The 10th Dáil was elected at the 1938 general election on 17 June 1938 and first met on 30 June 1938. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 3rd Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

10th Dáil
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Overview
Legislative bodyDáil Éireann
JurisdictionIreland
Meeting placeLeinster House
Term30 June 1938 – 26 June 1943
Election1938 general election
Government2nd government of Ireland
Members138
Ceann ComhairleFrank Fahy
TaoiseachÉamon de Valera
TánaisteSeán T. O'Kelly
Chief WhipPaddy Smith
Patrick Little
until 26 September 1939
Leader of the OppositionW. T. Cosgrave
Sessions
1st30 June 1938 – 21 July 1938
2nd26 October 1938 – 1 August 1939
3rd2 September 1939 – 7 August 1940
4th2 October 1940 – 24 July 1941
5th17 September 1941 – 17 July 1942
6th14 October 1942 – 26 May 1943

The 10th Dáil is the longest serving Dáil, lasting 1,823 days. The Dáil adjourned on 26 May 1943 and on 31 May President Douglas Hyde called a general election for 17 June at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. Exceptionally, the outgoing Dáil was not dissolved until 26 June, after the election.[1] Although the Constitution requires the President to dissolve the Dáil before a general election, this procedure was overridden by the General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943.[2][3] The act, which would have been unconstitutional if not for the state of emergency in effect during World War II, was intended to increase national security by minimising the interval during which no Dáil was in existence.[3]

Composition of the 10th Dáil

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Party June 1938 June 1943
Fianna Fáil 77 72
Fine Gael 45 41
Labour 9 9
Independent 7 8
Ceann Comhairle 1
Vacant 7

Government party denoted with bullet ()

Graphical representation

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This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 10th Dáil from June 1938. This was not the official seating plan.

 

Ceann Comhairle

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On 30 June 1938, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Donnchadh Ó Briain for the position, and was elected without a vote.[4]

TDs by constituency

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The list of the 138 TDs by Dáil constituency.[5]

Members of the 10th Dáil
Constituency Name Party
Athlone–Longford Erskine H. Childers Fianna Fáil
Seán Mac Eoin Fine Gael
James Victory Fianna Fáil
Carlow–Kildare Thomas Harris Fianna Fáil
James Hughes Fine Gael
Francis Humphreys Fianna Fáil
William Norton Labour
Cavan John James Cole Independent
Patrick McGovern Fine Gael
Michael Sheridan Fianna Fáil
Paddy Smith Fianna Fáil
Clare Patrick Burke Fine Gael
Thomas Burke Independent
Éamon de Valera Fianna Fáil
Seán O'Grady Fianna Fáil
Peter O'Loghlen Fianna Fáil
Cork Borough W. T. Cosgrave Fine Gael
Thomas Dowdall Fianna Fáil
Hugo Flinn Fianna Fáil
James Hickey Labour
Cork North Patrick Daly Fine Gael
Timothy Linehan Fine Gael
Con Meaney Fianna Fáil
Seán Moylan Fianna Fáil
Cork South-East Brook Brasier Fine Gael
Martin Corry Fianna Fáil
Jeremiah Hurley Labour
Cork West Seán Buckley Fianna Fáil
Timothy J. Murphy Labour
Timothy O'Donovan Fine Gael
Eamonn O'Neill Fine Gael
Timothy O'Sullivan Fianna Fáil
Donegal East John Friel Fianna Fáil
Henry McDevitt Fianna Fáil
Daniel McMenamin Fine Gael
James Myles Independent
Donegal West Brian Brady Fianna Fáil
Cormac Breslin Fianna Fáil
Michael Óg McFadden Fine Gael
Dublin South James Beckett Fine Gael
Robert Briscoe Fianna Fáil
Peadar Doyle Fine Gael
Joseph Hannigan Independent
Seán Lemass Fianna Fáil
James Lynch Fianna Fáil
Thomas Kelly Fianna Fáil
Dublin County Patrick Belton Fine Gael
Seán Brady Fianna Fáil
Patrick Fogarty Fianna Fáil
Henry Dockrell Fine Gael
Thomas Mullen Fianna Fáil
Dublin North-East Alfie Byrne Independent
Richard Mulcahy Fine Gael
Oscar Traynor Fianna Fáil
Dublin North-West Cormac Breathnach Fianna Fáil
A. P. Byrne Independent
Eamonn Cooney Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGilligan Fine Gael
Seán T. O'Kelly Fianna Fáil
Dublin Townships Ernest Benson Fine Gael
John A. Costello Fine Gael
Seán MacEntee Fianna Fáil
Galway East Patrick Beegan Fianna Fáil
Seán Broderick Fine Gael
Frank Fahy Fianna Fáil
Mark Killilea Snr Fianna Fáil
Galway West Gerald Bartley Fianna Fáil
Joseph Mongan Fine Gael
Seán Tubridy Fianna Fáil
Kerry North Stephen Fuller Fianna Fáil
Eamon Kissane Fianna Fáil
Tom McEllistrim Fianna Fáil
John O'Sullivan Fine Gael
Kerry South Frederick Crowley Fianna Fáil
John Flynn Fianna Fáil
Fionán Lynch Fine Gael
Kilkenny Denis Gorey Fine Gael
Thomas Derrig Fianna Fáil
James Pattison Labour
Leitrim Stephen Flynn Fianna Fáil
Bernard Maguire Fianna Fáil
Mary Reynolds Fine Gael
Leix–Offaly Patrick Boland Fianna Fáil
William Davin Labour
Patrick Gorry Fianna Fáil
Daniel Hogan Fianna Fáil
Thomas F. O'Higgins Fine Gael
Limerick George C. Bennett Fine Gael
Daniel Bourke Fianna Fáil
Tadhg Crowley Fianna Fáil
Michael Keyes Labour
Donnchadh Ó Briain Fianna Fáil
James Reidy Fine Gael
Robert Ryan Fianna Fáil
Louth Frank Aiken Fianna Fáil
James Coburn Fine Gael
Laurence Walsh Fianna Fáil
Mayo North Patrick Browne Fine Gael
John Munnelly Fianna Fáil
P. J. Ruttledge Fianna Fáil
Mayo South Micheál Clery Fianna Fáil
James FitzGerald-Kenney Fine Gael
Martin Nally Fine Gael
Mícheál Ó Móráin Fianna Fáil
Richard Walsh Fianna Fáil
Meath–Westmeath Charles Fagan Fine Gael
Patrick Giles Fine Gael
James Kelly Fianna Fáil
Michael Kennedy Fianna Fáil
Matthew O'Reilly Fianna Fáil
Monaghan James Dillon Fine Gael
Bridget Rice Fianna Fáil
Conn Ward Fianna Fáil
Roscommon Michael Brennan Fine Gael
Gerald Boland Fianna Fáil
Daniel O'Rourke Fianna Fáil
Sligo Martin Brennan Fianna Fáil
Frank Carty Fianna Fáil
Patrick Rogers Fine Gael
Tipperary Dan Breen Fianna Fáil
Richard Curran Fine Gael
Andrew Fogarty Fianna Fáil
Frank Loughman Fianna Fáil
Daniel Morrissey Fine Gael
Jeremiah Ryan Fine Gael
Martin Ryan Fianna Fáil
Waterford William Broderick Fine Gael
Patrick Little Fianna Fáil
Michael Morrissey Fianna Fáil
Bridget Redmond Fine Gael
Wexford Denis Allen Fianna Fáil
Richard Corish Labour
John Esmonde Fine Gael
John Keating Fine Gael
James Ryan Fianna Fáil
Wicklow Patrick Cogan Independent
James Everett Labour
Séamus Moore Fianna Fáil

