11th Dáil	(1943)
12th Dáil	(1944)
13th Dáil	(1948)
14th Dáil	(1951)
15th Dáil	(1954)

This is a list of members who were elected to the 13th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Teachtaí Dála (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 1948 general election and served until 1951. The 13th Dáil lasted 1,211 days.

As of 2009, Liam Cosgrave and William J. Murphy are the only surviving members of the 13th Dáil.

Contents 1 Composition of the 13th Dáil 2 TDs by constituency 3 Changes 4 See also

[edit] Composition of the 13th Dáil

Party		Feb. 1948	May 1951
	Fianna Fáil	67	66
•	Fine Gael	31	32
•	Labour Party	14	14
•	Clann na Poblachta	10	10
•	Clann na Talmhan	7	7
•	National Labour Party	5	5
	Independents	12	12
	Ceann Comhairle	1	1

Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (•)

[edit] TDs by constituency

The list of the 147 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by constituency.

Members of the 13th Dáil
Constituency	Name	Party
Carlow–Kilkenny	Patrick Crotty		Fine Gael
	Joseph Hughes		Fine Gael
	Thomas Derrig		Fianna Fáil
	James Pattison		National Labour Party
	Thomas Walsh		Fianna Fáil
Cavan	Patrick O'Reilly		Independent
	Michael Sheridan		Fianna Fáil
	Paddy Smith		Fianna Fáil
	John Tully		Clann na Poblachta
Clare	Thomas Burke		Independent
	Éamon de Valera		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Hogan		Labour Party
	Seán O'Grady		Fianna Fáil
Cork Borough	James Hickey		National Labour Party
	Jack Lynch		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick McGrath		Fianna Fáil
	Tom O'Higgins		Fine Gael
	Michael Sheehan		Independent
Cork East	Martin Corry		Fianna Fáil
	Seán Keane		Labour Party
	Patrick O'Gorman		Fine Gael
Cork North	Patrick Halliden		Clann na Talmhan
	Patrick McAuliffe		Labour Party
	Seán Moylan		Fianna Fáil
Cork South	Seán Buckley		Fianna Fáil
	Dan Desmond		Labour Party
	Patrick Lehane		Clann na Talmhan
Cork West	Seán Collins		Fine Gael
	Timothy J. Murphy		Labour Party
	Timothy O'Sullivan		Fianna Fáil
Donegal East	Neal Blaney		Fianna Fáil
	John Friel		Fianna Fáil
	Daniel McMenamin		Fine Gael
	William Sheldon		Independent
Donegal West	Brian Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Cormac Breslin		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Óg McFadden		Fine Gael
Dublin County	Patrick Burke		Fianna Fáil
	Seán Dunne		Labour Party
	Éamon Rooney		Fine Gael
Dublin North Central	Vivion de Valera		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick McGilligan		Fine Gael
	Martin O'Sullivan		Labour Party
Dublin North East	Jack Belton		Fine Gael
	Alfred Byrne		Independent
	Harry Colley		Fianna Fáil
	Peadar Cowan		Clann na Poblachta
	Oscar Traynor		Fianna Fáil
Dublin North West	Cormac Breathnach		Fianna Fáil
	Alfred P. Byrne		Independent
	Michael Fitzpatrick		Clann na Poblachta
Dublin South Central	Maurice E. Dockrell		Fine Gael
	James Larkin, Jnr		Labour Party
	Con Lehane		Clann na Poblachta
	Seán Lemass		Fianna Fáil
	John McCann		Fianna Fáil
Dublin South East	Noel Browne		Clann na Poblachta
	John A. Costello		Fine Gael
	Seán MacEntee		Fianna Fáil
Dublin South West	Robert Briscoe		Fianna Fáil
	Bernard Butler		Fianna Fáil
	Peadar Doyle		Fine Gael
	Seán MacBride		Clann na Poblachta
	Michael O'Higgins		Fine Gael
