Members of the 4th Dáil

The 4th Dáil was elected at the 1923 general election on 27 August 1923 and met on 19 September 1923. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. The 4th Dáil lasted 1,343 days. Although Cumann na nGaedheal did not have a majority it was able to govern due to the absence of Republicans (Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin) who refused to attend. The 4th Dáil was dissolved by Governor-General Tim Healy on 23 May 1927, at the request of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave.

4th Dáil
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Overview
Legislative bodyDáil Éireann
JurisdictionIrish Free State
Meeting placeLeinster House
Term19 September 1923 – 20 May 1927
Election1923 general election
Government2nd Executive Council of the Irish Free State
Members153
Ceann ComhairleMichael Hayes
President of the Executive CouncilW. T. Cosgrave
Vice-President of the Executive CouncilKevin O'Higgins
Chief WhipJames Dolan
— Daniel McCarthy
until 31 March 1924
Leader of the OppositionThomas Johnson
Sessions
1st19 September 1923 – 12 August 1924
2nd15 October 1924 – 8 July 1925
3rd3 November 1925 – 21 July 1926
4th16 November 1926 – 20 May 1927

Composition of the 4th Dáil
PartyAug. 1923May 1927
● Cumann na nGaedheal6357
Republican4427
Labour1415
Farmers' Party1514
Businessmen's Party22
Fianna Fáil—19
Clann Éireann—3
National League—2
Independent1512
Ceann Comhairle—1
Vacant—1
Total 153

Cumann na nGaedheal, denoted with bullet (●), formed the 2nd Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 4th Dáil from September 1923. This was not the official seating plan. The Republican members did not take their seats.

Ceann Comhairle

On 19 September 1923, Michael Hayes (CnaG), the outgoing Ceann Comhairle, was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave and seconded by Thomas Johnson for the position, and was approved without a vote.[1]

TDs by constituency

The list of the 153 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.[2]

