21st Dáil	(1977)
22nd Dáil	(1981)
23rd Dáil	(Feb. 1982)
24th Dáil	(Nov. 1982)
25th Dáil	(1987)

This is a list of members who were elected to the 23rd Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Teachtaí Dála (Members of Parliament) were elected at the February 1982 general election and served until November 1982. The 23rd Dáil is the third shortest Dáil in history, lasting 279 days.

Contents 1 Composition of the 23rd Dáil 2 TDs by constituency 3 Changes 4 See also

[edit] Composition of the 23rd Dáil

Party		Feb. 1982
•	Fianna Fáil	81
	Fine Gael	63
	Labour Party	15
	Sinn Féin the Workers Party	3
	Independents	3
	Ceann Comhairle	1

Government party denoted with bullet (•)

[edit] TDs by constituency

The list of the 166 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by constituency.

Members of the 23rd Dáil
Constituency	Name	Party
Carlow–Kilkenny	Liam Aylward		Fianna Fáil
	Kieran Crotty		Fine Gael
	Jim Gibbons		Fianna Fáil
	Desmond Governey		Fine Gael
	Séamus Pattison		Labour Party
Cavan–Monaghan	John Conlan		Fine Gael
	Tom Fitzpatrick		Fine Gael
	Jimmy Leonard		Fianna Fáil
	Rory O'Hanlon		Fianna Fáil
	John Wilson		Fianna Fáil
Clare	Sylvester Barrett		Fianna Fáil
	Donal Carey		Fine Gael
	Brendan Daly		Fianna Fáil
	Bill Loughnane		Fianna Fáil
Cork East	Michael Ahern		Fianna Fáil
	Myra Barry		Fine Gael
	Patrick Hegarty		Fine Gael
	Joe Sherlock		Sinn Féin (Workers Party)
Cork North Central	Bernard Allen		Fine Gael
	Liam Burke		Fine Gael
	Seán French		Fianna Fáil
	Denis Lyons		Fianna Fáil
	Toddy O'Sullivan		Labour Party
Cork North West	Donal Creed		Fine Gael
	Frank Crowley		Fine Gael
	Thomas Meaney		Fianna Fáil
Cork South Central	Peter Barry		Fine Gael
	Jim Corr		Fine Gael
	Eileen Desmond		Labour Party
	Gene Fitzgerald		Fianna Fáil
	Pearse Wyse		Fianna Fáil
Cork South West	Jim O'Keeffe		Fine Gael
	P. J. Sheehan		Fine Gael
	Joe Walsh		Fianna Fáil
Donegal North East	Neil Blaney		Independent Fianna Fáil
	Hugh Conaghan		Fianna Fáil
	Paddy Harte		Fine Gael
Donegal South West	Clement Coughlan		Fianna Fáil
	Pat "the Cope" Gallagher		Fianna Fáil
	Dinny McGinley		Fine Gael
Dublin Central	Bertie Ahern		Fianna Fáil
	George Colley		Fianna Fáil
	Tony Gregory		Independent
	Michael Keating		Fine Gael
	Michael O'Leary		Labour Party
Dublin North	John Boland		Fine Gael
	Ray Burke		Fianna Fáil
	Nora Owen		Fine Gael
Dublin North Central	George Birmingham		Fine Gael
	Vincent Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Richard Bruton		Fine Gael
	Charles Haughey		Fianna Fáil
Dublin North East	Ned Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Joe Cosgrave		Fine Gael
	Maurice Manning		Fine Gael
	Michael Woods		Fianna Fáil
Dublin North West	Michael Barrett		Fianna Fáil
	Proinsias De Rossa		Sinn Féin (Workers Party)
	Mary Flaherty		Fine Gael
	Jim Tunney		Fianna Fáil
Dublin South	Niall Andrews		Fianna Fáil
	Séamus Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	Nuala Fennell		Fine Gael
	John Kelly		Fine Gael
	Alan Shatter		Fine Gael
Dublin South Central	Ben Briscoe		Fianna Fáil
	Frank Cluskey		Labour Party
	Tom Fitzpatrick		Fianna Fáil
	Gay Mitchell		Fine Gael
	John O'Connell		Ceann Comhairle
Dublin South East	Gerard Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Alexis FitzGerald		Fine Gael
	Garret FitzGerald		Fine Gael
	Ruairi Quinn		Labour Party
Dublin South West	Mary Harney		Fianna Fáil
	Larry McMahon		Fine Gael
	Mervyn Taylor		Labour Party
