11th Dáil

11th Dáil
11th Dáil
Overview
Legislative body	Dáil Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	1 July 1943 – 7 June 1944
Election	1943 general election
Government	3rd government of Ireland
Members	138
Ceann Comhairle	Frank Fahy
Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera
Tánaiste	Seán T. O'Kelly
Chief Whip	Eamon Kissane; — Paddy Smith; until 2 July 1943
Leader of the Opposition	Thomas F. O'Higgins; — W. T. Cosgrave; until January 1944
Sessions
1st
1st	1 July 1943 – 9 July 1943
2nd	20 October 1943 – 10 May 1944

The 11th Dáil was elected at the 1943 general election on 23 June 1943 and met on 1 July 1943. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 4th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

The Dáil adjourned sine die on 10 May 1944, the day after President Douglas Hyde called a general election for 30 May at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The 11th Dáil was dissolved on 7 June 1944.^[1] Exceptionally, the outgoing Dáil was not dissolved until after the election. Although the Constitution requires the President to dissolve the Dáil before a general election, this procedure was overridden by the General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943.^[2]^[3] The act, which would have been unconstitutional if not for the state of emergency in effect during the Second World War, was intended to increase national security by minimising the interval during which no Dáil was in existence.^[3] The 13th Dáil lasted 343 days.

There were no by-elections during this Dáil.

Composition of the 11th Dáil

Party		June 1943	May 1944
●	Fianna Fáil	67	66
	Fine Gael	32	32
	Labour	17	12
	Clann na Talmhan	14	13
	Independent	8	9
	Ceann Comhairle	—	1
	National Labour Party	—	5

Government party denoted with bullet (●)

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 11th Dáil from July 1943. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle

On 1 July 1943, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Seán T. O'Kelly for the position, and was elected without a vote.^[4]

TDs by constituency

The list of the 138 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.^[5]