Members of the 4th Dáil
Constituency Name Party
Carlow–Kilkenny W. T. Cosgrave Cumann na nGaedheal
Edward Doyle Labour
Seán Gibbons Cumann na nGaedheal
Denis Gorey Farmers' Party
Michael Shelly Republican
Cavan Patrick Baxter Farmers' Party
John James Cole Independent
Seán Milroy Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick Smith Republican
Clare Éamon de Valera Republican
Conor Hogan Farmers' Party
Patrick Hogan Labour
Eoin MacNeill[lower-alpha 1] Cumann na nGaedheal
Brian O'Higgins Republican
Cork Borough Richard Beamish[lower-alpha 2] Independent
Mary MacSwiney Republican
Alfred O'Rahilly Cumann na nGaedheal
Andrew O'Shaughnessy[lower-alpha 2] Independent
J. J. Walsh Cumann na nGaedheal
Cork East John Daly Independent
John Dinneen Farmers' Party
Michael Hennessy Cumann na nGaedheal
David Kent Republican
Thomas O'Mahony Cumann na nGaedheal
Cork North Daniel Corkery Republican
Thomas Nagle Labour
Daniel Vaughan Farmers' Party
Cork West Seán Buckley Republican
Cornelius Connolly Cumann na nGaedheal
Timothy J. Murphy Labour
Timothy O'Donovan Farmers' Party
John Prior Cumann na nGaedheal
Donegal Eugene Doherty Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick McGoldrick Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick McFadden Cumann na nGaedheal
James Myles Independent
Joseph O'Doherty Republican
Peadar O'Donnell Republican
Peter Ward Cumann na nGaedheal
John White Farmers' Party
Dublin North Alfie Byrne Independent
Francis Cahill Cumann na nGaedheal
Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll Cumann na nGaedheal
William Hewat Businessmen's Party
Seán McGarry Cumann na nGaedheal
Richard Mulcahy Cumann na nGaedheal
Seán T. O'Kelly Republican
Ernie O'Malley Republican
Dublin South Philip Cosgrave Cumann na nGaedheal
Peadar Doyle Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Hayes[lower-alpha 3] Cumann na nGaedheal
Myles Keogh Independent
Daniel McCarthy Cumann na nGaedheal
Constance Markievicz Republican
Cathal Ó Murchadha Republican
Dublin County Bryan Cooper Independent
Michael Derham Cumann na nGaedheal
Darrell Figgis Independent
Desmond FitzGerald Cumann na nGaedheal
John Good Businessmen's Party
Thomas Johnson Labour
Kathleen Lynn Republican
Kevin O'Higgins Cumann na nGaedheal
Dublin University Ernest Alton Independent
James Craig Independent
William Thrift Independent
Galway Seán Broderick Cumann na nGaedheal
James Cosgrave Independent
Frank Fahy Republican
Patrick Hogan Cumann na nGaedheal
Barney Mellows Republican
George Nicolls Cumann na nGaedheal
Thomas J. O'Connell Labour
Louis O'Dea Republican
Pádraic Ó Máille Cumann na nGaedheal
Kerry Patrick Cahill Republican
James Crowley Cumann na nGaedheal
Fionán Lynch Cumann na nGaedheal
Tom McEllistrim Republican
Thomas O'Donoghue Republican
John O'Sullivan Cumann na nGaedheal
Austin Stack Republican
Kildare Hugh Colohan Labour
John Conlan Farmers' Party
George Wolfe Cumann na nGaedheal
Leitrim–Sligo Thomas Carter Cumann na nGaedheal
Frank Carty Republican
James Dolan Cumann na nGaedheal
Seán Farrell Republican
John Hennigan Cumann na nGaedheal
Alexander McCabe Cumann na nGaedheal
Martin McGowan Republican
Leix–Offaly Laurence Brady Republican
Francis Bulfin Cumann na nGaedheal
William Davin Labour
Patrick Egan Cumann na nGaedheal
Seán McGuinness Republican
Limerick Seán Carroll Republican
Patrick Clancy Labour
James Colbert Republican
John Nolan Cumann na nGaedheal
Richard Hayes Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick Hogan Farmers' Party
James Ledden Cumann na nGaedheal
Longford–Westmeath Conor Byrne Republican
James Killane Republican
John Lyons Independent
Patrick McKenna Farmers' Party
Patrick Shaw Cumann na nGaedheal
Louth Frank Aiken Republican
Peter Hughes Cumann na nGaedheal
James Murphy Cumann na nGaedheal
Mayo North Henry Coyle Cumann na nGaedheal
John Crowley Republican
Joseph McGrath Cumann na nGaedheal
P. J. Ruttledge Republican
Mayo South Michael Kilroy Republican
Joseph MacBride Cumann na nGaedheal
Tom Maguire Republican
Martin Nally Cumann na nGaedheal
William Sears Cumann na nGaedheal
Meath Eamonn Duggan Cumann na nGaedheal
David Hall Labour
Patrick Mulvany Farmers' Party
Monaghan Ernest Blythe Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick Duffy Cumann na nGaedheal
Patrick MacCarvill Republican
National University Michael Hayes[lower-alpha 3] Cumann na nGaedheal
Eoin MacNeill[lower-alpha 1] Cumann na nGaedheal
William Magennis Cumann na nGaedheal
Roscommon Gerald Boland Republican
Henry Finlay Cumann na nGaedheal
Andrew Lavin Cumann na nGaedheal
George Noble Plunkett Republican
Tipperary Dan Breen Republican
Séamus Burke Cumann na nGaedheal
Louis Dalton Cumann na nGaedheal
Michael Heffernan Farmers' Party
Seán McCurtin Cumann na nGaedheal
Daniel Morrissey Labour
Patrick Ryan Republican
Waterford Caitlín Brugha Republican
John Butler Labour
William Redmond Independent
Nicholas Wall Farmers' Party
Wexford Richard Corish Labour
Michael Doyle Farmers' Party
Osmond Esmonde Cumann na nGaedheal
Robert Lambert Republican
James Ryan Republican
Wicklow Christopher Byrne Cumann na nGaedheal
James Everett Labour
Richard Wilson Farmers' Party

