10th Dáil

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TDs from 1938 to 1943

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::summary TDs from 1938 to 1943 ::

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FieldValue
name10th Dáil
imageOireachtas logo.svg
image_size100px
bodyDáil Éireann
countryIreland
meeting_placeLeinster House
election1938 general election
government2nd government of Ireland
term_start30 June 1938
term_end26 June 1943
before9th Dáil
after11th Dáil
membership1138
chamber1_leader1_typeCeann Comhairle
chamber1_leader1Frank Fahy
chamber1_leader2_typeTaoiseach
chamber1_leader2Éamon de Valera
chamber1_leader3_typeTánaiste
chamber1_leader3Seán T. O'Kelly
chamber1_leader4_typeChief Whip
chamber1_leader4Paddy Smith
— Patrick Little
until 26 September 1939
chamber1_leader5_typeLeader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5W. T. Cosgrave
session1_start30 June 1938
session1_end21 July 1938
session2_start26 October 1938
session2_end1 August 1939
session3_start2 September 1939
session3_end7 August 1940
session4_start2 October 1940
session4_end24 July 1941
session5_start17 September 1941
session5_end17 July 1942
session6_start14 October 1942
session6_end26 May 1943
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| name = 10th Dáil | image = Oireachtas logo.svg | image_size = 100px | body = Dáil Éireann | country = Ireland | meeting_place = Leinster House | election = 1938 general election | government = 2nd government of Ireland | term_start = 30 June 1938 | term_end = 26 June 1943 | before = 9th Dáil | after = 11th Dáil | membership1 = 138 | chamber1_leader1_type = Ceann Comhairle | chamber1_leader1 = Frank Fahy | chamber1_leader2_type = Taoiseach | chamber1_leader2 = Éamon de Valera | chamber1_leader3_type = Tánaiste | chamber1_leader3 = Seán T. O'Kelly | chamber1_leader4_type = Chief Whip | chamber1_leader4 = Paddy Smith — Patrick Little until 26 September 1939 | chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | chamber1_leader5 = W. T. Cosgrave | session1_start = 30 June 1938 | session1_end = 21 July 1938 | session2_start = 26 October 1938 | session2_end = 1 August 1939 | session3_start = 2 September 1939 | session3_end = 7 August 1940 | session4_start = 2 October 1940 | session4_end = 24 July 1941 | session5_start = 17 September 1941 | session5_end = 17 July 1942 | session6_start = 14 October 1942 | session6_end = 26 May 1943 The 10th Dáil was elected at the 1938 general election on 17 June 1938 and first met on 30 June 1938. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 3rd Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

The 10th Dáil is the longest serving Dáil, lasting . The Dáil adjourned on 26 May 1943 and on 31 May President Douglas Hyde called a general election for 17 June at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. Exceptionally, the outgoing Dáil was not dissolved until 26 June, 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.; ; The act, which would have been unconstitutional if not for the state of emergency in effect during World War II, was intended to increase national security by minimising the interval during which no Dáil was in existence.

Composition of the 10th Dáil

  • 3rd government ::data[format=table] | Party | June 1938 | June 1943 | class"unsortable"|Change | Total | 138 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Fianna Fáil}}" | | Fianna Fáil | 77 | 72 | 5 | | | | 45 | 41 | 4 | | | | | 9 | 9 | | | | | | 7 | 8 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 7 | 7 | | | ::

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 10th Dáil from June 1938. This was not the official seating plan.

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Ceann Comhairle

On 30 June 1938, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Donnchadh Ó Briain for the position, and was elected without a vote.

TDs by constituency

The list of the 138 TDs by Dáil constituency.

