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.

14th Dáil
13th Dáil 15th Dáil
Overview
Legislative bodyDáil Éireann
JurisdictionIreland
Meeting placeLeinster House
Term13 June 1951 – 24 April 1954
Election1951 general election
Government6th government of Ireland
Members147
Ceann ComhairlePatrick Hogan
TaoiseachÉamon de Valera
TánaisteSeán Lemass
Chief WhipDonnchadh Ó Briain
Leader of the OppositionJohn A. Costello
Sessions
1st13 June 1951 – 19 July 1951
2nd31 October 1951 – 24 July 1952
3rd22 October 1952 – 5 August 1953
4th20 October 1953 – 23 April 1954

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 1,047 days.

Composition of the 14th Dáil

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Party May 1951 Apr. 1954
Fianna Fáil 69 70
Fine Gael 40 42
Labour 16 14
Clann na Talmhan 6 6
Clann na Poblachta 2 2
Independent 14 11
Ceann Comhairle 1

Fianna Fáil, denoted with a bullet (), formed the 6th government of Ireland.

Graphical representation

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This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 14th Dáil from June 1951. This was not the official seating plan.

 

Ceann Comhairle

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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.[1] Hogan had served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle from 1927 to 1928, from 1932 to 1938 and from 1948 to 1951.

TDs by constituency

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The list of the 147 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.[2]

Members of the 14th Dáil
Constituency Name Party
Carlow–Kilkenny Patrick Crotty Fine Gael
Joseph Hughes Fine Gael
Francis Humphreys Fianna Fáil
Thomas Derrig Fianna Fáil
Thomas Walsh Fianna Fáil
Cavan Patrick O'Reilly Fine Gael
Michael Sheridan Fianna Fáil
Paddy Smith Fianna Fáil
John Tully Clann na Poblachta
Clare Éamon de Valera Fianna Fáil
Patrick Hillery Fianna Fáil
Patrick Hogan Labour
William Murphy Fine Gael
Cork Borough James Hickey Labour
Seán McCarthy Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGrath Fianna Fáil
Jack Lynch Fianna Fáil
Thomas F. O'Higgins Fine Gael
Cork East Martin Corry Fianna Fáil
Seán Keane Labour
Patrick O'Gorman Fine Gael
Cork North Patrick McAuliffe Labour
Seán Moylan Fianna Fáil
Denis O'Sullivan Fine Gael
Cork South Seán Buckley Fianna Fáil
Dan Desmond Labour
Patrick Lehane Independent
Cork West Seán Collins Fine Gael
Michael Pat Murphy Labour
Timothy O'Sullivan Fianna Fáil
Donegal East Neil Blaney Fianna Fáil
Liam Cunningham Fianna Fáil
Daniel McMenamin Fine Gael
William Sheldon Independent
Donegal West Joseph Brennan Fianna Fáil
Cormac Breslin Fianna Fáil
Patrick O'Donnell Fine Gael
Dublin County Patrick Burke Fianna Fáil
Seán Dunne Labour
Éamon Rooney Fine Gael
Dublin North-Central Vivion de Valera Fianna Fáil
Colm Gallagher Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGilligan Fine Gael
Dublin North-East Jack Belton Fine Gael
Alfie Byrne Independent
Harry Colley Fianna Fáil
Peadar Cowan Independent
Oscar Traynor Fianna Fáil
Dublin North-West Cormac Breathnach Fianna Fáil
A. P. Byrne Independent
Declan Costello Fine Gael
Dublin South-Central Philip Brady Fianna Fáil
Maurice E. Dockrell Fine Gael
James Larkin Jnr Labour
Seán Lemass Fianna Fáil
John McCann Fianna Fáil
Dublin South-East John A. Costello Fine Gael
Noël Browne Independent
Seán MacEntee Fianna Fáil
Dublin South-West Robert Briscoe Fianna Fáil
Bernard Butler Fianna Fáil
Peadar Doyle Fine Gael
Michael ffrench-O'Carroll Independent
Seán MacBride Clann na Poblachta
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown Seán Brady Fianna Fáil
Liam Cosgrave Fine Gael
H. Percy Dockrell Fine Gael
Galway North Michael Donnellan Clann na Talmhan
James Hession Fine Gael
Mark Killilea Snr Fianna Fáil
Galway South Patrick Beegan Fianna Fáil
Patrick Cawley Fine Gael
Frank Fahy Fianna Fáil
Galway West Gerald Bartley Fianna Fáil
Peadar Duignan Fianna Fáil
John Mannion Snr Fine Gael
Kerry North John Lynch Fine Gael
Patrick Finucane Independent
Tom McEllistrim Fianna Fáil
Dan Spring Labour
Kerry South Honor Crowley Fianna Fáil
John Flynn Independent
Patrick Palmer Fine Gael
Kildare Thomas Harris Fianna Fáil
William Norton Labour
Gerard Sweetman Fine Gael
Leix–Offaly Patrick Boland Fianna Fáil
William Davin Labour
Oliver J. Flanagan Independent
Peadar Maher Fianna Fáil
Tom O'Higgins Fine Gael
Limerick East Daniel Bourke Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Crowley Fianna Fáil
Michael Keyes Labour
James Reidy Fine Gael
Limerick West James Collins Fianna Fáil
David Madden Fine Gael
Donnchadh Ó Briain Fianna Fáil
Longford–Westmeath Frank Carter Fianna Fáil
Erskine H. Childers Fianna Fáil
Charles Fagan Independent
Michael Kennedy Fianna Fáil
Seán Mac Eoin Fine Gael
Louth Frank Aiken Fianna Fáil
James Coburn Fine Gael
Laurence Walsh Fianna Fáil
Mayo North Patrick Browne Fine Gael
Thomas O'Hara Clann na Talmhan
P. J. Ruttledge Fianna Fáil
Mayo South Joseph Blowick Clann na Talmhan
Dominick Cafferky Clann na Talmhan
Seán Flanagan Fianna Fáil
Mícheál Ó Móráin Fianna Fáil
Meath Patrick Giles Fine Gael
Michael Hilliard Fianna Fáil
Matthew O'Reilly Fianna Fáil
Monaghan James Dillon Independent
Patrick Maguire Fianna Fáil
Bridget Rice Fianna Fáil
Roscommon John Beirne Clann na Talmhan
Gerald Boland Fianna Fáil
John Finan Clann na Talmhan
Jack McQuillan Independent
Sligo–Leitrim Stephen Flynn Fianna Fáil
Eugene Gilbride Fianna Fáil
Mary Reynolds Fine Gael
Joseph Roddy Fine Gael
Patrick Rogers Fine Gael
Tipperary North John Fanning Fianna Fáil
Daniel Morrissey Fine Gael
Mary Ryan Fianna Fáil
Tipperary South Dan Breen Fianna Fáil
Patrick Crowe Fine Gael
Michael Davern Fianna Fáil
Richard Mulcahy Fine Gael
Waterford Thomas Kyne Labour
Patrick Little Fianna Fáil
John Ormonde Fianna Fáil
Bridget Redmond Fine Gael
Wexford Denis Allen Fianna Fáil
Brendan Corish Labour
Anthony Esmonde Fine Gael
John O'Leary Labour
James Ryan Fianna Fáil
Wicklow Thomas Brennan Fianna Fáil
Patrick Cogan Independent
James Everett Labour