Changes
Date Constituency Loss Gain Note
19 September 1923 Dublin South Cumann na nGaedheal   Michael Hayes resigns to sit for NUI[lower-alpha 3]
19 September 1923 National University Cumann na nGaedheal Ceann Comhairle Michael Hayes takes office as Ceann Comhairle[1]
9 October 1923 National University Cumann na nGaedheal   Eoin MacNeill resigns to sit for Clare[lower-alpha 1]
22 October 1923 Dublin South Cumann na nGaedheal   Death of Philip Cosgrave
27 October 1923 Dublin South   Cumann na nGaedheal Hugh Kennedy holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Hayes
3 November 1923 National University   Cumann na nGaedheal Patrick McGilligan holds the seat vacated by the resignation of MacNeill
20 November 1923 Dublin County Cumann na nGaedheal   Death of Michael Derham
10 January 1924 Limerick Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Richard Hayes[5]
12 March 1924 Dublin South   Cumann na nGaedheal James O'Mara holds the seat vacated by the death of Cosgrave
19 March 1924 Dublin County   Cumann na nGaedheal Batt O'Connor holds the seat vacated by the death of Derham
9 May 1924 Mayo North Cumann na nGaedheal   Disqualification of Henry Coyle[6]
28 May 1924 Limerick   Cumann na nGaedheal Richard O'Connell holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Hayes
5 June 1924 Dublin South Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Hugh Kennedy on appointment as Chief Justice[7]
20 July 1924 Cork East Cumann na nGaedheal   Death of Thomas O'Mahony (CnaG)
1 August 1924 Cork Borough Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Alfred O'Rahilly[8]
20 November 1924 Donegal Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Peter Ward[8]
18 November 1924 Cork East   Cumann na nGaedheal Michael Noonan holds the seat vacated by the death of O'Mahony
18 November 1924 Dublin South   Republican Seán Lemass gains the seat vacated by the resignation of Kennedy
18 November 1924 Mayo North   Republican John Madden gains the seat vacated by the disqualification of Coyle
19 November 1924 Cork Borough   Cumann na nGaedheal Michael Egan holds the seat vacated by the resignation of O'Rahilly
20 November 1924 Donegal   Cumann na nGaedheal Denis McCullough holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Ward
30 October 1924 Carlow–Kilkenny Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Seán Gibbons[9]
30 October 1924 Cavan Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Seán Milroy[9]
30 October 1924 Dublin North Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Francis Cahill[9]
30 October 1924 Dublin North Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Seán McGarry[9]
30 October 1924 Dublin South Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Daniel McCarthy[9]
30 October 1924 Leitrim–Sligo Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Thomas Carter[9]
30 October 1924 Leitrim–Sligo Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Alexander McCabe[9]
30 October 1924 Mayo North Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Joseph McGrath[9]
30 October 1924 Roscommon Cumann na nGaedheal   Resignation of Henry Finlay[9]
11 March 1925 Carlow–Kilkenny   Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Bolger holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Gibbons
11 March 1925 Cavan   Cumann na nGaedheal John Joe O'Reilly holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Milroy
11 March 1925 Dublin North   Cumann na nGaedheal Patrick Leonard holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Cahill
11 March 1925 Dublin North   Republican Oscar Traynor gains the seat vacated by the resignation of McGarry
11 March 1925 Dublin South   Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Hennessy holds the seat vacated by the resignation of McCarthy
11 March 1925 Leitrim–Sligo   Republican Samuel Holt gains the seat vacated by the resignation of Carter
11 March 1925 Leitrim–Sligo   Cumann na nGaedheal Martin Roddy holds the seat vacated by the resignation of McCabe
11 March 1925 Mayo North   Cumann na nGaedheal Michael Tierney holds the seat vacated by the resignation of McGrath
11 March 1925 Roscommon   Cumann na nGaedheal Martin Conlon holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Finlay
27 October 1926 Dublin County Independent   Death of Darrell Figgis
30 November 1925 Leix–Offaly Republican   Disqualification of Seán McGuinness[10]
25 January 1926 National University Cumann na nGaedheal Clann Éireann William Magennis joins new party Clann Éireann
25 January 1926 Galway Cumann na nGaedheal Clann Éireann Pádraic Ó Máille joins new party Clann Éireann
25 January 1926 Wicklow Cumann na nGaedheal Clann Éireann Christopher Byrne joins new party Clann Éireann
18 February 1926 Dublin County   Labour William Norton gains the seat vacated by the death of Figgis
18 February 1926 Leix–Offaly   Cumann na nGaedheal James Dwyer gains the seat vacated by the disqualification of McGuinness
16 May 1926 Clare Republican Fianna Fáil Éamon de Valera founds new party Fianna Fáil as party leader
16 May 1926 Louth Republican Fianna Fáil Frank Aiken joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Roscommon Republican Fianna Fáil Gerald Boland joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Leitrim–Sligo Republican Fianna Fáil Frank Carty joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Limerick Republican Fianna Fáil James Colbert joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Galway Republican Fianna Fáil Frank Fahy joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Leitrim–Sligo Republican Fianna Fáil Samuel Holt joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Longford–Westmeath Republican Fianna Fáil James Killane joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Mayo South Republican Fianna Fáil Michael Kilroy joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Dublin South Republican Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Monaghan Republican Fianna Fáil Patrick MacCarvill joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Dublin South Republican Fianna Fáil Constance Markievicz joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Kerry Republican Fianna Fáil Tom McEllistrim joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Dublin North Republican Fianna Fáil Seán T. O'Kelly joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Donegal Republican Fianna Fáil Joseph O'Doherty joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Dublin North Republican Fianna Fáil Seán T. O'Kelly joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Mayo North Republican Fianna Fáil P. J. Ruttledge joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Leitrim–Sligo Republican Fianna Fáil Frank Carty joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Wexford Republican Fianna Fáil James Ryan joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Carlow–Kilkenny Republican Fianna Fáil Michael Shelly joins new party Fianna Fáil
16 May 1926 Cavan Republican Fianna Fáil Patrick Smith joins new party Fianna Fáil
September 1926 Waterford Independent National League William Redmond joins the National League as founder member
September 1926 Galway Independent National League James Cosgrave joins the National League as founder member
19 January 1927 Limerick Cumann na nGaedheal   Death of James Ledden
25 January 1927 Tipperary Republican Independent Republican Dan Breen takes the Oath of Allegiance[11]
May 1927 Carlow–Kilkenny Farmers' Party Cumann na nGaedheal Denis Gorey selected as candidate for Cumann na nGaedheal.[12]

