List of Irish by-elections

El directorio enciclopédico desde la Wikipedia.

Republic of Ireland

This article is part of the series:
Politics and government of
the Republic of Ireland
Constitution
Oireachtas
President
Government
Judiciary
Elections
Divisions
Foreign policy
Other countries · Atlas
 Politics portal
view • talk • edit

This is a list of all by-elections to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament (Oireachtas) since 1923. By-elections in Ireland occur to fill vacant seats which can be caused by the death, resignation or expulsion of a sitting Teachta Dála (Member of Parliament).

There were two by-elections during the lifetime of the 29th Dáil. There were no by-elections during the 1st[1], 2nd[1], 3rd, 7th, 9th, 11th, 22nd, 25th and 26th Dála. The longest period without a by-election was almost 10 years between 1984 and 1994. The largest number of by-elections on one day was eight on 11 March 1925.

There have been 123 by-elections since 1923. 87 of these were caused by the death of a sitting Teachta Dála (TD).

Contents
  • Note: The entries for by-elections in which seats changed hands are shown in italics

[edit] 4th Dáil Éireann (1923–1927)

Constituency Date Outgoing Party Winner Party Reason
Dublin South 27 October 1923 Hayes, MichaelMichael Hayes CnaG Kennedy, HughHugh Kennedy CnaG Resignation of Michael Hayes
NUI 3 November 1923 MacNeill, EoinEoin MacNeill CnaG McGilligan, PatrickPatrick McGilligan CnaG Resignation of Eoin MacNeill
Dublin South 12 March 1924 Cosgrave, PhilipPhilip Cosgrave CnaG O'Mara, JamesJames O'Mara CnaG Death of Philip Cosgrave
Dublin County 19 March 1924 Derham, MichaelMichael Derham CnaG O'Connor, BattBatt O'Connor CnaG Death of Michael Derham
Limerick 28 May 1924 Hayes, RichardRichard Hayes CnaG O'Connell, RichardRichard O'Connell CnaG Resignation of Richard Hayes
Cork East 18 November 1924 O'Mahony, ThomasThomas O'Mahony CnaG Noonan, MichaelMichael Noonan CnaG Death of Thomas O'Mahony
Dublin South 18 November 1924 Kennedy, HughHugh Kennedy CnaG Lemass, SeánSeán Lemass SF Appointment of Hugh Kennedy as Chief Justice
Mayo North 18 November 1924 Coyle, HenryHenry Coyle CnaG Madden, JohnJohn Madden SF Disqualification of Henry Coyle
Cork Borough 19 November 1924 O'Rahilly, AlfredAlfred O'Rahilly CnaG Egan, MichaelMichael Egan CnaG Resignation of Alfred O'Rahilly
Donegal 20 November 1924 Ward, Peter J.Peter J. Ward CnaG McCullough, DenisDenis McCullough CnaG Resignation of Peter J. Ward
Carlow-Kilkenny 11 March 1925 Gibbons, SeánSeán Gibbons CnaG Bolger, ThomasThomas Bolger CnaG Resignation of Seán Gibbons
Cavan 11 March 1925 Milroy, SeánSeán Milroy CnaG O'Reilly, John JoeJohn Joe O'Reilly CnaG Resignation of Seán Milroy
Dublin North 11 March 1925 Cahill, FrankFrank Cahill CnaG Leonard, PatrickPatrick Leonard CnaG Resignation of Frank Cahill on 30 October 1924
Dublin North 11 March 1925 McGarry, SeánSeán McGarry CnaG Traynor, OscarOscar Traynor SF Resignation of Seán McGarry
Dublin South 11 March 1925 McCarthy, DanielDaniel McCarthy CnaG Hennessy, ThomasThomas Hennessy CnaG Resignation of Daniel McCarthy
Leitrim-Sligo 11 March 1925 Carter, ThomasThomas Carter CnaG Holt, SamuelSamuel Holt SF Resignation of Thomas Carter
Leitrim-Sligo 11 March 1925 McCabe, AlexanderAlexander McCabe CnaG Roddy, MartinMartin Roddy CnaG Resignation of Alexander McCabe
Mayo North 11 March 1925 McGrath, JosephJoseph McGrath CnaG Tierney, MichaelMichael Tierney CnaG Resignation of Joseph McGrath
Roscommon 11 February 1926 Finlay, HenryHenry Finlay CnaG Conlon, MartinMartin Conlon CnaG Resignation of Henry Finlay
Dublin County 18 February 1926 Figgis, DarrellDarrell Figgis Ind Norton, WilliamWilliam Norton Lab Death of Darrell Figgis
Leix-Offaly 18 February 1926 McGuinness, SeánSeán McGuinness SF Dwyer, JamesJames Dwyer CnaG Disqualification of Seán McGuinness

[edit] 5th Dáil Éireann (1927)

Constituency Date Outgoing Party Winner Party Reason
Dublin County 24 August 1927 O'Higgins, KevinKevin O'Higgins CnaG O'Sullivan, GearóidGearóid O'Sullivan CnaG Assassination of Kevin O'Higgins
Dublin South 24 August 1927 Markiewicz, ConstanceConstance Markiewicz FF Hennessy, ThomasThomas Hennessy CnaG Death of Constance Markiewicz

