16th Dáil
TDs from 1957 to 1961
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::summary TDs from 1957 to 1961 ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 16th Dáil |
| image | Oireachtas logo.svg |
| image_size | 100px |
| body | Dáil Éireann |
| country | Ireland |
| meeting_place | Leinster House |
| election | 1957 general election |
| government | |
| term_start | 20 March 1957 |
| term_end | 1 September 1961 |
| before | 15th Dáil |
| after | 17th Dáil |
| membership1 | 147 |
| chamber1_leader1_type | Ceann Comhairle |
| chamber1_leader1 | Patrick Hogan |
| chamber1_leader2_type | Taoiseach |
| chamber1_leader2 | Seán Lemass |
| — Éamon de Valera | |
| until 23 June 1959 | |
| chamber1_leader3_type | Tánaiste |
| chamber1_leader3 | Seán MacEntee |
| — Seán Lemass | |
| until 23 June 1959 | |
| chamber1_leader4_type | Chief Whip |
| chamber1_leader4 | Donnchadh Ó Briain |
| chamber1_leader5_type | Leader of the Opposition |
| chamber1_leader5 | James Dillon |
| — John A. Costello | |
| until 21 October 1959 | |
| session1_start | 20 March 1957 |
| session1_end | 4 July 1957 |
| session2_start | 23 October 1957 |
| session2_end | 17 July 1958 |
| session3_start | 22 October 1958 |
| session3_end | 23 July 1959 |
| session4_start | 21 October 1959 |
| session4_end | 20 July 1960 |
| session5_start | 26 October 1960 |
| session5_end | 1 September 1961 |
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| name = 16th Dáil | image = Oireachtas logo.svg | image_size = 100px | body = Dáil Éireann | country = Ireland | meeting_place = Leinster House | election = 1957 general election | government = | term_start = 20 March 1957 | term_end = 1 September 1961 | before = 15th Dáil | after = 17th Dáil | membership1 = 147 | chamber1_leader1_type = Ceann Comhairle | chamber1_leader1 = Patrick Hogan | chamber1_leader2_type = Taoiseach | chamber1_leader2 = Seán Lemass — Éamon de Valera until 23 June 1959 | chamber1_leader3_type = Tánaiste | chamber1_leader3 = Seán MacEntee — Seán Lemass until 23 June 1959 | chamber1_leader4_type = Chief Whip | chamber1_leader4 = Donnchadh Ó Briain | chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | chamber1_leader5 = James Dillon — John A. Costello until 21 October 1959 | session1_start = 20 March 1957 | session1_end = 4 July 1957 | session2_start = 23 October 1957 | session2_end = 17 July 1958 | session3_start = 22 October 1958 | session3_end = 23 July 1959 | session4_start = 21 October 1959 | session4_end = 20 July 1960 | session5_start = 26 October 1960 | session5_end = 1 September 1961 The 16th Dáil was elected at the 1957 general election on 5 March 1957 and met on 20 March 1957. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 9th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
The 16th Dáil saw a change of Taoiseach from Éamon de Valera to Seán Lemass in June 1959. On 8 September 1961, President Éamon de Valera dissolved the Dáil on the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The 16th Dáil lasted .
Composition of the 16th Dáil
- 8th, 9th government ::data[format=table] | Party | Mar. 1957 | Sep. 1961 | class"unsortable"|Change | Total | 147 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Fianna Fáil}}" | | Fianna Fáil | 78 | 75 | 3 | | | | 40 | 41 | 1 | | | | | 12 | 11 | 1 | | | | | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | 9 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | ::
In line with its policy of abstentionism, the Sinn Féin TDs did not take their seats.
Fianna Fáil, denoted with a bullet formed the 8th government of Ireland led by Éamon de Valera as Taoiseach. Following de Valera's election as president of Ireland in June 1959, Seán Lemass formed the 9th government of Ireland.
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 16th Dáil from March 1957. 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 since 1951, was proposed by John A. Costello (FG) and seconded by Éamon de Valera (FF) for the position. His election was approved without a vote.
