| 8th Dáil Éireann | |||||||||||
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| Legislative body | Dáil Éireann | ||||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Irish Free State | ||||||||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||||||
| Term | 8 February 1933 – 14 June 1937 | ||||||||||
| Election | 1933 general election | ||||||||||
| Government | Government of the 8th Dáil | ||||||||||
| Members | 153 | ||||||||||
| Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy | ||||||||||
| President of the Executive Council | Éamon de Valera | ||||||||||
| Vice-President of the Executive Council | Seán T. O'Kelly | ||||||||||
| Chief Whip | Patrick Little | ||||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | W. T. Cosgrave | ||||||||||
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This is a list of members who were elected to the 8th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State. These TDs (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 1933 general election on 24 January 1933 and met on 8 February 1933. The 8th Dáil was dissolved on 14 June 1937. The 8th Dáil lasted 1,619 days.
Composition of the 8th Dáil
| Party | Jan. 1933 | July 1937 | |
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| • | Fianna Fáil | 76 | 79 |
| Cumann na nGaedheal[1] | 48 | 0 | |
| National Centre Party[1] | 11 | 0 | |
| Fine Gael[1] | 0 | 56 | |
| Labour Party | 8 | 8 | |
| Independent | 9 | 9 | |
| Ceann Comhairle | 1 | 1 | |
Government party denoted with bullet (•)
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 8th Dáil from February 1933.
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- Note that this was not the official seating plan.
TDs by constituency
The list of the 153 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
| Members of the 8th Dáil | |||
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| Constituency | Name | Party | |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Desmond FitzGerald | Cumann na nGaedheal | |
| Seán Gibbons | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Richard Holohan | National Centre Party | ||
| Thomas Derrig | Fianna Fáil | ||
| James Pattison | Labour | ||
| Cavan | Patrick McGovern | National Centre Party | |
| John Joe O'Reilly | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Michael Sheridan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Paddy Smith | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Clare | Patrick Burke | Cumann na nGaedheal | |
| Éamon de Valera | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Patrick Hogan | Labour | ||
| Patrick Houlihan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Seán O'Grady | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Cork Borough | Richard Anthony | Independent | |
| W. T. Cosgrave | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| William Desmond | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Thomas Dowdall | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Hugo Flinn | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Cork East | William Broderick | Cumann na nGaedheal | |
| Martin Corry | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Patrick Daly | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| William Kent | National Centre Party | ||
| Patrick Murphy | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Cork North | Daniel Corkery | Fianna Fáil | |
| Seán Moylan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Daniel O'Leary | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Cork West | James Burke | Cumann na nGaedheal | |
| Tom Hales | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Timothy J. Murphy | Labour | ||
| Timothy O'Donovan | National Centre Party | ||
| Eamonn O'Neill | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Donegal | Neal Blaney | Fianna Fáil | |
| Brian Brady | Fianna Fáil | ||
| James Dillon | National Centre Party | ||
| Hugh Doherty | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Michael Óg McFadden | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Daniel McMenamin | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| James Myles | Independent | ||
| Joseph O'Doherty | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Dublin County | John A. Costello | Cumann na nGaedheal | |
| Seán Brady | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Henry Dockrell | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| John Good | Independent | ||
| Seán MacEntee | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Batt O'Connor | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Gearóid O'Sullivan | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Margaret Mary Pearse | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Dublin North | Patrick Belton | Cumann na nGaedheal | |
| Cormac Breathnach | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Alfie Byrne | Independent | ||
| Eamonn Cooney | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Richard Mulcahy | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Seán T. O'Kelly | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Vincent Rice | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Oscar Traynor | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Dublin South | James Beckett | Cumann na nGaedheal | |
| Robert Briscoe | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Peadar Doyle | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Thomas Kelly | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Seán Lemass | Fianna Fáil | ||
| James Lynch | Fianna Fáil | ||
| James McGuire | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Dublin University | Ernest Alton | Independent | |
| James Craig | Independent | ||
| William Thrift | Independent | ||
| Galway | Gerald Bartley | Fianna Fáil | |
| Patrick Beegan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Seán Broderick | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Frank Fahy | Ceann Comhairle | ||