|name = Athlone–Longford |seats = 3 |td1 = Erskine H. Childers |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Seán Mac Eoin |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = James Victory |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Carlow–Kildare |seats = 4 |td1 = Thomas Harris |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = James Hughes |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Francis Humphreys |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = William Norton |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Cavan |seats = 4 |td1 = John James Cole |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = Patrick McGovern |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Michael Sheridan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Paddy Smith |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Clare |seats = 5 |td1 = Patrick Burke |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Thomas Burke |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td3 = Éamon de Valera |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Seán O'Grady |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Peter O'Loghlen |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork Borough |seats = 4 |td1 = W. T. Cosgrave |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Thomas Dowdall |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Hugo Flinn |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = James Hickey |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Cork North |seats = 4 |td1 = Patrick Daly |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Timothy Linehan |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Con Meaney |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Seán Moylan |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork South-East |seats = 3 |td1 = Brook Brasier |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Martin Corry |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Jeremiah Hurley |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Cork West |seats = 5 |td1 = Seán Buckley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Timothy J. Murphy |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Timothy O'Donovan |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Eamonn O'Neill |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Timothy O'Sullivan |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Donegal East |seats = 4 |td1 = John Friel |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Henry McDevitt |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Daniel McMenamin |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = James Myles |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Donegal West |seats = 3 |td1 = Brian Brady |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Cormac Breslin |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael Óg McFadden |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Dublin South |seats = 7 |td1 = James Beckett |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Robert Briscoe |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Peadar Doyle |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Joseph Hannigan |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td5 = Seán Lemass |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = James Lynch |party6 = Fianna Fáil |td7 = Thomas Kelly |party7 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin County |seats = 5 |td1 = Patrick Belton |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Seán Brady |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick Fogarty |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Henry Dockrell |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Thomas Mullen |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin North-East |seats = 3 |td1 = Alfie Byrne |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = Richard Mulcahy |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Oscar Traynor |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin North-West |seats = 5 |td1 = Cormac Breathnach |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = A. P. Byrne |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td3 = Eamonn Cooney |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Patrick McGilligan |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Seán T. O'Kelly |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin Townships |seats = 3 |td1 = Ernest Benson |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = John A. Costello |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Seán MacEntee |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Galway East |seats = 4 |td1 = Patrick Beegan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Seán Broderick |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Frank Fahy |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Mark Killilea Snr |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Galway West |seats = 3 |td1 = Gerald Bartley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Joseph Mongan |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Seán Tubridy |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Kerry North |seats = 4 |td1 = Stephen Fuller |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Eamon Kissane |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Tom McEllistrim |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = John O'Sullivan |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Kerry South |seats = 3 |td1 = Frederick Crowley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = John Flynn |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Fionán Lynch |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Kilkenny |seats = 3 |td1 = Denis Gorey |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Thomas Derrig |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = James Pattison |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Leitrim |seats = 3 |td1 = Stephen Flynn |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Bernard Maguire |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Mary Reynolds |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Leix–Offaly |seats = 5 |td1 = Patrick Boland |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = William Davin |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Patrick Gorry |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Daniel Hogan |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Thomas F. O'Higgins |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Limerick |seats = 7 |td1 = George C. Bennett |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Daniel Bourke |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Tadhg Crowley |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Michael Keyes |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td5 = Donnchadh Ó Briain |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = James Reidy |party6 = Fine Gael |td7 = Robert Ryan |party7 = Fianna Fáil |name = Louth |seats = 3 |td1 = Frank Aiken |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = James Coburn |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Laurence Walsh |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Mayo North |seats = 3 |td1 = Patrick Browne |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = John Munnelly |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = P. J. Ruttledge |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Mayo South |seats = 5 |td1 = Micheál Clery |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = James FitzGerald-Kenney |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Martin Nally |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Mícheál Ó Móráin |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Richard Walsh |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Meath–Westmeath |seats = 5 |td1 = Charles Fagan |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Patrick Giles |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = James Kelly |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Michael Kennedy |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Matthew O'Reilly |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Monaghan |seats = 3 |td1 = James Dillon |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Bridget Rice |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Conn Ward |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Roscommon |seats = 3 |td1 = Michael Brennan |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Gerald Boland |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Daniel O'Rourke |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Sligo |seats = 3 |td1 = Martin Brennan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Frank Carty |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick Rogers |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Tipperary |seats = 7 |td1 = Dan Breen |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Richard Curran |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Andrew Fogarty |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Frank Loughman |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Daniel Morrissey |party5 = Fine Gael |td6 = Jeremiah Ryan |party6 = Fine Gael |td7 = Martin Ryan |party7 = Fianna Fáil |name = Waterford |seats = 4 |td1 = William Broderick |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Patrick Little |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael Morrissey |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Bridget Redmond |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Wexford |seats = 5 |td1 = Denis Allen |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Richard Corish |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = John Esmonde |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = John Keating |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = James Ryan |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Wicklow |seats = 3 |td1 = Patrick Cogan |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = James Everett |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Séamus Moore |party3 = Fianna Fáil

Changes

|date = 30 |month = June |year = 1938 |con = Galway East |gain = Ceann Comhairle |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle |date = 19 |month = December |year = 1938 |con = Dublin South |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of James Beckett (FG) |date = 6 |month = June |year = 1939 |con = Dublin South |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = John McCann (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of Beckett (FG) |date = 15 |month = July |year = 1939 |con = Galway West |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Seán Tubridy (FF) |date = |month = |year = 1939 |con = Dublin South |gain = Labour Party (Ireland) |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Joseph Hannigan (Ind) joins Labour |date = 20 |month = February |year = 1940 |con = Kilkenny |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Denis Gorey |date = 30 |month = May |year = 1940 |con = Galway West |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = John J. Keane (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of Tubridy (FF) |date = 14 |month = June |year = 1940 |con = Wicklow |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Séamus Moore |date = 31 |month = August |year = 1940 |con = Cork South-East |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Brook Brasier |date = 18 |month = October |year = 1941 |con = Mayo North |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of John Munnelly |date = 7 |month = April |year = 1942 |con = Cork Borough |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Thomas Dowdall |date = 20 |month = April |year = 1942 |con = Dublin South |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Thomas Kelly |date = 10 |month = September |year = 1942 |con = Sligo |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Frank Carty |date = |month = |year = 1942 |con = Monaghan |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Fine Gael |note = James Dillon (FG) resigns from party in opposition to Irish neutrality in World War II |date = 28 |month = January |year = 1943 |con = Cork Borough |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Hugo Flinn |date = 2 |month = February |year = 1943 |con = Cork South-East |gain = |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Death of Jeremiah Hurley

References

References

  1. "Mr. de Valera to be Taoiseach". [[The Irish Times]].
  2. (14 April 1943). "General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Bill, 1943—Second Stage – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)". Oireachtas.
  3. (30 June 1938). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil) – Vol. 72 No. 1".
  4. "TDs & Senators (10th Dáil)".
  5. (21 February 1940). "Death of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)".
  6. (19 June 1940). "Death of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)".
  7. (2 October 1940). "Death of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)".
  8. (29 October 1941). "Bás an Teachta Seán ó Muinghile – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)".
  9. (14 April 1942). "Death of Deputy T.P. Dowdall – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)".
  10. (21 April 1942). "Death of Deputy T. Kelly – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)".
  11. (14 October 1942). "Death of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)".
  12. (3 February 1943). "Death of Two Deputies – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)".

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