of Clann na Poblachta
18 October 1966	Kerry South	Fianna Fáil		Death of Honor Crowley
25 October 1966	Waterford	Fine Gael		Death of Thaddeus Lynch
7 December 1966	Kerry South		Fianna Fáil	John O'Leary holds seat vacated by the death of Crowley
7 December 1966	Waterford		Fianna Fáil	Fad Browne wins seat vacated by the death of Lynch
29 April 1967	Cork Borough	Labour		Death of Seán Casey
1 September 1967	Limerick West	Fianna Fáil		Death of James Collins
7 November 1967	Clare	Ceann Comhairle	Labour	Patrick Hogan retires as Ceann Comhairle^[2]
9 November 1967	Cork Borough		Fianna Fáil	Seán French wins seat vacated by the death of Casey
9 November 1967	Limerick West	Fianna Fáil		Gerry Collins holds seat vacated by the death of his father James Collins
14 November 1967	Donegal South-West	Fianna Fáil	Ceann Comhairle	Cormac Breslin takes office as Ceann Comhairle^[3]
16 November 1967	Clare	Fine Gael		Death of William Murphy
14 December 1967	Kildare	Labour	Independent	Patrick Norton resigns from the Labour Party^[5]
18 December 1967	Wicklow	Labour		Death of James Everett
10 March 1968	Limerick East	Fianna Fáil		Death of Donogh O'Malley
14 March 1968	Clare		Fianna Fáil	Sylvester Barrett wins seat vacated by the death of Murphy
14 March 1968	Wicklow		Fine Gael	Godfrey Timmins wins seat vacated by the death of Everett
22 May 1968	Limerick East		Fianna Fáil	Desmond O'Malley holds seat vacated by the death of his uncle Donogh O'Malley
13 September 1968	Wexford	Fianna Fáil		Death of James Kennedy
2 November 1968	Tipperary South	Fianna Fáil		Death of Don Davern
26 February 1969	Kildare	Independent	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Norton joins Fianna Fáil^[6]
24 January 1969	Clare	Labour		Death of Patrick Hogan

References

^ ^a ^b "Election of Ceann Comhairle". Dáil Debates – Vol. 215 No. 1. 21 April 1965. Archived from the original on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Retirement of Ceann Comhairle: Report of Clerk of Dáil". Dáil Debates – Vol. 230 No. 2. 7 November 1965. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Election of Ceann Comhairle". Dáil Debates – Vol. 231 No. 2. 14 November 1967. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
^ "TDs & Senators (18th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "T.D. resigns from Labour Party". The Irish Times. 15 December 1967. p. 1.
^ "Norton gets FF approval". The Irish Times. 27 February 1969. p. 8.