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 = Jim Gibbons |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Joseph Hughes |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Francis Humphreys |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Martin Medlar |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 = Seán Casey |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = John Galvin |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Gus Healy |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Jack Lynch |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 = Batt Donegan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick McAuliffe |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |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 = Edward Cotter |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Michael Pat Murphy |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Florence Wycherley |party3 = Independent politician (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 = Kevin Boland |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Burke |party2 = Fianna Fáil |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 = Patrick Byrne |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Charles Haughey |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 = Philip Brady |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Maurice E. Dockrell |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Seán Lemass |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Celia Lynch |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Jack Murphy |party5 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Dublin South-East |seats = 3 |td1 = Noël Browne |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |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 = James Carroll |party3 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td4 = Noel Lemass |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Michael O'Higgins |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown |seats = 3 |td1 = Lionel Booth |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Seán Brady |party2 = Fianna Fáil |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 = Michael Carty |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Brigid Hogan |party3 = Fine Gael |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 = Patrick Finucane |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = Tom McEllistrim |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Daniel Moloney |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Dan Spring |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Kerry South |seats = 3 |td1 = Honor Crowley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Palmer |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = John Joe Rice |party3 = Sinn Féin |name = Kildare |seats = 3 |td1 = Patrick Dooley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = William Norton |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Gerard Sweetman |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Leix–Offaly |seats = 5 |td1 = Kieran Egan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |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 = Paddy Clohessy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Donogh O'Malley |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Ted Russell |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Limerick West |seats = 3 |td1 = James Collins |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Denis Jones |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Donnchadh Ó Briain |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Longford–Westmeath |seats = 5 |td1 = Erskine H. Childers |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Charles Fagan |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Michael Kennedy |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Seán Mac Eoin |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Ruairí Ó Brádaigh |party5 = Sinn Féin |name = Louth |seats = 3 |td1 = Frank Aiken |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = George Coburn |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Pádraig Faulkner |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Mayo North |seats = 3 |td1 = Phelim Calleary |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Seán Doherty |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick Lindsay |party3 = Fine Gael |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 = James Griffin |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael Hilliard |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Monaghan |seats = 3 |td1 = James Dillon |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Patrick Mooney |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Eighneachán Ó hAnnluain |party3 = Sinn Féin |name = Roscommon |seats = 4 |td1 = John Beirne |party1 = Clann na Talmhan |td2 = James Burke |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Gerald Boland |party3 = Fianna Fáil |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 = John Joe McGirl |party3 = Sinn Féin |td4 = Mary Reynolds |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Patrick Rogers |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Tipperary North |seats = 3 |td1 = John Fanning |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Mary Ryan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick Tierney |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Tipperary South |seats = 4 |td1 = Dan Breen |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Michael Davern |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Frank Loughman |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 = Seán Browne |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Brendan Corish |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Anthony Esmonde |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = James Ryan |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Wicklow |seats = 3 |td1 = Paudge Brennan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = James Everett |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = James O'Toole |party3 = Fianna Fáil
Changes
|date = 20 |month = March |year = 1957 |con = Clare |gain = Ceann Comhairle |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Patrick Hogan takes office as Ceann Comhairle |date = 26 |month = June |year = 1957 |con = Dublin North-Central |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Colm Gallagher |date = 14 |month = November |year = 1957 |con = Dublin North-Central |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = |note = Frank Sherwin wins seat vacated by the death of Gallagher |date = 2 |month = February |year = 1958 |con = Galway South |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Patrick Beegan |date = 16 |month = May |year = 1958 |con = Dublin South-East |gain = National Progressive Democrats |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Noël Browne co-founds the National Progressive Democrats |date = 16 |month = May |year = 1958 |con = Roscommon |gain = National Progressive Democrats |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Jack McQuillan co-founds the National Progressive Democrats |date = 30 |month = May |year = 1958 |con = Galway South |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Anthony Millar holds seat vacated by the death of Beegan |date = 13 |month = May |year = 1958 |con = Dublin South-Central |gain = |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Resignation of Jack Murphy |date = 25 |month = June |year = 1958 |con = Dublin South-Central |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Patrick Cummins wins seat vacated by the resignation of Murphy |date = 13 |month = March |year = 1959 |con = Dublin South-West |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Bernard Butler |date = 22 |month = March |year = 1959 |con = Meath |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of James Griffin |date = 17 |month = June |year = 1959 |con = Clare |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Election of Éamon de Valera as president of Ireland |date = 22 |month = July |year = 1959 |con = Dublin South-West |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Richie Ryan wins seat vacated by the death of Butler |date = 22 |month = July |year = 1959 |con = Meath |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Henry Johnston holds seat vacated by the death of Griffin |date = 22 |month = July |year = 1959 |con = Clare |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Seán Ó Ceallaigh holds seat vacated by de Valera |date = 20 |month = January |year = 1960 |con = Carlow–Kilkenny |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Joseph Hughes |date = 23 |month = June |year = 1960 |con = Carlow–Kilkenny |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Patrick Teehan wins seat vacated by the death of Hughes |date = 24 |month = November |year = 1960 |con = Sligo–Leitrim |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Stephen Flynn |date = 1 |month = March |year = 1961 |con = Sligo–Leitrim |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Joseph McLoughlin wins seat vacated by the death of Flynn |date = 29 |month = March |year = 1961 |con = Wexford |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Denis Allen |date = 19 |month = April |year = 1961 |con = Carlow–Kilkenny |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Francis Humphreys
References
References
- (20 March 1957). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (16th Dáil) – Vol. 161 No. 1".
- "TDs & Senators (16th Dáil)".
- (13 May 1958). "Resignation of Member – Dáil Éireann (16th Dáil) – Vol. 168 No. 1".
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