The 8th Dáil was elected at the 1933 general election on 24 January 1933 and met on 8 February 1933. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. From 29 May 1936, it was the sole house of the Oireachtas, after the disbandment of Seanad Éireann. The 8th Dáil was dissolved on 14 June 1937. The 8th Dáil lasted 1,588 days.
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Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 8th Dáil
April 27, 2024
dáil, elected, 1933, general, election, january, 1933, february, 1933, members, dáil, Éireann, house, representatives, oireachtas, legislature, irish, free, state, known, from, 1936, sole, house, oireachtas, after, disbandment, seanad, Éireann, dissolved, june. The 8th Dail was elected at the 1933 general election on 24 January 1933 and met on 8 February 1933 The members of Dail Eireann the house of representatives of the Oireachtas legislature of the Irish Free State are known as TDs From 29 May 1936 it was the sole house of the Oireachtas after the disbandment of Seanad Eireann The 8th Dail was dissolved on 14 June 1937 The 8th Dail lasted 1 588 days 8th Dail 7th Dail 9th Dail OverviewLegislative bodyDail EireannJurisdictionIrish Free StateMeeting placeLeinster HouseTerm8 February 1933 14 June 1937Election1933 general electionGovernment7th executive councilMembers153Ceann ComhairleFrank FahyPresident of the Executive CouncilEamon de ValeraVice President of the Executive CouncilSean T O KellyChief WhipPatrick LittleLeader of the OppositionW T CosgraveSessions1st8 February 1933 9 August 19332nd27 September 1933 10 August 19343rd12 September 1934 25 July 19354th30 October 1935 13 August 19365th4 November 1936 14 June 1937 Contents 1 Composition of the 8th Dail 1 1 Graphical representation 2 Ceann Comhairle 3 TDs by constituency 3 1 Changes 4 Footnotes 5 References 6 External linksComposition of the 8th Dail editParty Jan 1933 June 1937 Fianna Fail 77 78 Cumann na nGaedheal a 48 National Centre Party a 11 Labour 8 8 Independent 9 10 Ceann Comhairle 1 Fine Gael a 52 Vacant 2 Total 153 Fianna Fail denoted with a bullet formed the 7th executive council of the Irish Free State Graphical representation edit This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 8th Dail from February 1933 This was not the official seating plan nbsp Ceann Comhairle editOn 8 February 1933 Frank Fahy FF who had served as Ceann Comhairle in the previous Dail was proposed by Eamon de Valera and seconded by William Norton for the position and was elected without a vote 1 TDs by constituency editThe list of the 153 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dail constituency 2 Members of the 8th Dail Constituency Name Party Carlow Kilkenny Desmond FitzGerald Cumann na nGaedheal Sean Gibbons Fianna Fail Richard Holohan National Centre Party Thomas Derrig Fianna Fail James Pattison Labour Cavan Patrick McGovern National Centre Party John Joe O Reilly Cumann na nGaedheal Michael Sheridan Fianna Fail Paddy Smith Fianna Fail Clare Patrick Burke Cumann na nGaedheal Eamon de Valera Fianna Fail Patrick Hogan Labour Patrick Houlihan Fianna Fail Sean O Grady Fianna Fail Cork Borough Richard Anthony Independent W T Cosgrave Cumann na nGaedheal William Desmond Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Dowdall Fianna Fail Hugo Flinn Fianna Fail Cork East William Broderick Cumann na nGaedheal Martin Corry Fianna Fail Patrick Daly Cumann na nGaedheal William Kent National Centre Party Patrick Murphy Fianna Fail Cork North Daniel Corkery Fianna Fail Sean Moylan Fianna Fail Daniel O Leary Cumann na nGaedheal Cork West James Burke Cumann na nGaedheal Tom Hales Fianna Fail Timothy J Murphy Labour Timothy O Donovan National Centre Party Eamonn O Neill Cumann na nGaedheal Donegal Neal Blaney Fianna Fail Brian Brady Fianna Fail James Dillon National Centre Party Hugh Doherty Fianna Fail Michael og McFadden Cumann na nGaedheal Daniel McMenamin Cumann na nGaedheal James Myles Independent Joseph O Doherty Fianna Fail Dublin North Patrick Belton Cumann na nGaedheal Cormac Breathnach Fianna Fail Alfie Byrne Independent Eamonn Cooney Fianna Fail Richard Mulcahy Cumann na nGaedheal Sean T O Kelly Fianna Fail Vincent Rice Cumann na nGaedheal Oscar Traynor Fianna Fail Dublin South James Beckett Cumann na nGaedheal Robert Briscoe Fianna Fail Peadar Doyle Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Kelly Fianna Fail Sean Lemass Fianna Fail James Lynch Fianna Fail James McGuire Cumann na nGaedheal Dublin County John A Costello Cumann na nGaedheal Sean Brady Fianna Fail Henry Dockrell Cumann na nGaedheal John Good Independent Sean MacEntee Fianna Fail Batt O Connor Cumann na nGaedheal Gearoid O Sullivan Cumann na nGaedheal Margaret Mary Pearse Fianna Fail Dublin University Ernest Alton Independent James Craig Independent William Thrift Independent Galway Gerald Bartley Fianna Fail Patrick Beegan Fianna Fail Sean Broderick Cumann na nGaedheal Frank Fahy Fianna Fail Patrick Hogan Cumann na nGaedheal Stephen Jordan Fianna Fail Seamus Keely Fianna Fail Mark Killilea Snr Fianna Fail Martin