15th Dáil
TDs from 1954 to 1957
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::summary TDs from 1954 to 1957 ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 15th Dáil |
| image | Oireachtas logo.svg |
| image_size | 100px |
| body | Dáil Éireann |
| country | Ireland |
| meeting_place | Leinster House |
| election | 1954 general election |
| government | 7th government of Ireland |
| term_start | 2 June 1954 |
| term_end | 12 February 1957 |
| before | 14th Dáil |
| after | 16th Dáil |
| membership1 | 147 |
| chamber1_leader1_type | Ceann Comhairle |
| chamber1_leader1 | Patrick Hogan |
| chamber1_leader2_type | Taoiseach |
| chamber1_leader2 | John A. Costello |
| chamber1_leader3_type | Tánaiste |
| chamber1_leader3 | William Norton |
| chamber1_leader4_type | Chief Whip |
| chamber1_leader4 | Denis J. O'Sullivan |
| chamber1_leader5_type | Leader of the Opposition |
| chamber1_leader5 | Éamon de Valera |
| session1_start | 2 June 1954 |
| session1_end | 15 July 1954 |
| session2_start | 27 October 1954 |
| session2_end | 14 July 1955 |
| session3_start | 26 October 1955 |
| session3_end | 26 July 1956 |
| session4_start | 24 October 1956 |
| session4_end | 13 December 1956 |
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| name = 15th Dáil | image = Oireachtas logo.svg | image_size = 100px | body = Dáil Éireann | country = Ireland | meeting_place = Leinster House | election = 1954 general election | government = 7th government of Ireland | term_start = 2 June 1954 | term_end = 12 February 1957 | before = 14th Dáil | after = 16th Dáil | membership1 = 147 | chamber1_leader1_type = Ceann Comhairle | chamber1_leader1 = Patrick Hogan | chamber1_leader2_type = Taoiseach | chamber1_leader2 = John A. Costello | chamber1_leader3_type = Tánaiste | chamber1_leader3 = William Norton | chamber1_leader4_type = Chief Whip | chamber1_leader4 = Denis J. O'Sullivan | chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | chamber1_leader5 = Éamon de Valera | session1_start = 2 June 1954 | session1_end = 15 July 1954 | session2_start = 27 October 1954 | session2_end = 14 July 1955 | session3_start = 26 October 1955 | session3_end = 26 July 1956 | session4_start = 24 October 1956 | session4_end = 13 December 1956 The 15th Dáil was elected at the 1954 general election on 14 May 1954 and met on 2 June 1954. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 8th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
On 12 February 1957, President Seán T. O'Kelly dissolved the Dáil at the request of the Taoiseach John A. Costello on 4 February. The 15th Dáil lasted .
Composition of the 15th Dáil
- Second Inter-Party Government (7th government) coalition parties
- Providing confidence and supply ::data[format=table] | Party | May 1954 | Feb. 1957 | class"unsortable"|Change | Total | 147 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 65 | 68 | 3 | | | | Fine Gael}}" | | Fine Gael | 50 | 48 | 2 | | | Labour Party (Ireland)}}" | | Labour | 19 | 17 | 2 | | | Clann na Talmhan}}" | | Clann na Talmhan | 5 | 5 | | | | Clann na Poblachta}}" | | Clann na Poblachta | 3 | 3 | | | | | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | ::
Fine Gael, the Labour Party, and Clann na Talmhan formed the 7th government of Ireland, a minority government dependent on the support of Clann na Poblachta.
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 15th Dáil from June 1954. This was not the official seating plan.
