6th Dáil

6th Dáil
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Overview
Legislative bodyDáil Éireann
JurisdictionIrish Free State
Meeting placeLeinster House
Term11 October 1927 – 29 January 1932
ElectionSeptember 1927 general election
Government
Members153
Ceann ComhairleMichael Hayes
President of the Executive CouncilW. T. Cosgrave
Vice-President of the Executive CouncilErnest Blythe
Chief WhipEamonn Duggan
Leader of the OppositionÉamon de Valera
Sessions
1st11 October 1927 – 31 July 1928
2nd10 October 1928 – 31 July 1929
3rd23 October 1929 – 17 July 1930
4th19 November 1930 – 17 July 1931
5th14 October 1931 – 17 December 1931

The 6th Dáil was elected at the September 1927 general election on 15 September 1927 and met on 11 October 1927. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. It was one of two houses of the Oireachtas, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1925 Seanad, the 1928 Seanad and the 1931 Seanad. The 6th Dáil was dissolved on 29 January 1932 by Governor-General James McNeill, at the request of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave.[1] The 6th Dáil lasted 1,572 days.

Composition of the 6th Dáil

Party Sep. 1927 Jan. 1932
● Cumann na nGaedheal 62 64
Fianna Fáil 57 56
Labour 13 10
Farmers' Party 6 6
National League 2 —
Irish Worker League 1[a] 0
Independent 12 14
Ceann Comhairle — 1
Vacant — 2

Government party denoted with bullet (●)

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 6th Dáil from October 1927. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle

On 11 October 1927, Michael Hayes (CnaG), who had been Ceann Comhairle since 1922, was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave and seconded by Thomas Johnson for the position, and was elected without a vote.[2]

On 27 October 1927, Patrick Hogan (Lab) was proposed by Thomas J. O'Connell and Hugh Colohan as Leas-Cheann Comhairle. He was elected by a vote of 91 to 58.[3] On 8 March 1928, Hogan resigned.[4][5] On 2 May 1928, Daniel Morrissey (Lab) was elected as Leas-Cheann Comhairle on a vote of 79 to 49.[6]

TDs by constituency

The list of the 153 TDs elected, listed by Dáil constituency.[7]