McDonogh Cumann na nGaedheal Kerry Frederick Crowley Fianna Fail John Flynn Fianna Fail Eamon Kissane Fianna Fail Fionan Lynch Cumann na nGaedheal Tom McEllistrim Fianna Fail Denis Daly Fianna Fail John O Sullivan Cumann na nGaedheal Kildare Thomas Harris Fianna Fail Sydney Minch Cumann na nGaedheal William Norton Labour Leitrim Sligo William Browne Fianna Fail Frank Carty Fianna Fail James Dolan Cumann na nGaedheal Stephen Flynn Fianna Fail Bernard Maguire Fianna Fail Martin Roddy Cumann na nGaedheal Patrick Rogers National Centre Party Leix Offaly Patrick Boland Fianna Fail William Davin Labour Eamon Donnelly Fianna Fail Jack Finlay National Centre Party Thomas F O Higgins Cumann na nGaedheal Limerick George C Bennett Cumann na nGaedheal Daniel Bourke Fianna Fail Tadhg Crowley Fianna Fail Michael Keyes Labour Donnchadh o Briain Fianna Fail James Reidy Cumann na nGaedheal Robert Ryan Fianna Fail Longford Westmeath Charles Fagan National Centre Party James Geoghegan Fianna Fail Michael Kennedy Fianna Fail Sean Mac Eoin Cumann na nGaedheal James Victory Fianna Fail Louth Frank Aiken Fianna Fail James Coburn Independent James Murphy Cumann na nGaedheal Mayo North Micheal Clery Fianna Fail Michael Davis Cumann na nGaedheal James Morrisroe Cumann na nGaedheal P J Ruttledge Fianna Fail Mayo South James FitzGerald Kenney Cumann na nGaedheal Michael Kilroy Fianna Fail Edward Moane Fianna Fail Martin Nally Cumann na nGaedheal Richard Walsh Fianna Fail Meath Robert Davitt Cumann na nGaedheal James Kelly Fianna Fail Matthew O Reilly Fianna Fail Monaghan Alexander Haslett Independent Eamon Rice Fianna Fail Conn Ward Fianna Fail National University Helena Concannon Fianna Fail Conor Maguire Fianna Fail Patrick McGilligan Cumann na nGaedheal Roscommon Michael Brennan Cumann na nGaedheal Gerald Boland Fianna Fail Frank MacDermot National Centre Party Patrick O Dowd Fianna Fail Tipperary Dan Breen Fianna Fail Seamus Burke Cumann na nGaedheal Richard Curran National Centre Party Andrew Fogarty Fianna Fail Sean Hayes Fianna Fail Daniel Morrissey Cumann na nGaedheal Martin Ryan Fianna Fail Waterford Sean Goulding Fianna Fail Patrick Little Fianna Fail 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 Fail James Ryan Fianna Fail Wicklow James Everett Labour Seamus Moore Fianna Fail Dermot O Mahony Cumann na nGaedheal Changes edit Date Constituency Loss Gain Note 8 February 1933 Galway Fianna Fail Ceann Comhairle Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle 1 12 July 1933 Dublin University Independent Death of James Craig 8 September 1933 48 TDs Cumann na nGaedheal Fine Gael New party formed after merger 8 September 1933 10 TDs National Centre Party Fine Gael New party formed after merger 8 September 1933 Cork East National Centre Party Independent William Kent became Independent on formation of Fine Gael 3 3 October 1933 Louth Independent Fine Gael James Coburn joins Fine Gael 4 13 October 1933 Dublin University Independent Robert Rowlette wins the seat vacated by the death of Craig 30 October 1934 Dublin North Fine Gael Independent Patrick Belton expelled for his continued support for Eoin O Duffy as party leader 5 24 November 1934 Galway Fine Gael Death of Martin McDonogh 7 February 1935 Dublin County Fine Gael Death of Batt O Connor 17 June 1935 Dublin County Fine Gael Cecil Lavery holds the seat vacated by the death of O Connor October 1935 Roscommon Fine Gael Independent Frank MacDermot resigns from Fine Gael 19 June 1935 Galway Fianna Fail Eamon Corbett wins the seat vacated by the death of McDonogh 14 July 1936 Galway Fine Gael Death of Patrick Hogan 22 July 1936 Wexford Fine Gael Death of Osmond Esmonde 13 August 1936 Galway Fianna Fail Martin Neilan wins the seat vacated by the death of Hogan 17 August 1936 Wexford Fianna Fail Denis Allen wins the seat vacated by the death of Esmonde 10 September 1936 Cork West Fine Gael Death of James Burke 3 November 1936 National University Fianna Fail Appointment of Conor Maguire as a judge of the High Court 6 Footnotes edit 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 References edit a b Election of Ceann Comhairle Dail Eireann 8th Dail Vol 46 No 1 Houses of the Oireachtas 8 February 1933 Archived from the original on 7 August 2022 Retrieved 7 August 2022 TDs amp Senators 8th Dail Houses of the Oireachtas Archived from the original on 19 January 2021 Retrieved 27 March 2022 1933 in the Dail Young Men to the Fore How Government has Shaped The Irish Times 26 December 1933 p 7 Retrieved 22 August 2022 United Ireland Party Independent Deputy Becomes a Member The Irish Times 4 October 1933 p 7 Retrieved 22 August 2022 Mr Belton s position The Irish Times 20 October 1934 Retrieved 9 August 2022 Attorney General s Judicial Appointment Dail Eireann 8th Dail Houses of the Oireachtas 4 November 1936 Archived from the original on 10 April 2022 Retrieved 10 April 2022 External links editHouses of the Oireachtas Debates 8th Dail Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 8th Dail amp oldid 1216392925, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