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Ceann Comhairle
On the meeting of the Dáil, Patrick Hogan (Lab), who had served as Ceann Comhairle in the previous Dáil, was proposed by Éamon de Valera (FF) and seconded by Richard Mulcahy (FG) for the position. 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 = Thomas Derrig |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = James Pattison |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |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 = Stephen Barrett |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Anthony Barry |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Seán Casey |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Jack Lynch |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Patrick McGrath |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork East |seats = 3 |td1 = Richard Barry |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Martin Corry |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = John Moher |party3 = Fianna Fáil |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 = Dan Desmond |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Seán McCarthy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Tadhg Manley |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Cork West |seats = 3 |td1 = Seán Collins |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Edward Cotter |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael Pat Murphy |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |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 = Patrick McGilligan |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Maureen O'Carroll |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 = Denis Larkin |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td5 = Oscar Traynor |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin North-West |seats = 3 |td1 = Thomas Byrne |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = Declan Costello |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Richard Gogan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin South-Central |seats = 5 |td1 = Maurice E. Dockrell |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Thomas Finlay |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = James Larkin Jnr |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Seán Lemass |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Celia Lynch |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin South-East |seats = 3 |td1 = John A. Costello |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Seán MacEntee |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = John O'Donovan |party3 = Fine Gael |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 = 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 = Brendan Glynn |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Robert Lahiffe |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Galway West |seats = 3 |td1 = Gerald Bartley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Fintan Coogan |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Johnny Geoghegan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Kerry North |seats = 4 |td1 = Johnny Connor |party1 = Clann na Poblachta |td2 = Patrick Finucane |party2 = Clann na Talmhan |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 = Fianna Fáil |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 = William Davin |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Nicholas Egan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Oliver J. Flanagan |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Peadar Maher |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Tom O'Higgins |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Limerick East |seats = 4 |td1 = John Carew |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Tadhg Crowley |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael Keyes |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Donogh O'Malley |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 = Frank Carter |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Erskine H. Childers |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Charles Fagan |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Michael Kennedy |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Seán Mac Eoin |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Louth |seats = 3 |td1 = Frank Aiken |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = George Coburn |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Paddy Donegan |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Mayo North |seats = 3 |td1 = Phelim Calleary |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Lindsay |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Thomas O'Hara |party3 = Clann na Talmhan |name = Mayo South |seats = 4 |td1 = Joseph Blowick |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |td2 = Seán Flanagan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Henry Kenny |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Mícheál Ó Móráin |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Meath |seats = 3 |td1 = Patrick Giles |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Michael Hilliard |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = James Tully |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Monaghan |seats = 3 |td1 = James Dillon |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Edward Kelly |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick Mooney |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Roscommon |seats = 4 |td1 = John Beirne |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |td2 = Gerald Boland |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = James Burke |party3 = Fine Gael |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 = Bernard Maguire |party3 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td4 = Mary Reynolds |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Joseph Roddy |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 = William Kenneally |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Thomas Kyne |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Thaddeus Lynch |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = John Ormonde |party4 = Fianna Fáil |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 = Paudge Brennan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Mark Deering |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = James Everett |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)
Changes
|date = 2 |month = June |year = 1954 |con = Clare |gain = Ceann Comhairle |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Patrick Hogan takes office as Ceann Comhairle |date = 31 |month = July |year = 1955 |con = Limerick West |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of David Madden |date = 11 |month = December |year = 1955 |con = Kerry North |gain = |loss = Clann na Poblachta |note = Death of Johnny Connor |date = 13 |month = December |year = 1955 |con = Limerick West |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Michael Colbert wins the seat vacated by the death of Madden |date = 29 |month = February |year = 1956 |con = Kerry North |gain = Clann na Poblachta |loss = |note = Kathleen O'Connor holds the seat vacated by the death of her father Johnny Connor |date = 1 |month = March |year = 1956 |con = Leix–Offaly |gain = |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Death of William Davin |date = 13 |month = March |year = 1956 |con = Dublin North-East |gain = |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Death of Alfie Byrne |date = 30 |month = April |year = 1956 |con = Leix–Offaly |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Kieran Egan wins the seat vacated by the death of Davin |date = 30 |month = April |year = 1956 |con = Dublin North-East |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = |note = Patrick Byrne holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Alfie Byrne |date = 20 |month = June |year = 1956 |con = Cork Borough |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Patrick McGrath |date = 2 |month = August |year = 1956 |con = Cork Borough |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = John Galvin holds the seat vacated by the death of McGrath |date = 14 |month = July |year = 1956 |con = Carlow–Kilkenny |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Thomas Walsh |date = 4 |month = August |year = 1956 |con = Dublin South-West |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Peadar Doyle |date = 14 |month = November |year = 1956 |con = Carlow–Kilkenny |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Martin Medlar holds the seat vacated by the death of Walsh |date = 14 |month = November |year = 1956 |con = Dublin South-West |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Noel Lemass wins the seat vacated by the death of Doyle
References
References
- (2 June 1954). "Election of Ceann Comhairle - Dáil Éireann (15th Dáil) – Vol. 146 No. 1".
- "TDs & Senators (15th Dáil)".
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