14th Dáil
TDs from 1951 to 1954
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::summary TDs from 1951 to 1954 ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 14th Dáil |
| image | Oireachtas logo.svg |
| image_size | 100px |
| body | Dáil Éireann |
| country | Ireland |
| meeting_place | Leinster House |
| election | 1951 general election |
| government | 6th government of Ireland |
| term_start | 13 June 1951 |
| term_end | 24 April 1954 |
| before | 13th Dáil |
| after | 15th Dáil |
| membership1 | 147 |
| chamber1_leader1_type | Ceann Comhairle |
| chamber1_leader1 | Patrick Hogan |
| chamber1_leader2_type | Taoiseach |
| chamber1_leader2 | Éamon de Valera |
| chamber1_leader3_type | Tánaiste |
| chamber1_leader3 | Seán Lemass |
| chamber1_leader4_type | Chief Whip |
| chamber1_leader4 | Donnchadh Ó Briain |
| chamber1_leader5_type | Leader of the Opposition |
| chamber1_leader5 | John A. Costello |
| session1_start | 13 June 1951 |
| session1_end | 19 July 1951 |
| session2_start | 31 October 1951 |
| session2_end | 24 July 1952 |
| session3_start | 22 October 1952 |
| session3_end | 5 August 1953 |
| session4_start | 20 October 1953 |
| session4_end | 23 April 1954 |
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| name = 14th Dáil | image = Oireachtas logo.svg | image_size = 100px | body = Dáil Éireann | country = Ireland | meeting_place = Leinster House | election = 1951 general election | government = 6th government of Ireland | term_start = 13 June 1951 | term_end = 24 April 1954 | before = 13th Dáil | after = 15th Dáil | membership1 = 147 | chamber1_leader1_type = Ceann Comhairle | chamber1_leader1 = Patrick Hogan | chamber1_leader2_type = Taoiseach | chamber1_leader2 = Éamon de Valera | chamber1_leader3_type = Tánaiste | chamber1_leader3 = Seán Lemass | chamber1_leader4_type = Chief Whip | chamber1_leader4 = Donnchadh Ó Briain | chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | chamber1_leader5 = John A. Costello | session1_start = 13 June 1951 | session1_end = 19 July 1951 | session2_start = 31 October 1951 | session2_end = 24 July 1952 | session3_start = 22 October 1952 | session3_end = 5 August 1953 | session4_start = 20 October 1953 | session4_end = 23 April 1954 The 14th Dáil was elected at the 1951 general election on 30 May 1951 and met on 13 June 1951. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 7th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
On 24 April 1954, President Seán T. O'Kelly dissolved the Dáil at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The 14th Dáil lasted .
Composition of the 14th Dáil
- 6th government ::data[format=table] | Party | May 1951 | Apr. 1954 | class"unsortable"|Change | Total | 147 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Fianna Fáil}}" | | Fianna Fáil | 69 | 71 | 2 | | | | 40 | 45 | 5 | | | | | 16 | 14 | 2 | | | | | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | Independent politician (Ireland)}}" | | Independent | 13 | 8 | 5 | | | Ceann Comhairle}}" | | Ceann Comhairle | | 1 | 1 | | ::
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 14th Dáil from June 1951. This was not the official seating plan.
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Ceann Comhairle
On the meeting of the Dáil, Patrick Hogan (Lab) was proposed as Ceann Comhairle by John A. Costello (FG) and seconded by Joseph Blowick (CnaT). His election was approved without a vote. Hogan had served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle from 1927 to 1928, from 1932 to 1938 and from 1948 to 1951.
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 = Francis Humphreys |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Thomas Derrig |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Thomas Walsh |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cavan |seats = 4 |td1 = Patrick O'Reilly |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Michael Sheridan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Paddy Smith |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = John Tully |party4 = Clann na Poblachta |name = Clare |seats = 4 |td1 = Éamon de Valera |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Hillery |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick Hogan |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = William Murphy |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Cork Borough |seats = 5 |td1 = James Hickey |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Seán McCarthy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick McGrath |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Jack Lynch |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Thomas F. O'Higgins |party5 = Fine Gael |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 McAuliffe |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Seán Moylan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Denis O'Sullivan |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Cork South |seats = 3 |td1 = Seán Buckley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Dan Desmond |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Patrick Lehane |party3 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Cork West |seats = 3 |td1 = Seán Collins |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Michael Pat Murphy |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Timothy O'Sullivan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Donegal East |seats = 4 |td1 = Neil Blaney |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Liam Cunningham |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Daniel McMenamin |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = William Sheldon |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Donegal West |seats = 3 |td1 = Joseph Brennan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Cormac Breslin |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick O'Donnell |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 = Colm Gallagher |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick McGilligan |party3 = Fine Gael |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 = Independent politician (Ireland) |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 = Declan Costello |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Dublin South-Central |seats = 5 |td1 = Philip Brady |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Maurice E. Dockrell |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = James Larkin Jnr |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Seán Lemass |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = John McCann |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin South-East |seats = 3 |td1 = John A. Costello |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Noël Browne |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |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 = Michael ffrench-O'Carroll |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td5 = Seán MacBride |party5 = Clann na Poblachta |name = Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown |seats = 3 |td1 = Seán Brady |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Liam Cosgrave |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = H. Percy Dockrell |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Galway North |seats = 3 |td1 = Michael Donnellan |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |td2 = James Hession |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Mark Killilea Snr |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Galway South |seats = 3 |td1 = Patrick Beegan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Cawley |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Frank Fahy |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Galway West |seats = 3 |td1 = Gerald Bartley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Peadar Duignan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = John Mannion Snr |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Kerry North |seats = 4 |td1 = John Lynch |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Patrick Finucane |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td3 = Tom McEllistrim |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Dan Spring |party4 = 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 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td4 = Peadar Maher |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Tom O'Higgins |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Limerick East |seats = 4 |td1 = Daniel Bourke |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Tadhg Crowley |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael Keyes |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = James Reidy |party4 = Fine Gael |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 = Frank 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 = Laurence Walsh |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Mayo North |seats = 3 |td1 = Patrick Browne |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Thomas O'Hara |party2 = Clann na Talmhan |td3 = P. J. Ruttledge |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Mayo South |seats = 4 |td1 = Joseph Blowick |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |td2 = Dominick Cafferky |party2 = Clann na Talmhan |td3 = Seán Flanagan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Mícheál Ó Móráin |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 = John Finan |party3 = Clann na Talmhan |td4 = Jack McQuillan |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Sligo–Leitrim |seats = 5 |td1 = Stephen Flynn |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Eugene Gilbride |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Mary Reynolds |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Joseph Roddy |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Patrick Rogers |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Tipperary North |seats = 3 |td1 = John Fanning |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Daniel Morrissey |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Mary Ryan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Tipperary South |seats = 4 |td1 = Dan Breen |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Crowe |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Michael Davern |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Richard Mulcahy |party4 = Fine Gael |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 = Anthony Esmonde |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = John O'Leary |party4 = 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 = Labour Party (Ireland)
Changes
|date = 13 |month = June |year = 1951 |con = Clare |gain = Ceann Comhairle |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Patrick Hogan takes office as Ceann Comhairle |date = 13 |month = April |year = 1952 |con = Limerick East |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Daniel Bourke |date = 3 |month = May |year = 1952 |con = Waterford |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Bridget Redmond |date = 8 |month = May |year = 1952 |con = Mayo North |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of P. J. Ruttledge |date = 12 |month = May |year = 1952 |con = Monaghan |gain = Fine Gael |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = James Dillon re-joins Fine Gael |date = 12 |month = May |year = 1952 |con = Longford–Westmeath |gain = Fine Gael |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Charles Fagan re-joins Fine Gael |date = 12 |month = May |year = 1952 |con = Leix–Offaly |gain = Fine Gael |loss = Irish Monetary Reform Association |note = Oliver J. Flanagan joins Fine Gael |date = 26 |month = June |year = 1952 |con = Limerick East |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = John Carew wins the seat vacated by the death of Bourke |date = 26 |month = June |year = 1952 |con = Waterford |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = William Kenneally wins the seat vacated by the death of Redmond |date = 26 |month = June |year = 1952 |con = Mayo North |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Phelim Calleary holds the seat vacated by the death of Ruttledge |date = 26 |month = July |year = 1952 |con = Dublin North-West |gain = |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Death of A. P. Byrne |date = 12 |month = November |year = 1952 |con = Dublin North-West |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = |note = Thomas Byrne holds the seat vacated by the death of his brother A. P. Byrne |date = 22 |month = January |year = 1953 |con = Wicklow |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Thomas Brennan |date = 29 |month = March |year = 1953 |con = Cork East |gain = |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Death of Seán Keane |date = 18 |month = June |year = 1953 |con = Wicklow |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Mark Deering gains the seat vacated by the death of Brennan |date = 18 |month = June |year = 1953 |con = Cork East |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Richard Barry wins the seat vacated by the death of Keane |date = 12 |month = July |year = 1953 |con = Galway South |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Frank Fahy |date = 21 |month = August |year = 1953 |con = Galway South |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Robert Lahiffe holds the seat vacated by the death of Fahy |date = 28 |month = October |year = 1953 |con = Dublin South-East |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Noël Browne joins Fianna Fáil |date = 28 |month = October |year = 1953 |con = Dublin South-West |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Michael ffrench-O'Carroll joins Fianna Fáil |date = 28 |month = October |year = 1953 |con = Wicklow |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Patrick Cogan joins Fianna Fáil |date = 1 |month = November |year = 1953 |con = Cork Borough |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Thomas F. O'Higgins (FG) |date = 5 |month = December |year = 1953 |con = Louth |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of James Coburn |date = 3 |month = March |year = 1954 |con = Cork Borough |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Stephen Barrett holds the seat vacated by the death of O'Higgins |date = 3 |month = March |year = 1954 |con = Louth |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = George Coburn holds the seat vacated by the death of his father James Coburn
References
References
- (13 June 1951). "Election of Ceann Comhairle - Dáil Éireann (14th Dáil) – Vol. 126 No. 1".
- "TDs & Senators (14th Dáil)".
- (12 May 1952). "Three Independent T.D.s join Fine Gael". [[Derry Journal]].
- (29 October 1953). "Three Independents join Fianna Fáil". [[The Irish Times]].
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