12th Dáil

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TDs from 1944 to 1948

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::summary TDs from 1944 to 1948 ::

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FieldValue
name12th Dáil
imageOireachtas logo.svg
image_size100px
bodyDáil Éireann
countryIreland
meeting_placeLeinster House
election1944 general election
government4th government of Ireland
term_start9 June 1944
term_end12 January 1948
before11th Dáil
after13th Dáil
membership1138
chamber1_leader1_typeCeann Comhairle
chamber1_leader1Frank Fahy
chamber1_leader2_typeTaoiseach
chamber1_leader2Éamon de Valera
chamber1_leader3_typeTánaiste
chamber1_leader3Seán Lemass
— Seán T. O'Kelly
until 14 June 1945
chamber1_leader4_typeChief Whip
chamber1_leader4Eamon Kissane
chamber1_leader5_typeLeader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5Richard Mulcahy
session1_start9 June 1944
session1_end28 June 1944
session2_start19 September 1944
session2_end20 July 1945
session3_start10 October 1945
session3_end21 August 1946
session4_start23 October 1946
session4_end6 August 1947
session5_start8 October 1947
session5_end11 December 1947
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| name = 12th Dáil | image = Oireachtas logo.svg | image_size = 100px | body = Dáil Éireann | country = Ireland | meeting_place = Leinster House | election = 1944 general election | government = 4th government of Ireland | term_start = 9 June 1944 | term_end = 12 January 1948 | before = 11th Dáil | after = 13th 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 Lemass — Seán T. O'Kelly until 14 June 1945 | chamber1_leader4_type = Chief Whip | chamber1_leader4 = Eamon Kissane | chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | chamber1_leader5 = Richard Mulcahy | session1_start = 9 June 1944 | session1_end = 28 June 1944 | session2_start = 19 September 1944 | session2_end = 20 July 1945 | session3_start = 10 October 1945 | session3_end = 21 August 1946 | session4_start = 23 October 1946 | session4_end = 6 August 1947 | session5_start = 8 October 1947 | session5_end = 11 December 1947 The 12th Dáil was elected at the 1944 general election on 30 May 1944 and first met on 9 June 1944. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 5th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

The 12th Dáil was dissolved by President Seán T. O'Kelly on 12 January 1948, at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The 12th Dáil lasted .

Composition of the 12th Dáil

  • 4th government ::data[format=table] | Party | May 1944 | Jan. 1948 | class"unsortable"|Change | Total | 138 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Fianna Fáil}}" | | Fianna Fáil | 76 | 76 | | | | | 30 | 25 | 5 | | | | | 11 | 11 | | | | | | 8 | 8 | | | | | National Labour Party (Ireland)}}" | | National Labour | 4 | 4 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | ::

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 12th Dáil from June 1944. This was not the official seating plan.

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Ceann Comhairle

On 9 June 1944, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Richard Mulcahy for the position, and was elected without a vote.

TDs by constituency

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

|name = Athlone–Longford |seats = 3 |td1 = Thomas Carter |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Erskine H. Childers |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Seán Mac Eoin |party3 = Fine Gael |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 = Patrick O'Reilly |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |td2 = Tom O'Reilly |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |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 = Richard Anthony |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = Frank Daly |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = William Dwyer |party3 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td4 = Walter Furlong |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork North |seats = 4 |td1 = Patrick Halliden |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |td2 = Patrick McAuliffe |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Seán Moylan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Leo Skinner |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork South-East |seats = 3 |td1 = William Broderick |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Martin Corry |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Seán McCarthy |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork West |seats = 5 |td1 = Seán Buckley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Timothy J. Murphy |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Patrick O'Driscoll |party3 = Clann na Talmhan |td4 = Eamonn O'Neill |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Timothy O'Sullivan |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Donegal East |seats = 4 |td1 = Neal Blaney |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = John Friel |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Daniel McMenamin |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = William Sheldon |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 = Robert Briscoe |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Maurice E. Dockrell |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Peadar Doyle |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = James Larkin Jnr |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td5 = Seán Lemass |party5 = Fianna Fáil |td6 = James Lynch |party6 = Fianna Fáil |td7 = John McCann |party7 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin County |seats = 5 |td1 = Seán Brady |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Burke |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Liam Cosgrave |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Henry Dockrell |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Patrick Fogarty |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin North-East |seats = 3 |td1 = Alfie Byrne |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = Harry Colley |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Oscar Traynor |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin North-West |seats = 5 |td1 = Cormac Breathnach |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick McGilligan |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = John S. O'Connor |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Seán T. O'Kelly |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Martin O'Sullivan |party5 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Dublin Townships |seats = 3 |td1 = Bernard Butler |party1 = Fianna Fáil |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 = Frank Fahy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael Donnellan |party3 = Clann na Talmhan |td4 = Mark Killilea Snr |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Galway West |seats = 3 |td1 = Gerald Bartley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Michael Lydon |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Joseph Mongan |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Kerry North |seats = 4 |td1 = Patrick Finucane |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |td2 = Eamon Kissane |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Tom McEllistrim |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Dan Spring |party4 = National Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Kerry South |seats = 3 |td1 = Frederick Crowley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = John Healy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Fionán Lynch |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Kilkenny |seats = 3 |td1 = Eamonn Coogan |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Thomas Derrig |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = James Pattison |party3 = National Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Leitrim |seats = 3 |td1 = Stephen Flynn |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Bernard Maguire |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |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 = Thomas F. O'Higgins |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Oliver J. Flanagan |party5 = Irish Monetary Reform Association |name = Limerick |seats = 7 |td1 = George C. Bennett |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Daniel Bourke |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael Colbert |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 = James Kilroy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = P. J. Ruttledge |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Mayo South |seats = 5 |td1 = Joseph Blowick |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |td2 = Dominick Cafferky |party2 = Clann na Talmhan |td3 = Micheál Clery |party3 = Fianna Fáil |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 = Michael Hilliard |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Michael Kennedy |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Matthew O'Reilly |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Monaghan |seats = 3 |td1 = James Dillon |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = Bridget Rice |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Conn Ward |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Roscommon |seats = 3 |td1 = John Beirne |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |td2 = Gerald Boland |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Daniel O'Rourke |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Sligo |seats = 3 |td1 = Martin Brennan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Martin Roddy |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Patrick Rogers |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Tipperary |seats = 7 |td1 = Dan Breen |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Andrew Fogarty |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Frank Loughman |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Daniel Morrissey |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Richard Mulcahy |party5 = Fine Gael |td6 = William O'Donnell |party6 = Clann na Talmhan |td7 = Mary Ryan |party7 = Fianna Fáil |name = Waterford |seats = 4 |td1 = Denis Heskin |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |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 Keating |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = John O'Leary |party4 = National Labour Party (Ireland) |td5 = James Ryan |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Wicklow |seats = 3 |td1 = Thomas Brennan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Cogan |party2 = Clann na Talmhan |td3 = James Everett |party3 = National Labour Party (Ireland)

