13th Dáil
TDs from 1948 to 1951
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::summary TDs from 1948 to 1951 ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 13th Dáil |
| image | Oireachtas logo.svg |
| image_size | 100px |
| body | Dáil Éireann |
| country | Ireland |
| meeting_place | Leinster House |
| election | 1948 general election |
| government | 5th government of Ireland |
| term_start | 18 February 1948 |
| term_end | 2 May 1951 |
| before | 12th Dáil |
| after | 14th Dáil |
| membership1 | 147 |
| chamber1_leader1_type | Ceann Comhairle |
| chamber1_leader1 | Frank Fahy |
| chamber1_leader2_type | Taoiseach |
| chamber1_leader2 | John A. Costello |
| chamber1_leader3_type | Tánaiste |
| chamber1_leader3 | William Norton |
| chamber1_leader4_type | Chief Whip |
| chamber1_leader4 | Liam Cosgrave |
| chamber1_leader5_type | Leader of the Opposition |
| chamber1_leader5 | Éamon de Valera |
| session1_start | 18 February 1948 |
| session1_end | 6 August 1948 |
| session2_start | 17 November 1948 |
| session2_end | 21 July 1949 |
| session3_start | 26 October 1949 |
| session3_end | 18 July 1950 |
| session4_start | 25 October 1950 |
| session4_end | 2 May 1951 |
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| name = 13th Dáil | image = Oireachtas logo.svg | image_size = 100px | body = Dáil Éireann | country = Ireland | meeting_place = Leinster House | election = 1948 general election | government = 5th government of Ireland | term_start = 18 February 1948 | term_end = 2 May 1951 | before = 12th Dáil | after = 14th Dáil | membership1 = 147 | chamber1_leader1_type = Ceann Comhairle | chamber1_leader1 = Frank Fahy | chamber1_leader2_type = Taoiseach | chamber1_leader2 = John A. Costello | chamber1_leader3_type = Tánaiste | chamber1_leader3 = William Norton | chamber1_leader4_type = Chief Whip | chamber1_leader4 = Liam Cosgrave | chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | chamber1_leader5 = Éamon de Valera | session1_start = 18 February 1948 | session1_end = 6 August 1948 | session2_start = 17 November 1948 | session2_end = 21 July 1949 | session3_start = 26 October 1949 | session3_end = 18 July 1950 | session4_start = 25 October 1950 | session4_end = 2 May 1951 The 13th Dáil was elected at the 1948 general election on 4 February 1948 and first met on 18 February 1948. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 6th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
The 13th Dáil was dissolved by President Seán T. O'Kelly on 7 May 1951, at the request of the Taoiseach John A. Costello. The 13th Dáil lasted .
Composition of the 13th Dáil
- First Inter-Party Government (5th government) coalition parties ::data[format=table] | Party | Feb. 1948 | May 1951 | class"unsortable"|Change | Total | 147 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 68 | 66 | 2 | | | | Fine Gael}}" | | Fine Gael | 31 | 30 | 1 | | | Labour Party (Ireland)}}" | | Labour | 14 | 19 | 5 | | | Clann na Poblachta}}" | | Clann na Poblachta | 10 | 7 | 3 | | | Clann na Talmhan}}" | | Clann na Talmhan | 7 | 6 | 1 | | | National Labour Party (Ireland)}}" | | National Labour | 5 | | 5 | | | Irish Monetary Reform Association}}" | | Monetary Reform | 1 | 1 | | | | | 11 | 15 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | ::
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 13th Dáil from February 1948. This was not the official seating plan.
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Ceann Comhairle
On the meeting of the Dáil, Frank Fahy (FF) was proposed as Ceann Comhairle by Éamon de Valera (FF) and seconded by Richard Mulcahy (FG). His election was approved unanimously.