Members of the 6th Dáil
Constituency Name Party
Carlow–Kilkenny W. T. Cosgrave[b] Cumann na nGaedheal
Peter de Loughry Cumann na nGaedheal
Edward Doyle Labour
Thomas Derrig Fianna Fáil
Richard Holohan Farmers' Party
Cavan John James Cole Independent
John O'Hanlon Independent
John Joe O'Reilly Cumann na nGaedheal
Paddy Smith Fianna Fáil
Clare Éamon de Valera Fianna Fáil
Patrick Hogan Labour
Patrick Houlihan Fianna Fáil
Patrick Kelly Cumann na nGaedheal
Martin Sexton Fianna Fáil
Cork Borough Richard Anthony Labour
W. T. Cosgrave[b] Cumann na nGaedheal
Barry Egan Cumann na nGaedheal
Hugo Flinn Fianna Fáil
Seán French Fianna Fáil
Cork East Edmond Carey Cumann na nGaedheal
Martin Corry Fianna Fáil
John Daly Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Hennessy Cumann na nGaedheal
William Kent Fianna Fáil
Cork North Daniel Corkery Fianna Fáil
Daniel O'Leary Cumann na nGaedheal
Daniel Vaughan Farmers' Party
Cork West Thomas Mullins Fianna Fáil
Timothy J. Murphy Labour
Timothy O'Donovan Farmers' Party
Timothy Sheehy Cumann na nGaedheal
Jasper Wolfe Independent
Donegal Neal Blaney Fianna Fáil
Frank Carney Fianna Fáil
Archie Cassidy Labour
Eugene Doherty Cumann na nGaedheal
Hugh Law Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Óg McFadden Cumann na nGaedheal
John White Farmers' Party
James Myles Independent
Dublin North Alfie Byrne Independent
John Byrne Cumann na nGaedheal
Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll Cumann na nGaedheal
Eamonn Cooney Fianna Fáil
James Larkin[a] Irish Worker League
Patrick Leonard Cumann na nGaedheal
Richard Mulcahy Cumann na nGaedheal
Seán T. O'Kelly Fianna Fáil
Dublin South James Beckett Cumann na nGaedheal
Robert Briscoe Fianna Fáil
Peadar Doyle Cumann na nGaedheal
Thomas Hennessy Cumann na nGaedheal
Myles Keogh Cumann na nGaedheal
Frank Kerlin Fianna Fáil
Seán Lemass Fianna Fáil
Dublin County Seán Brady Fianna Fáil
Bryan Cooper Cumann na nGaedheal
Desmond FitzGerald Cumann na nGaedheal
John Good Independent
Seán MacEntee Fianna Fáil
Joseph Murphy Independent
Batt O'Connor Cumann na nGaedheal
Gearóid O'Sullivan Cumann na nGaedheal
Dublin University Ernest Alton Independent
James Craig Independent
William Thrift Independent
Galway Seán Broderick Cumann na nGaedheal
Frank Fahy Fianna Fáil
Patrick Hogan Cumann na nGaedheal
Stephen Jordan Fianna Fáil
Mark Killilea Snr Fianna Fáil
Martin McDonogh Cumann na nGaedheal
Joseph Mongan Cumann na nGaedheal
Thomas Powell Fianna Fáil
Seán Tubridy Fianna Fáil
Kerry Frederick Crowley Fianna Fáil
James Crowley Cumann na nGaedheal
Fionán Lynch Cumann na nGaedheal
Tom McEllistrim Fianna Fáil
William O'Leary Fianna Fáil
Thomas O'Reilly Fianna Fáil
John O'Sullivan Cumann na nGaedheal
Kildare Hugh Colohan Labour
Domhnall Ua Buachalla Fianna Fáil
George Wolfe Cumann na nGaedheal
Leitrim–Sligo James Dolan Cumann na nGaedheal
Frank Carty Fianna Fáil
John Hennigan Cumann na nGaedheal
Samuel Holt Fianna Fáil
Bernard Maguire Fianna Fáil
Patrick Reynolds Cumann na nGaedheal
Martin Roddy Cumann na nGaedheal
Leix–Offaly William Aird Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick Boland Fianna Fáil
William Davin Labour
James Dwyer Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick Gorry Fianna Fáil
Limerick George C. Bennett Cumann na nGaedheal
Daniel Bourke Fianna Fáil
Patrick Clancy Labour
James Colbert Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Crowley Fianna Fáil
John Nolan Cumann na nGaedheal
Richard O'Connell Cumann na nGaedheal
Longford–Westmeath Henry Broderick Labour
Michael Connolly Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Kennedy Fianna Fáil
James Killane Fianna Fáil
Patrick Shaw Cumann na nGaedheal
Louth Frank Aiken Fianna Fáil
James Coburn National League
James Murphy Cumann na nGaedheal
Mayo North Micheál Clery Fianna Fáil
Michael Davis Cumann na nGaedheal
Mark Henry Cumann na nGaedheal
P. J. Ruttledge Fianna Fáil
Mayo South James FitzGerald-Kenney Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Kilroy Fianna Fáil
Martin Nally Cumann na nGaedheal
Thomas J. O'Connell Labour
Richard Walsh Fianna Fáil
Meath Eamonn Duggan Cumann na nGaedheal
Arthur Matthews Cumann na nGaedheal
Matthew O'Reilly Fianna Fáil
Monaghan Ernest Blythe Cumann na nGaedheal
Alexander Haslett Independent
Conn Ward Fianna Fáil
National University Michael Hayes Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick McGilligan Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Tierney Cumann na nGaedheal
Roscommon Gerald Boland Fianna Fáil
Michael Brennan Independent
Martin Conlon Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick O'Dowd Fianna Fáil
Tipperary Séamus Burke Cumann na nGaedheal
Andrew Fogarty Fianna Fáil
Seán Hayes Fianna Fáil
John Hassett Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Heffernan Farmers' Party
Daniel Morrissey Labour
Timothy Sheehy Fianna Fáil
Waterford Seán Goulding Fianna Fáil
Patrick Little Fianna Fáil
William Redmond National League
Vincent White Cumann na nGaedheal
Wexford Denis Allen Fianna Fáil
Richard Corish Labour
Osmond Esmonde Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Jordan Farmers' Party
James Ryan Fianna Fáil
Wicklow James Everett Labour
Séamus Moore Fianna Fáil
Dermot O'Mahony Cumann na nGaedheal