Changes

|date = 9 |month = June |year = 1944 |con = Galway East |gain = Ceann Comhairle |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle |date = 3 |month = October |year = 1944 |con = Kerry South |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Resignation of Fionán Lynch (FG) on appointment as a Circuit Court judge |date = 10 |month = November |year = 1944 |con = Kerry South |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Donal O'Donoghue (FF) wins the seat vacated by Lynch. |date = 7 |month = February |year = 1945 |con = Clare |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Patrick Burke (FG) |date = 5 |month = May |year = 1945 |con = Kerry South |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Frederick Crowley (FF) |date = 14 |month = June |year = 1945 |con = Dublin North-West |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Election of Seán T. O'Kelly (FF) as president of Ireland |date = 19 |month = July |year = 1945 |con = Wexford |gain = |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Death of Richard Corish (Lab) |date = 10 |month = October |year = 1945 |con = Mayo South |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Resignation Micheál Clery (FF) on appointment as County Registrar of Dublin |month = December |date = 4 |year = 1945 |con = Clare |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Patrick Shanahan (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of Burke |date = 4 |month = December |year = 1945 |con = Kerry South |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Honor Crowley (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of her husband Frederick Crowley |date = 4 |month = December |year = 1945 |con = Dublin North-West |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Vivion de Valera (FF) holds the seat vacated by O'Kelly |date = 4 |month = December |year = 1945 |con = Wexford |gain = Labour Party (Ireland) |loss = |note = Brendan Corish (Lab) holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Richard Corish |date = 4 |month = December |year = 1945 |con = Mayo South |gain = Clann na Talmhan |loss = |note = Bernard Commons (CnaT) wins the seat vacated by Clery |date = 29 |month = March |year = 1946 |con = Cork Borough |gain = |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Resignation of William Dwyer (Ind) |date = 14 |month = June |year = 1946 |con = Cork Borough |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Patrick McGrath (FF) wins the seat vacated by Dwyer |date = 4 |month = February |year = 1947 |con = Tipperary |gain = |loss = Clann na Talmhan |note = Death of William O'Donnell (CnaT) |date = 2 |month = May |year = 1947 |con = Dublin County |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Patrick Fogarty (FF) |date = 10 |month = May |year = 1947 |con = Waterford |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Michael Morrissey (FF) |date = 31 |month = July |year = 1947 |con = Meath–Westmeath |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Fine Gael |note = Charles Fagan (FG) resigns from party |date = 29 |month = October |year = 1947 |con = Tipperary |gain = Clann na Poblachta |loss = |note = Patrick Kinane (CnaP) wins the seat vacated by the death of O'Donnell |date = 29 |month = October |year = 1947 |con = Dublin County |gain = Clann na Poblachta |loss = |note = Seán MacBride (CnaP) wins the seat vacated by the death of Fogarty |date = 29 |month = October |year = 1947 |con = Waterford |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = John Ormonde (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of Morrissey |date = 1 |month = January |year = 1948 |con = Carlow–Kildare |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of James Hughes (FG) |date = 8 |month = January |year = 1948 |con = Sligo |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Martin Roddy (FG)

Eamonn Coogan (FG), an outgoing TD for Kilkenny, died after the dissolution of the 12th Dáil, during the 1948 general election campaign.

References

References

  1. (9 June 1944). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (12th Dáil) – Vol. 94 No. 1".
  2. "TDs & Senators (12th Dáil)".
  3. (3 October 1944). "Resignation of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (12th Dáil) – Vol. 95 No. 1".
  4. (10 October 1945). "Resignation of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (12th Dáil) – Vol. 98 No. 1".
  5. (29 March 1946). "Resignation of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (12th Dáil) – Vol. 100 No. 7".
  6. (1 August 1947). "Fine Gael member resigns from party". [[The Irish Times]].

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