17th Dáil
TDs from 1961 to 1965
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::summary TDs from 1961 to 1965 ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 17th Dáil |
| image | Oireachtas logo.svg |
| image_size | 100px |
| body | Dáil Éireann |
| country | Ireland |
| meeting_place | Leinster House |
| election | 1961 general election |
| government | 10th government of Ireland |
| term_start | 11 October 1961 |
| term_end | 11 March 1965 |
| before | 16th Dáil |
| after | 18th Dáil |
| membership1 | 144 |
| chamber1_leader1_type | Ceann Comhairle |
| chamber1_leader1 | Patrick Hogan |
| chamber1_leader2_type | Taoiseach |
| chamber1_leader2 | Seán Lemass |
| chamber1_leader3_type | Tánaiste |
| chamber1_leader3 | Seán MacEntee |
| chamber1_leader4_type | Chief Whip |
| chamber1_leader4 | Joseph Brennan |
| chamber1_leader5_type | Leader of the Opposition |
| chamber1_leader5 | James Dillon |
| session1_start | 11 October 1961 |
| session1_end | 26 July 1962 |
| session2_start | 30 October 1962 |
| session2_end | 19 July 1963 |
| session3_start | 23 October 1963 |
| session3_end | 1 July 1964 |
| session4_start | 3 November 1964 |
| session4_end | 11 March 1965 |
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| name = 17th Dáil | image = Oireachtas logo.svg | image_size = 100px | body = Dáil Éireann | country = Ireland | meeting_place = Leinster House | election = 1961 general election | government = 10th government of Ireland | term_start = 11 October 1961 | term_end = 11 March 1965 | before = 16th Dáil | after = 18th Dáil | membership1 = 144 | chamber1_leader1_type = Ceann Comhairle | chamber1_leader1 = Patrick Hogan | chamber1_leader2_type = Taoiseach | chamber1_leader2 = Seán Lemass | chamber1_leader3_type = Tánaiste | chamber1_leader3 = Seán MacEntee | chamber1_leader4_type = Chief Whip | chamber1_leader4 = Joseph Brennan | chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | chamber1_leader5 = James Dillon | session1_start = 11 October 1961 | session1_end = 26 July 1962 | session2_start = 30 October 1962 | session2_end = 19 July 1963 | session3_start = 23 October 1963 | session3_end = 1 July 1964 | session4_start = 3 November 1964 | session4_end = 11 March 1965 The 17th Dáil was elected at the 1961 general election on 4 October 1961 and met on 11 October 1961. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 10th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
On 18 March 1965 President Éamon de Valera dissolved the Dáil on the request of Taoiseach Seán Lemass. The 17th Dáil lasted .
Composition of the 17th Dáil
- 10th government ::data[format=table] | Party | Oct. 1957 | Mar. 1961 | class"unsortable"|Change | Total | 144 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Fianna Fáil}}" | | Fianna Fáil | 70 | 71 | 1 | | | | 47 | 48 | 1 | | | | | 16 | 17 | 1 | | | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | ::
Fianna Fáil formed the 10th government of Ireland led by Seán Lemass as Taoiseach.
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 17th Dáil from October 1961. 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 Seán Lemass (FF) and seconded by James Dillon (FG) for the position. His election was approved without a vote.
TDs by constituency
The list of the 144 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 = Desmond Governey |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Martin Medlar |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Séamus Pattison |party5 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Cavan |seats = 3 |td1 = Séamus Dolan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick O'Reilly |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Paddy Smith |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Clare |seats = 4 |td1 = Patrick Hogan |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Patrick Hillery |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = William Murphy |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Seán Ó Ceallaigh |party4 = Fianna Fáil |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 = John Galvin |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Jack Lynch |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork Mid |seats = 4 |td1 = Dan Desmond |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Seán McCarthy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Con Meaney |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Denis O'Sullivan |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Cork North-East |seats = 5 |td1 = Richard Barry |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Philip Burton |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Martin Corry |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Patrick McAuliffe |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td5 = John Moher |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork South-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 North-East |seats = 3 |td1 = Neil Blaney |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Liam Cunningham |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Paddy Harte |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Donegal South-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 = 5 |td1 = Kevin Boland |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Burke |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Mark Clinton |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Seán Dunne |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td5 = Éamon Rooney |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Dublin North-Central |seats = 4 |td1 = Vivion de Valera |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Celia Lynch |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick McGilligan |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Frank Sherwin |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Dublin North-East |seats = 5 |td1 = Jack Belton |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Patrick Byrne |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = George Colley |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Charles Haughey |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Eugene Timmons |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin North-West |seats = 3 |td1 = Declan Costello |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Richard Gogan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael Mullen |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Dublin South-Central |seats = 5 |td1 = Joseph Barron |party1 = Clann na Poblachta |td2 = Philip Brady |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Patrick Cummins |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Maurice E. Dockrell |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Seán Lemass |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin South-East |seats = 3 |td1 = Noël Browne |party1 = National Progressive Democrats |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 = James Carroll |party2 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td3 = Noel Lemass |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = James O'Keeffe |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Richie Ryan |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown |seats = 4 |td1 = Seán Brady |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Lionel Booth |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Liam Cosgrave |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = H. Percy Dockrell |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Galway East |seats = 5 |td1 = Michael Carty |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Michael Donnellan |party2 = Clann na Talmhan |td3 = Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Michael F. Kitt |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Anthony Millar |party5 = 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 = 3 |td1 = Patrick Finucane |party1 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td2 = Tom McEllistrim |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Dan Spring |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Kerry South |seats = 3 |td1 = Patrick Connor |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Honor Crowley |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Timothy O'Connor |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Kildare |seats = 4 |td1 = Brendan Crinion |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Patrick Dooley |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = William Norton |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Gerard Sweetman |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Laois–Offaly |seats = 5 |td1 = Kieran Egan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Nicholas Egan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Oliver J. Flanagan |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Patrick Lalor |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Tom O'Higgins |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Limerick East |seats = 4 |td1 = Paddy Clohessy |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Stephen Coughlan |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Tom O'Donnell |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Donogh O'Malley |party4 = Fianna Fáil |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 = 4 |td1 = Frank Carter |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Michael Kennedy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Seán Mac Eoin |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Joe Sheridan |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Louth |seats = 3 |td1 = Frank Aiken |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Paddy Donegan |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Pádraig Faulkner |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Mayo North |seats = 3 |td1 = Michael Browne |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Phelim Calleary |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Joseph Lenehan |party3 = Independent politician (Ireland) |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 = Denis Farrelly |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Michael Hilliard |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = James Tully |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Monaghan |seats = 3 |td1 = Erskine H. Childers |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = James Dillon |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Patrick Mooney |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Roscommon |seats = 4 |td1 = James Burke |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Brian Lenihan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Jack McQuillan |party3 = National Progressive Democrats |td4 = Patrick J. Reynolds |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Sligo–Leitrim |seats = 4 |td1 = James Gallagher |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Eugene Gilbride |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Eugene Gilhawley |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Joseph McLoughlin |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Tipperary North |seats = 3 |td1 = Thomas Dunne |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = John Fanning |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 = Patrick Hogan |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Seán Treacy |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Waterford |seats = 3 |td1 = Thomas Kyne |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Thaddeus Lynch |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = John Ormonde |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Wexford |seats = 4 |td1 = Lorcan Allen |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Brendan Corish |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Anthony Esmonde |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = James Ryan |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Wicklow |seats = 3 |td1 = Paudge Brennan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = James Everett |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Michael O'Higgins |party3 = Fine Gael
Changes
|date = 11 |month = October |year = 1961 |con = Clare |gain = Ceann Comhairle |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Patrick Hogan takes office as Ceann Comhairle |date = 23 |month = February |year = 1963 |con = Dublin North-East |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of Jack Belton |date = 30 |month = May |year = 1963 |con = Dublin North-East |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Paddy Belton holds seat vacated by the death of his brother Jack Belton |date = 11 |month = October |year = 1963 |con = Cork Borough |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of John Galvin |date = 13 |month = November |year = 1963 |con = Dublin County |gain = Labour Party (Ireland) |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Seán Dunne joins the Labour Party |date = 27 |month = November |year = 1963 |con = Dublin South-East |gain = Labour Party (Ireland) |loss = National Progressive Democrats |note = Noël Browne disbands the National Progressive Democrats and joins the Labour Party |date = 27 |month = November |year = 1963 |con = Roscommon |gain = Labour Party (Ireland) |loss = National Progressive Democrats |note = Jack McQuillan disbands the National Progressive Democrats and joins the Labour Party |date = 4 |month = December |year = 1963 |con = Kildare |gain = |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Death of William Norton |date = 19 |month = February |year = 1964 |con = Cork Borough |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Sheila Galvin holds seat vacated by the death of her husband John Galvin |date = 19 |month = February |year = 1964 |con = Kildare |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Terence Boylan gains seat vacated by the death of Norton |date = 12 |month = May |year = 1964 |con = Roscommon |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Death of James Burke |date = 8 |month = July |year = 1964 |con = Roscommon |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Joan Burke holds seat vacated by the death of her husband James Burke |date = 27 |month = September |year = 1964 |con = Galway East |gain = |loss = Clann na Talmhan |note = Death of Michael Donnellan |date = 3 |month = December |year = 1964 |con = Galway East |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = John Donnellan gains seat vacated by the death of his father Michael Donnellan |date = 9 |month = December |year = 1964 |con = Cork Mid |gain = |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Death of Dan Desmond |date = 10 |month = March |year = 1965 |con = Cork Mid |gain = Labour Party (Ireland) |loss = |note = Eileen Desmond holds seat vacated by the death of her husband Dan Desmond
Notes
References
References
- (11 October 1961). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (17th Dáil) – Vol. 192 No. 1".
- "TDs & Senators (17th Dáil)".
- (14 November 1963). "T.D. rejoins Labour Party". [[The Irish Times]].
- (28 November 1963). "Browne and McQuillan join Labour Party". The Irish Times.
- Maume, Patrick. "Desmond, Eileen". [[Dictionary of Irish Biography]].
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