TDs by constituency
The list of the 147 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency. |name = Carlow–Kilkenny |seats = 5 |td1 = Patrick Crotty |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Joseph Hughes |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Thomas Derrig |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = James Pattison |party4 = National Labour Party (Ireland) |td5 = Thomas Walsh |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cavan |seats = 4 |td1 = Patrick O'Reilly |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = Michael Sheridan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Paddy Smith |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = John Tully |party4 = Clann na Poblachta |name = Clare |seats = 4 |td1 = Thomas Burke |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = Éamon de Valera |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick Hogan |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Seán O'Grady |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork Borough |seats = 5 |td1 = James Hickey |party1 = National Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Jack Lynch |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick McGrath |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Thomas F. O'Higgins |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Michael Sheehan |party5 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Cork East |seats = 3 |td1 = Martin Corry |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Seán Keane |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Patrick O'Gorman |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Cork North |seats = 3 |td1 = Patrick Halliden |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |td2 = Patrick McAuliffe |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Seán Moylan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork South |seats = 3 |td1 = Seán Buckley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Dan Desmond |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Patrick Lehane |party3 = Clann na Talmhan |name = Cork West |seats = 3 |td1 = Seán Collins |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Timothy J. Murphy |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Timothy O'Sullivan |party3 = 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 County |seats = 3 |td1 = Patrick Burke |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Seán Dunne |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Éamon Rooney |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Dublin North-Central |seats = 3 |td1 = Vivion de Valera |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick McGilligan |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Martin O'Sullivan |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Dublin North-East |seats = 5 |td1 = Jack Belton |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Alfie Byrne |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td3 = Harry Colley |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Peadar Cowan |party4 = Clann na Poblachta |td5 = Oscar Traynor |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin North-West |seats = 3 |td1 = Cormac Breathnach |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = A. P. Byrne |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td3 = Mick Fitzpatrick |party3 = Clann na Poblachta |name = Dublin South-Central |seats = 5 |td1 = Maurice E. Dockrell |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = James Larkin Jnr |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Con Lehane |party3 = Clann na Poblachta |td4 = Seán Lemass |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = John McCann |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin South-East |seats = 3 |td1 = Noël Browne |party1 = Clann na Poblachta |td2 = John A. Costello |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Seán MacEntee |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin South-West |seats = 5 |td1 = Robert Briscoe |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Bernard Butler |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Peadar Doyle |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Seán MacBride |party4 = Clann na Poblachta |td5 = Michael O'Higgins |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown |seats = 3 |td1 = Seán Brady |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Joseph Brennan |party2 = Clann na Poblachta |td3 = Liam Cosgrave |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Galway North |seats = 3 |td1 = Michael Donnellan |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |td2 = Mark Killilea Snr |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael F. Kitt |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Galway South |seats = 3 |td1 = Patrick Beegan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Frank Fahy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Robert Lahiffe |party3 = 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 = Honor Crowley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = John Flynn |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td3 = Patrick Palmer |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Kildare |seats = 3 |td1 = Thomas Harris |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = William Norton |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Gerard Sweetman |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Leix–Offaly |seats = 5 |td1 = Patrick Boland |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = William Davin |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Oliver J. Flanagan |party3 = Irish Monetary Reform Association |td4 = Patrick Gorry |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Tom O'Higgins |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Limerick East |seats = 4 |td1 = Daniel Bourke |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Michael Keyes |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = James Reidy |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Robert Ryan |party4= Fianna Fáil |name = Limerick West |seats = 3 |td1 = James Collins |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = David Madden |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Donnchadh Ó Briain |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Longford–Westmeath |seats = 5 |td1 = Thomas Carter |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Erskine H. Childers |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Charles Fagan |party3 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td4 = Michael Kennedy |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Seán Mac Eoin |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Louth |seats = 3 |td1 = Frank Aiken |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = James Coburn |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Roddy Connolly |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |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 = 4 |td1 = Joseph Blowick |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |td2 = Bernard Commons |party2 = Clann na Talmhan |td3 = Mícheál Ó Móráin |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Richard Walsh |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Meath |seats = 3 |td1 = Patrick Giles |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Michael Hilliard |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Matthew O'Reilly |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Monaghan |seats = 3 |td1 = James Dillon |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = Patrick Maguire |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Bridget Rice |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Roscommon |seats = 4 |td1 = John Beirne |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |td2 = Gerald Boland |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Jack McQuillan |party3 = Clann na Poblachta |td4 = Daniel O'Rourke |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Sligo–Leitrim |seats = 5 |td1 = Stephen Flynn |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Eugene Gilbride |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Bernard Maguire |party3 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td4 = Mary Reynolds |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Joseph Roddy |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Tipperary North |seats = 3 |td1 = Patrick Kinane |party1 = Clann na Poblachta |td2 = Daniel Morrissey |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Mary Ryan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Tipperary South |seats = 4 |td1 = Dan Breen |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Michael Davern |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Richard Mulcahy |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = John Timoney |party4 = Clann na Poblachta |name = Waterford |seats = 4 |td1 = Thomas Kyne |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Patrick Little |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = John Ormonde |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Bridget Redmond |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Wexford |seats = 5 |td1 = Denis Allen |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Brendan Corish |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = John Esmonde |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 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td3 = James Everett |party3 = National Labour Party (Ireland)
Changes
|date = 18 |month = February |year = 1948 |con = Galway South |gain = Ceann Comhairle |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle |date = 2 |month = July |year = 1948 |con = Dublin North-East |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Clann na Poblachta |note = Peadar Cowan expelled from party for stance on aid from Marshall Plan |date = 30 |month = October |year = 1948 |con = Donegal East |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Neal Blaney (FF) |date = 7 |month = December |year = 1948 |con = Donegal East |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Neil Blaney (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Neal Blaney |date = 19 |month = April |year = 1949 |con = Cork West |gain = |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Death of Timothy J. Murphy (Lab) |date = 15 |month = June |year = 1949 |con = Cork West |gain = Labour Party (Ireland) |loss = |note = William J. Murphy (Lab) holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Timothy J. Murphy |date = 10 |month = September |year = 1949 |con = Donegal West |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Brian Brady (FF) |date = 16 |month = November |year = 1949 |con = Donegal West |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Patrick O'Donnell (FG) wins the seat vacated by the death of Brady |date = |month = May |year = 1950 |con = Carlow–Kilkenny |gain = Labour Party (Ireland) |loss = National Labour Party (Ireland) |note = James Pattison re-joins Labour Party |date = |month = May |year = 1950 |con = Cork Borough |gain = Labour Party (Ireland) |loss = National Labour Party (Ireland) |note = James Hickey re-joins Labour Party |date = |month = May |year = 1950 |con = Kerry North |gain = Labour Party (Ireland) |loss = National Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Dan Spring re-joins Labour Party |date = |month = May |year = 1950 |con = Wexford |gain = Labour Party (Ireland) |loss = National Labour Party (Ireland) |note = John O'Leary re-joins Labour Party |date = |month = May |year = 1950 |con = Wicklow |gain = Labour Party (Ireland) |loss = National Labour Party (Ireland) |note = James Everett re-joins Labour Party |date = 20 |month = September |year = 1950 |con = Wexford |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Fine Gael |note = Resignation of John Esmonde (FG) from party |date = 12 |month = March |year = 1951 |con = Galway West |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Joseph Mongan (FG) |date = 12 |month = April |year = 1951 |con = Dublin South-East |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Clann na Poblachta |note = Noël Browne (CnaP) resigns from party on his resignation as Minister for Health |date = 13 |month = April |year = 1951 |con = Roscommon |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Clann na Poblachta |note = Jack McQuillan (CnaP) resigns from party in sympathy with Browne |date = 29 |month = April |year = 1951 |con = Kerry North |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Clann na Talmhan |note = Patrick Finucane (CnaT) resigns from party |date = 1 |month = May |year = 1951 |con = Wexford |gain = |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Resignation from Dáil of John Esmonde (Ind)
References
References
- (18 February 1948). "Election of Ceann Comhairle - Dáil Éireann (13th Dáil) – Vol. 110 No. 1".
- "TDs & Senators (13th Dáil)".
- (October 2009). "Peadar Cowan". Royal Irish Academy.
- (21 September 1950). "Fine Gael TD leaves party". [[The Irish Times]].
- (14 April 1951). "Mr McQuillan Tells Why He Left Clann". [[The Irish Times]].
- (30 April 1951). "This week will be critical for government". [[The Irish Times]].
- (1 May 1951). "Resignation of Deputy – Dáil Éireann (13th Dáil) – Vol. 125 No. 12".
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