| Patrick Hogan | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Stephen Jordan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Séamus Keely | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Mark Killilea Snr | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Martin McDonogh | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Kerry | Frederick Crowley | Fianna Fáil | |
| John Flynn | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Eamonn Kissane | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Fionán Lynch | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Tom McEllistrim | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Denis Daly | Fianna Fáil | ||
| John O'Sullivan | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Kildare | Thomas Harris | Fianna Fáil | |
| Sydney Minch | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| William Norton | Labour | ||
| Leitrim–Sligo | William Browne | Fianna Fáil | |
| Frank Carty | Fianna Fáil | ||
| James Dolan | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Stephen Flynn | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Bernard Maguire | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Martin Roddy | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Patrick Rogers | National Centre Party | ||
| Leix–Offaly | Patrick Boland | Fianna Fáil | |
| William Davin | Labour | ||
| Eamon Donnelly | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Jack Finlay | National Centre Party | ||
| Thomas F. O'Higgins | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Limerick | George C. Bennett | Cumann na nGaedheal | |
| Daniel Bourke | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Tadhg Crowley | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Michael Keyes | Labour | ||
| Donnchadh Ó Briain | Fianna Fáil | ||
| James Reidy | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Robert Ryan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Longford–Westmeath | Charles Fagan | National Centre Party | |
| James Geoghegan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Michael Kennedy | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Seán Mac Eoin | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| James Victory | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Louth | Frank Aiken | Fianna Fáil | |
| James Coburn | Independent | ||
| James Murphy | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Mayo North | Micheál Clery | Fianna Fáil | |
| Michael Davis | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| James Morrisroe | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| P. J. Ruttledge | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Mayo South | James FitzGerald-Kenney | Cumann na nGaedheal | |
| Michael Kilroy | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Edward Moane | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Martin Nally | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Richard Walsh | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Meath | Robert Davitt | Cumann na nGaedheal | |
| James Kelly | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Matthew O'Reilly | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Monaghan | Alexander Haslett | Independent | |
| Eamon Rice | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Conn Ward | Fianna Fáil | ||
| National University of Ireland | Helena Concannon | Fianna Fáil | |
| Conor Maguire | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Patrick McGilligan | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Roscommon | Michael Brennan | Cumann na nGaedheal | |
| Gerald Boland | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Frank MacDermot | National Centre Party | ||
| Patrick O'Dowd | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Tipperary | Dan Breen | Fianna Fáil | |
| Séamus Burke | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Richard Curran | National Centre Party | ||
| Andrew Fogarty | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Seán Hayes | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Daniel Morrissey | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Martin Ryan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Waterford | Seán Goulding | Fianna Fáil | |
| Patrick Little | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Bridget Redmond | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Nicholas Wall | National Centre Party | ||
| Wexford | Richard Corish | Labour | |
| Osmond Esmonde | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| John Keating | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
| Patrick Kehoe | Fianna Fáil | ||
| James Ryan | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Wicklow | James Everett | Labour | |
| Séamus Moore | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Dermot O'Mahony | Cumann na nGaedheal | ||
Changes
| Date | Constituency | Gain | Loss | Note | ||
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| 13 October 1933 | Dublin University | Independent | Independent | Robert Rowlette (Ind) wins the seat vacated by the death of James Craig (Ind) | ||
| 17 June 1935 | Dublin County | Fine Gael | Fine Gael | Cecil Lavery (FG) holds the seat vacated by the death of Batt O'Connor (FG) | ||
| 19 June 1935 | Galway | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Eamon Corbett (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of Martin McDonogh (FG) | ||
| 13 August 1936 | Galway | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Martin Neilan (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of Patrick Hogan (FG) | ||
| 17 August 1936 | Wexford | Fianna Fáil | Fine Gael | Denis Allen (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of Osmond Esmonde (FG)
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See also
- Government of the 8th Dáil
- Parliamentary Secretaries of the 8th Dáil
- Dáil constituencies
References
- ^ a b c On 8 September 1933 Cumann na nGaedheal and the National Centre Party, along with the Army Comrades Association (Blueshirts) merged to form Fine Gael.