Members of the 11th Dáil
Constituency	Name	Party
Athlone–Longford	Thomas Carter		Fianna Fáil
	Erskine H. Childers		Fianna Fáil
	Seán Mac Eoin		Fine Gael
Carlow–Kildare	Thomas Harris		Fianna Fáil
	James Hughes		Fine Gael
	Francis Humphreys		Fianna Fáil
	William Norton		Labour
Cavan	John James Cole		Independent
	Patrick O'Reilly		Clann na Talmhan
	Michael Sheridan		Fianna Fáil
	Paddy Smith		Fianna Fáil
Clare	Patrick Burke		Fine Gael
	Thomas Burke		Independent
	Éamon de Valera		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Hogan		Labour
	Seán O'Grady		Fianna Fáil
Cork Borough	Richard Anthony		Independent
	W. T. Cosgrave		Fine Gael
	Frank Daly		Fianna Fáil
	Séamus Fitzgerald		Fianna Fáil
Cork North	Patrick Halliden		Clann na Talmhan
	Timothy Linehan		Fine Gael
	Seán Moylan		Fianna Fáil
	Leo Skinner		Fianna Fáil
Cork South-East	William Broderick		Fine Gael
	Martin Corry		Fianna Fáil
	Thomas Looney		Labour
Cork West	Seán Buckley		Fianna Fáil
	Timothy O'Donovan		Fine Gael
	Timothy J. Murphy		Labour
	Patrick O'Driscoll		Clann na Talmhan
	Timothy O'Sullivan		Fianna Fáil
Donegal East	Neal Blaney		Fianna Fáil
	John Friel		Fianna Fáil
	Daniel McMenamin		Fine Gael
	William Sheldon		Clann na Talmhan
Donegal West	Brian Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Cormac Breslin		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Óg McFadden		Fine Gael
Dublin South	Robert Briscoe		Fianna Fáil
	Maurice E. Dockrell		Fine Gael
	Peadar Doyle		Fine Gael
	James Larkin Jnr		Labour
	Seán Lemass		Fianna Fáil
	James Lynch		Fianna Fáil
	John McCann		Fianna Fáil
Dublin County	Seán Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Liam Cosgrave		Fine Gael
	Henry Dockrell		Fine Gael
	Patrick Fogarty		Fianna Fáil
	James Tunney		Labour
Dublin North-East	Alfie Byrne		Independent
	James Larkin		Labour
	Oscar Traynor		Fianna Fáil
Dublin North-West	Cormac Breathnach		Fianna Fáil
	A. P. Byrne		Independent
	Patrick McGilligan		Fine Gael
	Seán T. O'Kelly		Fianna Fáil
	Martin O'Sullivan		Labour
Dublin Townships	Ernest Benson		Fine Gael
	Bernard Butler		Fianna Fáil
	Seán MacEntee		Fianna Fáil
Galway East	Patrick Beegan		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Donnellan		Clann na Talmhan
	Frank Fahy		Fianna Fáil
	Mark Killilea Snr		Fianna Fáil
Galway West	Gerald Bartley		Fianna Fáil
	Eamon Corbett		Fianna Fáil
	Joseph Mongan		Fine Gael
Kerry North	Patrick Finucane		Clann na Talmhan
	Eamon Kissane		Fianna Fáil
	Tom McEllistrim		Fianna Fáil
	Dan Spring		Labour
Kerry South	Frederick Crowley		Fianna Fáil
	John Healy		Fianna Fáil
	Fionán Lynch		Fine Gael
Kilkenny	Philip Mahony		Clann na Talmhan
	Thomas Derrig		Fianna Fáil
	James Pattison		Labour
Leitrim	Stephen Flynn		Fianna Fáil
	Bernard Maguire		Independent
	Mary Reynolds		Fine Gael
Leix–Offaly	Patrick Boland		Fianna Fáil
	William Davin		Labour
	Oliver J. Flanagan		Independent
	Patrick Gorry		Fianna Fáil
	Thomas F. O'Higgins		Fine Gael
Limerick	George C. Bennett		Fine Gael
	Daniel Bourke		Fianna Fáil
	Tadhg Crowley		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Keyes		Labour
	Donnchadh Ó Briain		Fianna Fáil
	James Reidy		Fine Gael
	Robert Ryan		Fianna Fáil
Louth	Frank Aiken		Fianna Fáil
	James Coburn		Fine Gael
	Roddy Connolly		Labour
Mayo North	Patrick Browne		Fine Gael
	James Kilroy		Fianna Fáil
	P. J. Ruttledge		Fianna Fáil
Mayo South	Joseph Blowick		Clann na Talmhan
	Dominick Cafferky		Clann na Talmhan
	Micheál Clery		Fianna Fáil
	James FitzGerald-Kenney		Fine Gael
	Mícheál Ó Móráin		Fianna Fáil
Meath–Westmeath	Charles Fagan		Fine Gael
	Patrick Giles		Fine Gael
	Michael Hilliard		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Kennedy		Fianna Fáil
	Matthew O'Reilly		Fianna Fáil
Monaghan	James Dillon		Independent
	Bridget Rice		Fianna Fáil
	Conn Ward		Fianna Fáil
Roscommon	John Beirne		Clann na Talmhan
	Gerald Boland		Fianna Fáil
	John Meighan		Clann na Talmhan
Sligo	Martin Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	Martin Roddy		Fine Gael
	Patrick Rogers		Fine Gael
Tipperary	Dan Breen		Fianna Fáil
	Andrew Fogarty		Fianna Fáil
	Daniel Morrissey		Fine Gael
	William O'Donnell		Clann na Talmhan
	Jeremiah Ryan		Fine Gael
	Martin Ryan		Fianna Fáil
	Richard Stapleton		Labour
Waterford	Denis Heskin		Clann na Talmhan
	Patrick Little		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Morrissey		Fianna Fáil
	Bridget Redmond		Fine Gael
Wexford	Denis Allen		Fianna Fáil
	Richard Corish		Labour
	John Esmonde		Fine Gael
	John O'Leary		Labour
	James Ryan		Fianna Fáil
Wicklow	Christopher Byrne		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Cogan		Clann na Talmhan
	James Everett		Labour

Changes

Date	Constituency			Note
1 July 1943	Galway East	Fianna Fáil	Ceann Comhairle	Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle^[4]
July 1943	Donegal East	Clann na Talmhan	Independent	William Sheldon resigns from Clann na Talmhan
7 January 1944	Wicklow	Labour	National Labour Party	James Everett resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party as its leader
7 January 1944	Cork South-East	Labour	National Labour Party	Thomas Looney resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party
7 January 1944	Wexford	Labour	National Labour Party	John O'Leary resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party
7 January 1944	Kilkenny	Labour	National Labour Party	James Pattison resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party
7 January 1944	Kerry North	Labour	National Labour Party	Dan Spring resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party

References

^ "Dáil dissolved". The Irish Times. 8 June 1944. p. 3.
^ "Constitution of Ireland". Irish Statute Book. Article 16.3. Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2022.; General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943 (No. 11 of 1943). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 27 March 2018.; "Adjournment of the Dáil – Dáil Éireann (11th Dáil)". 10 May 1944. Vol.93 No.15 p.3 c.2497–2498. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2022. I did not ask for a dissolution of the Dáil. This Dáil would not have been meeting to-day if there had been a dissolution. ... I did not ask for a dissolution, because we passed an Act last year to enable the Dáil, during this critical period, to be brought together at any time that there was need for doing so, so that the Executive at any time would have to assemble the Dáil in case there was any national issue that demanded its assembly. ... when the Dáil adjourns now it will not meet again unless there is some national issue which makes it necessary to call the Dáil together.
^ ^a ^b "General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Bill, 1943—Second Stage – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)". Oireachtas. 14 April 1943. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (11th Dáil) – Vol. 91 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 1 July 1943. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ "TDs & Senators (11th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2022.