	Seán Walsh		Fianna Fáil
Dublin West	Richard Burke		Fine Gael
	Brian Fleming		Fine Gael
	Liam Lawlor		Fianna Fáil
	Brian Lenihan		Fianna Fáil
	Jim Mitchell		Fine Gael
Dún Laoghaire	David Andrews		Fianna Fáil
	Seán Barrett		Fine Gael
	Liam T. Cosgrave		Fine Gael
	Barry Desmond		Labour Party
	Martin O'Donoghue		Fianna Fáil
Galway East	Johnny Callanan		Fianna Fáil
	Paul Connaughton		Fine Gael
	Michael P. Kitt		Fianna Fáil
Galway West	John Donnellan		Fine Gael
	Frank Fahey		Fianna Fáil
	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn		Fianna Fáil
	Michael D. Higgins		Labour Party
	Bobby Molloy		Fianna Fáil
Kerry North	Denis Foley		Fianna Fáil
	Tom McEllistrim		Fianna Fáil
	Dick Spring		Labour Party
Kerry South	Michael Begley		Fine Gael
	Michael Moynihan		Labour Party
	John O'Leary		Fianna Fáil
Kildare	Joseph Bermingham		Labour Party
	Gerry Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Alan Dukes		Fine Gael
	Charlie McCreevy		Fianna Fáil
	Paddy Power		Fianna Fáil
Laois–Offaly	Ger Connolly		Fianna Fáil
	Bernard Cowen		Fianna Fáil
	Tom Enright		Fine Gael
	Oliver J. Flanagan		Fine Gael
	Liam Hyland		Fianna Fáil
Limerick East	Jim Kemmy		Independent
	Michael Noonan		Fine Gael
	Willie O'Dea		Fianna Fáil
	Tom O'Donnell		Fine Gael
	Desmond O'Malley		Fianna Fáil
Limerick West	Gerry Collins		Fianna Fáil
	Michael J. Noonan		Fianna Fáil
	William O'Brien		Fine Gael
Longford–Westmeath	Patrick Cooney		Fine Gael
	Seán Keegan		Fianna Fáil
	Gerry L'Estrange		Fine Gael
	Albert Reynolds		Fianna Fáil
Louth	Thomas Bellew		Fianna Fáil
	Pádraig Faulkner		Fianna Fáil
	Eddie Filgate		Fianna Fáil
	Bernard Markey		Fine Gael
Mayo East	Seán Calleary		Fianna Fáil
	P. J. Morley		Fianna Fáil
	Paddy O'Toole		Fine Gael
Mayo West	Pádraig Flynn		Fianna Fáil
	Denis Gallagher		Fianna Fáil
	Enda Kenny		Fine Gael
Meath	John Bruton		Fine Gael
	John Farrelly		Fine Gael
	Jim Fitzsimons		Fianna Fáil
	Colm Hilliard		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Lynch		Fianna Fáil
Roscommon	Seán Doherty		Fianna Fáil
	Terry Leyden		Fianna Fáil
	Liam Naughten		Fine Gael
Sligo–Leitrim	Matt Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	John Ellis		Fianna Fáil
	Ray MacSharry		Fianna Fáil
	Ted Nealon		Fine Gael
Tipperary North	David Molony		Fine Gael
	Michael O'Kennedy		Fianna Fáil
	John Ryan		Labour Party
Tipperary South	Seán Byrne		Fianna Fáil
	Brendan Griffin		Fine Gael
	Seán McCarthy		Fianna Fáil
	Seán Treacy		Labour Party
Waterford	Edward Collins		Fine Gael
	Austin Deasy		Fine Gael
	Jackie Fahey		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Gallagher		Sinn Féin (Workers Party)
Wexford	Lorcan Allen		Fianna Fáil
	Seán Browne		Fianna Fáil
	Hugh Byrne		Fianna Fáil
	Michael D'Arcy		Fine Gael
	Ivan Yates		Fine Gael
Wicklow	Gemma Hussey		Fine Gael
	Liam Kavanagh		Labour Party
	Ciarán Murphy		Fianna Fáil
	Godfrey Timmins		Fine Gael

[edit] Changes

Date	Constituency		Gain		Loss	Note
1982-05-25 25 May 1982	Dublin West		Fine Gael		Fine Gael	Liam Skelly (FG) holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Richard Burke (FG)
1982-07-20 20 July 1982	Galway East		Fianna Fáil		Fianna Fáil	Noel Treacy (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of Johnny Callanan (FF)

[edit] See also

• Government of the 23rd Dáil
• Ministers of State of the 23rd Dáil
• Members of the 16th Seanad
• Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland

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