Footnotes
  1. Eoin MacNeill was elected for two constituencies; Clare and the National University. He chose to sit for Clare.[3]
  2. Andrew O'Shaughnessy and Richard Beamish were elected under the label of Cork Progressive Association, a group associated with the Businessmen's Party.
  3. Michael Hayes was elected for two constituencies; Dublin South and the National University. He chose to sit for the National University.[4]

References
  1. "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (4th Dáil) – Vol. 5 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 19 September 1923. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  2. "Find a TD – 4th Dáil". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  3. "Resignation – Dáil Éireann (4th Dáil) – Vol. 5 No. 4". Houses of the Oireachtas. 3 October 1923. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  4. "Fógra ó Theachta – Dáil Éireann (4th Dáil) – Vol. 5 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 19 September 1923. Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  5. "Deputy's Resignation – Dáil Éireann (4th Dáil) – Vol. 6 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 10 January 1924. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  6. "Deputy Convicted and Sentenced – Dáil Éireann (4th Dáil) – Vol. 6 No. 38". Houses of the Oireachtas. 9 April 1924. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. "Resignation of Attorney General – Dáil Éireann (4th Dáil) – Vol. 7 No. 20". Houses of the Oireachtas. 5 June 1924. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  8. "Resignation of Deputies – Dáil Éireann (4th Dáil) – Vol. 8 No. 21". Houses of the Oireachtas. 1 August 1924. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  9. "Resignation of Deputies – Dáil Éireann (4th Dáil) – Vol. 9 No. 6". Houses of the Oireachtas. 30 October 1924. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  10. "Deputy Imprisoned – Dáil Éireann (4th Dáil) – Vol. 13 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 3 November 1925. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  11. "Deputy Takes his Seat – Dáil Éireann (4th Dáil) – Vol. 18 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 25 January 1927. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  12. "Mr. D. Gorey chosen as a Government Candidate". The Irish Times. 16 May 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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