Changes

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Date Constituency Loss Gain Note
13 June 1951 Clare Labour Ceann Comhairle Patrick Hogan takes office as Ceann Comhairle[1]
13 April 1952 Limerick East Fianna Fáil   Death of Daniel Bourke
3 May 1952 Waterford Fine Gael   Death of Bridget Redmond
8 May 1952 Mayo North Fianna Fáil   Death of P. J. Ruttledge
26 June 1952 Limerick East   Fine Gael John Carew wins the seat vacated by the death of Bourke
26 June 1952 Waterford   Fianna Fáil William Kenneally wins the seat vacated by the death of Redmond
26 June 1952 Mayo North   Fianna Fáil Phelim Calleary holds the seat vacated by the death of Ruttledge
26 July 1952 Dublin North-West Independent   Death of A. P. Byrne
12 November 1952 Dublin North-West   Independent Thomas Byrne holds the seat vacated by the death of his brother A. P. Byrne
22 January 1953 Wicklow Fianna Fáil   Death of Thomas Brennan
29 March 1953 Cork East Labour   Death of Seán Keane
18 June 1953 Wicklow   Fine Gael Mark Deering gains the seat vacated by the death of Brennan
18 June 1953 Cork East   Fine Gael Richard Barry wins the seat vacated by the death of Keane
12 July 1953 Galway South Fianna Fáil   Death of Frank Fahy
21 August 1953 Galway South   Fianna Fáil Robert Lahiffe holds the seat vacated by the death of Fahy
28 October 1953 Dublin South-East Independent Fianna Fáil Noël Browne joins Fianna Fáil[3]
28 October 1953 Dublin South-West Independent Fianna Fáil Michael ffrench-O'Carroll joins Fianna Fáil[3]
28 October 1953 Wicklow Independent Fianna Fáil Patrick Cogan joins Fianna Fáil[3]
1 November 1953 Cork Borough Fine Gael   Death of Thomas F. O'Higgins (FG)
5 December 1953 Louth Fine Gael   Death of James Coburn
3 March 1954 Cork Borough   Fine Gael Stephen Barrett holds the seat vacated by the death of O'Higgins
3 March 1954 Louth   Fine Gael George Coburn holds the seat vacated by the death of his father James Coburn

References

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  1. ^ a b "Election of Ceann Comhairle - Dáil Éireann (14th Dáil) – Vol. 126 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 13 June 1951. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  2. ^ "TDs & Senators (14th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Three Independents join Fianna Fáil". The Irish Times. 29 October 1953. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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