Changes

Date Constituency Loss Gain Note
15 September 1927 Dublin North Irish Worker League   James Larkin disqualified due to bankruptcy.[a]
11 October 1927 National University Cumann na nGaedheal Ceann Comhairle Michael Hayes takes office as Ceann Comhairle[2]
12 October 1927 Carlow–Kilkenny Cumann na nGaedheal   W. T. Cosgrave resigns to sit for Cork Borough[b]
3 November 1927 Carlow–Kilkenny   Cumann na nGaedheal Denis Gorey holds the seat vacated by Cosgrave
3 April 1928 Dublin North   Cumann na nGaedheal Vincent Rice gains the seat vacated by Larkin
20 February 1929 Dublin North Independent   Alfie Byrne elected to Seanad Éireann[10]
14 March 1929 Dublin North   Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas F. O'Higgins gains seat vacated by Byrne
18 April 1929 Leitrim–Sligo Fianna Fáil   Death of Samuel Holt
26 April 1930 Longford–Westmeath Fianna Fáil   Death of James Killane
7 June 1929 Leitrim–Sligo   Cumann na nGaedheal Seán Mac Eoin gains the seat vacated by the death of Holt
13 June 1930 Longford–Westmeath   Fianna Fáil James Geoghegan holds the seat vacated by the death of Killane
5 July 1930 Dublin County Cumann na nGaedheal   Death of Bryan Cooper
28 October 1930 Cork West Fianna Fáil Independent Thomas Mullins expelled from the party[11]
9 December 1930 Dublin County   Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Finlay holds the seat vacated by the death of Cooper
15 April 1931 Kildare Labour   Death of Hugh Colohan
29 June 1931 Kildare   Fianna Fáil Thomas Harris gains the seat vacated by the death of Colohan
July 1931 Waterford National League Cumann na nGaedheal William Redmond joins Cumann na nGaedheal on the disbandment of the National League
July 1931 Louth National League Independent James Coburn becomes an Independent TD on the disbandment of the National League
23 October 1931 Carlow–Kilkenny Cumann na nGaedheal   Death of Peter de Loughry[12]
24 October 1931 Cork Borough Labour Independent Richard Anthony expelled for voting in favour of the Constitution (Amendment No. 17) Bill[13]
24 October 1931 Tipperary Labour Independent Daniel Morrissey expelled for voting in favour of the Constitution (Amendment No. 17) Bill[13]
31 October 1931 Leix–Offaly Cumann na nGaedheal   Death of William Aird[12]
17 January 1932 Roscommon Independent Cumann na nGaedheal Michael Brennan selected for Cumann na nGaedheal[14]

Notes, citations and sources

Notes

  1. ^ a b c James Larkin was disqualified due to bankruptcy. In March 1928, the seat was deemed by the Dáil on a vote of 80 to 50 to have been vacant from date of election.[9]
  2. ^ a b c W. T. Cosgrave was elected for both Carlow–Kilkenny and Cork Borough. He resigned his seat in Carlow–Kilkenny following the election.[8]

References

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  4. ^ "Resignation of Leas-Cheann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 22 No. 9". Houses of the Oireachtas. 8 March 1928. Archived from the original on 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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  11. ^ "Fianna Fáil Party – The Expulsion of a Member". The Irish Times. 11 November 1930. p. 8. Retrieved 3 October 2022. Mr. Mullins ceased to be a member of the Fianna Fail Party after the passing of the following resolution at a party meeting on October 28:— That Deputy Thomas Mullins be expelled from the party because of his neglect of his duties and unsatisfactory conduct as a public representative.
  12. ^ a b "Death of Deputies - Message of Condolence – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 40 No. 7". Houses of the Oireachtas. 4 November 1931. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Two Just Men". The Irish Times. 26 October 1931. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Other Conventions – County Roscommon". The Irish Times. 18 January 1932. Retrieved 2 October 2022. The selections were:—Martin Conlon, the sitting deputy; Michael Brennan, Chairman of Roscommon County Council, who is sitting as an Independent deputy; and Michael H. Grogan, Castlerea.