Members of the 3rd Dáil

3rd Dáil
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Overview
Legislative bodyDáil Éireann
Jurisdiction
Meeting place
Term9 September 1922 – 9 August 1923
Election1922 general election
Government
Members128
Ceann ComhairleMichael Hayes
President of Dáil ÉireannW. T. Cosgrave
until 6 December 1922
Chairman of the Provisional GovernmentW. T. Cosgrave
until 6 December 1922
President of the Executive CouncilW. T. Cosgrave
from 6 December 1922
Vice-President of the Executive CouncilKevin O'Higgins
from 6 December 1922
Chief WhipDaniel McCarthy
from 6 December 1922
Leader of the OppositionThomas Johnson
from 6 December 1922
Sessions
1st9 September 1922 – 9 August 1923

The 3rd Dáil was elected at the 1922 general election on 16 June and met on 9 September. On its formation, it was a Constituent Assembly in a Provisional Parliament. From 6 December 1922, Dáil Éireann was one of two houses of the Oireachtas in the Irish Free State, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1922 Seanad. Members of the Dáil are known as TDs. The 3rd Dáil was dissolved by Governor-General Tim Healy on 9 August 1923, at the request of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave. The 3rd Dáil lasted 335 days.

Composition of the 3rd Dáil

Party June 1922
● Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) 58
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) 36
Labour 17
Farmers' Party 7
Businessmen's Party 1
Independent 9

Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin, marked with bullet (●), formed a Dáil ministry when the Third Dáil met on 9 September 1922. It formed the 1st executive council of the Irish Free State on 6 December 1922, led by W. T. Cosgrave as President of the Executive Council. It formed the Cumann na nGaedheal party in April 1923.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 3rd Dáil from June 1922. This was not the official seating plan.

  • Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) is shown on the right.
  • Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) is shown on the left, though they did not take their seats.

Ceann Comhairle

On 9 September 1922, Michael Hayes was proposed by Ernest Blythe and seconded by Patrick Hogan for the position of Ceann Comhairle, and was approved without a vote. Pádraic Ó Máille was proposed by Piaras Béaslaí and seconded by Liam de Róiste for the position of Leas-Cheann Comhairle, and also approved without a vote.[1]

On 6 December 1922, when the Dáil first met under the new constitution, Hayes was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave and seconded by Thomas Johnson for the position of Ceann Comhairle, and was approved without a vote.[2] De Róiste was proposed as Leas-Cheann Comhairle by George Nicolls and seconded by Seán McGarry, and also approved without a vote.[3]

TDs by constituency

The list of the 128 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.[4]