Changes

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Date Constituency Loss Gain Note
30 June 1938 Galway East Fianna Fáil Ceann Comhairle Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle[4]
19 December 1938 Dublin South Fine Gael   Death of James Beckett (FG)
6 June 1939 Dublin South   Fianna Fáil John McCann (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of Beckett (FG)
15 July 1939 Galway West Fianna Fáil   Death of Seán Tubridy (FF)
1939 Dublin South Independent Labour Joseph Hannigan (Ind) joins Labour
20 February 1940 Kilkenny Fine Gael   Death of Denis Gorey[6]
30 May 1940 Galway West   Fianna Fáil John J. Keane (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of Tubridy (FF)
14 June 1940 Wicklow Fianna Fáil   Death of Séamus Moore[7]
31 August 1940 Cork South-East Fine Gael   Death of Brook Brasier[8]
18 October 1941 Mayo North Fianna Fáil   Death of John Munnelly[9]
7 April 1942 Cork Borough Fianna Fáil   Death of Thomas Dowdall[10]
20 April 1942 Dublin South Fianna Fáil   Death of Thomas Kelly[11]
10 September 1942 Sligo Fianna Fáil   Death of Frank Carty[12]
1942 Monaghan Fine Gael Independent James Dillon (FG) resigns from party in opposition to Irish neutrality in World War II
28 January 1943 Cork Borough Fianna Fáil   Death of Hugo Flinn[13]
2 February 1943 Cork South-East Labour   Death of Jeremiah Hurley[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Mr. de Valera to be Taoiseach". The Irish Times. p. 1.
  2. ^ "Constitution of Ireland". Irish Statute Book. Article 16.3. Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2018.; General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943 (No. 11 of 1943). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 27 March 2018.; "The General Election: Announcement by Taoiseach – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)". 26 May 1943. pp. Vol.90 No.5 p.19 c.562. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022. the Dáil will rise to–day. ... It is my intention to advise the President so that on the 31st May he may issue his direction for the holding of a general election. His proclamation may be issued on the 31st May. ... the 22nd June will be the polling day and then the outgoing Dáil, the present Dáil, would have to be dissolved not later than 8th July. The House is aware that it will be dissolved as soon as the Clerk of the Dáil is able to inform us that he has got returns for all the writs.
  3. ^ a b "General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Bill, 1943—Second Stage – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)". Dáil Éireann debates. Oireachtas. 14 April 1943. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil) – Vol. 72 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 30 June 1938. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  5. ^ "TDs & Senators (10th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Death of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 21 February 1940. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Death of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 19 June 1940. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Death of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 2 October 1940. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Bás an Teachta Seán ó Muinghile – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 29 October 1941. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Death of Deputy T.P. Dowdall – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 14 April 1942. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Death of Deputy T. Kelly – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 21 April 1942. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Death of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 14 October 1942. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Death of Two Deputies – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 3 February 1943. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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