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown	Seán Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Joseph Brennan		Clann na Poblachta
	Liam Cosgrave		Fine Gael
Galway North	Michael Donnellan		Clann na Talmhan
	Mark Killilea, Snr		Fianna Fáil
	Michael F. Kitt		Fianna Fáil
Galway South	Patrick Beegan		Fianna Fáil
	Frank Fahy		Ceann Comhairle
	Robert Lahiffe		Fianna Fáil
Galway West	Gerald Bartley		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Lydon		Fianna Fáil
	Joseph Mongan		Fine Gael
Kerry North	Patrick Finucane		Clann na Talmhan
	Eamonn Kissane		Fianna Fáil
	Tom McEllistrim		Fianna Fáil
	Dan Spring		National Labour Party
Kerry South	Honor Crowley		Fianna Fáil
	John Flynn		Independent
	Patrick Palmer		Fine Gael
Kildare	Thomas Harris		Fianna Fáil
	William Norton		Labour Party
	Gerard Sweetman		Fine Gael
Leix–Offaly	Patrick Boland		Fianna Fáil
	William Davin		Labour Party
	Oliver J. Flanagan		Independent
	Patrick Gorry		Fianna Fáil
	Thomas F. O'Higgins		Fine Gael
Limerick East	Daniel Bourke		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Keyes		Labour Party
	James Reidy		Fine Gael
	Robert Ryan		Fianna Fáil
Limerick West	James Collins		Fianna Fáil
	David Madden		Fine Gael
	Donnchadh Ó Briain		Fianna Fáil
Longford–Westmeath	Thomas 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
	Roddy Connolly		Labour Party
Mayo North	Patrick Browne		Fine Gael
	James Kilroy		Fianna Fáil
	P. J. Ruttledge		Fianna Fáil
Mayo South	Joseph Blowick		Clann na Talmhan
	Bernard Commons		Clann na Talmhan
	Micheál Ó Móráin		Fianna Fáil
	Richard Walsh		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, Jnr		Clann na Talmhan
	Gerald Boland		Fianna Fáil
	Jack McQuillan		Clann na Poblachta
	Daniel O'Rourke		Fianna Fáil
Sligo–Leitrim	Stephen Flynn		Fianna Fáil
	Eugene Gilbride		Fianna Fáil
	Bernard Maguire		Independent
	Mary Reynolds		Fine Gael
	Joseph Roddy		Fine Gael
Tipperary North	Patrick Kinane		Clann na Poblachta
	Daniel Morrissey		Fine Gael
	Mary Ryan		Fianna Fáil
Tipperary South	Dan Breen		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Davern		Fianna Fáil
	Richard Mulcahy		Fine Gael
	John Timoney		Clann na Poblachta
Waterford	Thomas Kyne		Labour Party
	Patrick Little		Fianna Fáil
	John Ormonde		Fianna Fáil
	Bridget Redmond		Fine Gael
Wexford	Denis Allen		Fianna Fáil
	Brendan Corish		Labour Party
	John Esmonde		Fine Gael
	John O'Leary		National Labour Party
	James Ryan		Fianna Fáil
Wicklow	Thomas Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Cogan		Independent
	James Everett		National Labour Party

[edit] Changes

Date	Constituency		Gain		Loss	Note
1948-12-07 7 December 1948	Donegal East		Fianna Fáil		Fianna Fáil	Neil Blaney (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Neal Blaney (FF)
1949-06-15 15 June 1949	Cork West		Labour Party		Labour Party	William J. Murphy (Lab) holds the seat vacated by the death of Timothy J. Murphy (Lab)
1949-11-16 16 November 1949	Donegal West		Fine Gael		Fianna Fáil	Patrick O'Donnell (FG) wins the seat vacated by the death of Brian Brady (FF)

[edit] See also

• Government of the 13th Dáil
• Parliamentary Secretaries of the 13th Dáil
• Members of the 6th Seanad
• Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland

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