Members of the 3rd Dáil
Constituency Name Party
Carlow–Kilkenny W. T. Cosgrave Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Patrick Gaffney Labour
Denis Gorey Farmers' Party
Gearóid O'Sullivan Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Cavan Walter L. Cole Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Arthur Griffith Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Seán Milroy Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Clare Patrick Brennan Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Éamon de Valera Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Seán Liddy Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Brian O'Higgins Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Cork Borough Robert Day Labour
Liam de Róiste Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Mary MacSwiney Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
J. J. Walsh Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Cork East and North–East John Dinneen Farmers' Party
Michael Hennessy Businessmen's Party
David Kent Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Cork Mid, North, South,
South–East and West 		Michael Bradley Labour
Michael Collins Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Daniel Corkery Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Seán Hales Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Seán Hayes Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Seán Moylan Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Thomas Nagle Labour
Daniel Vaughan Farmers' Party
Donegal Joseph McGinley Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Patrick McGoldrick Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Joseph O'Doherty Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Samuel O'Flaherty Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Joseph Sweeney Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Peter Ward Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Dublin South Thomas Kelly Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Myles Keogh Independent
Daniel McCarthy Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
William O'Brien Labour
Dublin County Michael Derham Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
George Gavan Duffy Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Darrell Figgis Independent
Desmond FitzGerald Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Thomas Johnson Labour
John Rooney Farmers' Party
Dublin Mid Alfie Byrne Independent
Seán McGarry Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Seán T. O'Kelly Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Laurence O'Neill Independent
Dublin North-West Philip Cosgrave Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Joseph McGrath Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Richard Mulcahy Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Michael Staines Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Dublin University Ernest Alton Independent
James Craig Independent
Gerald Fitzgibbon Independent
William Thrift Independent
Galway Bryan Cusack Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Frank Fahy Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Patrick Hogan Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
George Nicolls Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Pádraic Ó Máille Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Thomas J. O'Connell Labour
Joseph Whelehan Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Kerry–Limerick West Piaras Béaslaí Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Patrick Cahill Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Con Collins Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
James Crowley Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Fionán Lynch Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Thomas O'Donoghue Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Edmund Roche Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Austin Stack Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Kildare–Wicklow Robert Barton Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Christopher Byrne Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Hugh Colohan Labour
James Everett Labour
Richard Wilson Farmers' Party
Leitrim–Roscommon North Thomas Carter Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
James Dolan Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Andrew Lavin Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
George Noble Plunkett Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Leix–Offaly Francis Bulfin Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
William Davin Labour
Patrick McCartan Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Kevin O'Higgins Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Limerick City–Limerick East Michael Colivet Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Richard Hayes Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
William Hayes Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Kathleen O'Callaghan Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Longford–Westmeath Laurence Ginnell Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
John Lyons Labour
Seán Mac Eoin Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Francis McGuinness Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Louth–Meath Eamonn Duggan Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Peter Hughes Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
James Murphy Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
John J. O'Kelly Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Cathal O'Shannon Labour
Mayo North and West John Crowley Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Thomas Derrig Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Joseph MacBride Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
P. J. Ruttledge Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Mayo South–Roscommon South Harry Boland Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Tom Maguire Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Daniel O'Rourke Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
William Sears Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Monaghan Ernest Blythe Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Patrick MacCarvill Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Eoin O'Duffy Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
National University Michael Hayes Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Eoin MacNeill Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
William Magennis Independent
William Stockley Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Sligo–Mayo East Frank Carty Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
James Devins Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Francis Ferran Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Alexander McCabe Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Thomas O'Donnell Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Tipperary Mid, North and South Séamus Burke Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Joseph MacDonagh Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
P. J. Moloney Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Daniel Morrissey Labour
Waterford–Tipperary East Cathal Brugha Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
John Butler Labour
Daniel Byrne Farmers' Party
Nicholas Phelan Labour
Vincent White Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Wexford Richard Corish Labour
Michael Doyle Farmers' Party
Séamus Doyle Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Daniel O'Callaghan Labour

Changes

No by-elections were held for vacancies during the 3rd Dáil.

Date Constituency Loss Gain Note
7 July 1922 Waterford–Tipperary East Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)   Death of Cathal Brugha
1 August 1922 Mayo South–Roscommon South Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)   Death of Harry Boland
12 August 1922 Cavan Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)   Death of Arthur Griffith
22 August 1922 Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)   Death of Michael Collins
9 September 1922 National University Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Ceann Comhairle Michael Hayes takes office as Ceann Comhairle[1]
20 September 1922 Sligo–Mayo East Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)   Death of James Devins
29 November 1922 Mayo South–Roscommon Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)   Resignation of Daniel O'Rourke
6 December 1922 Carlow–Kilkenny Labour Independent Labour Patrick Gaffney refused to take the Oath
7 December 1922 Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)   Death of Seán Hales
13 December 1922 Clare Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)   Resignation of Patrick Brennan
18 December 1922 Clare Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)   Resignation of Seán Liddy
25 December 1922 Tipperary Mid, North and South Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)   Death of Joseph MacDonagh
17 April 1923 Longford–Westmeath Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)   Death of Laurence Ginnell
27 April 1923   Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Cumann na nGaedheal Formation of new party
10 June 1923 Sligo–Mayo East Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)   Death of Francis Ferran

References

  1. ^ a b "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (3rd Dáil) – Vol. 1 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 9 September 1922. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (3rd Dáil) – Vol. 2 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 6 December 1922. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Leas Cheann Comhairle do Thogha – Dáil Éireann (3rd Dáil) – Vol. 2 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas (in Irish). 6 December 1922. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. ^ "TDs & Senators (3rd Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.