[edit] 6th Dáil Éireann (1927–1932)

Constituency Date Outgoing Party Winner Party Reason
Carlow-Kilkenny 3 November 1927 Cosgrave, W. T.W. T. Cosgrave CnaG Gorey, DenisDenis Gorey CnaG Resignation of W. T. Cosgrave (Elected for 2 constituencies)
Dublin North 3 April 1928 Larkin, JamesJames Larkin IWL Rice, VincentVincent Rice CnaG Disqualification of James Larkin due to bankruptcy
Dublin North 14 March 1929 Byrne, AlfredAlfred Byrne Ind O'Higgins, Thomas F.Thomas F. O'Higgins CnaG Election of Alfred Byrne to Seanad Éireann
Leitrim-Sligo 7 June 1929 Holt, SamuelSamuel Holt FF Mac Eoin, SeánSeán Mac Eoin CnaG Death of Samuel Holt
Longford-Westmeath 13 June 1930 Killane, JamesJames Killane FF Geoghegan, JamesJames Geoghegan FF Death of James Killane
Dublin County 9 December 1930 Cooper, BryanBryan Cooper CnaG Finlay, ThomasThomas Finlay CnaG Death of Bryan Cooper
Kildare 29 June 1931 Colohan, HughHugh Colohan Lab Harris, ThomasThomas Harris FF Death of Hugh Colohan

[edit] 8th Dáil Éireann (1933–1937)

Constituency Date Outgoing Party Winner Party Reason
Dublin University 13 October 1933 Craig, JamesJames Craig Ind Rowlette, RobertRobert Rowlette Ind Death of James Craig
Dublin County 17 June 1935 O'Connor, BattBatt O'Connor FG Lavery, CecilCecil Lavery FG Death of Batt O'Connor
Galway 19 June 1935 McDonogh, MartinMartin McDonogh FG Corbett, EamonEamon Corbett FF Death of Martin McDonogh
Galway 13 August 1936 Hogan, PatrickPatrick Hogan FG Neilan, MartinMartin Neilan FF Death of Patrick Hogan
Wexford 17 August 1936 Esmonde, OsmondOsmond Esmonde FG Allen, DenisDenis Allen FF Death of Osmond Esmonde

[edit] 10th Dáil Éireann (1938–1943)

Constituency Date Outgoing Party Winner Party Reason
Dublin South 6 June 1939 Beckett, JamesJames Beckett FG McCann, JohnJohn McCann FF Death of James Beckett
Galway West 30 May 1940 Tubridy, SeánSeán Tubridy FF Keane, John J.John J. Keane FF Death of Seán Tubridy

[edit] 12th Dáil Éireann (1944–1948)

Constituency Date Outgoing Party Winner Party Reason
Kerry South 10 November 1944 Lynch, FinianFinian Lynch FG O'Donoghue, DonalDonal O'Donoghue FF Appointment of Finian Lynch as a Judge
Clare 4 December 1945 Burke, PatrickPatrick Burke FG Shanahan, PatrickPatrick Shanahan FF Death of Patrick Burke
Dublin North West 4 December 1945 O'Kelly, Seán T.Seán T. O'Kelly FF de Valera, VivionVivion de Valera FF Election of Seán T. O'Kelly as President
Kerry South 4 December 1945 Crowley, FrederickFrederick Crowley FF Crowley, HonorHonor Crowley FF Death of Frederick Crowley
Mayo South 4 December 1945 Clery, MichaelMichael Clery FF Commons, BernardBernard Commons CnaT Appointment of Michael Clery as County Registrar of Dublin
Wexford 4 December 1945 Corish, RichardRichard Corish Lab Corish, BrendanBrendan Corish Lab Death of Richard Corish
Cork Borough 14 June 1946 Dwyer, WilliamWilliam Dwyer Ind McGrath, PatrickPatrick McGrath FF Resignation of William Dwyer
Dublin County 29 October 1947 Fogarty, PatrickPatrick Fogarty FF MacBride, SeánSeán MacBride CnaP Death of Patrick Fogarty
Tipperary 29 October 1947 O'Donnell, WilliamWilliam O'Donnell CnaT Kinane, PatrickPatrick Kinane CnaP Death of William O'Donnell
Waterford 29 October 1947 Morrissey, MichaelMichael Morrissey FF Ormonde, JohnJohn Ormonde FF Death of Michael Morrissey

[edit] 13th Dáil Éireann (1948–1951)

Constituency Date Outgoing Party Winner Party Reason
Donegal East 7 December 1948 Blaney, NealNeal Blaney FF Blaney, NeilNeil Blaney FF Death of Neal Blaney
Cork West 15 June 1949 Murphy, Timothy J.Timothy J. Murphy Lab Murphy, William J.William J. Murphy Lab Death of Timothy J. Murphy
Donegal West 16 November 1949 Brady, BrianBrian Brady FF O'Donnell, PatrickPatrick O'Donnell FG Death of Brian Brady

[edit] 14th Dáil Éireann (1951–1954)

Constituency Date Outgoing Party Winner Party Reason
Limerick East 26 June 1952 Bourke, DanielDaniel Bourke FF Carew, JohnJohn Carew FG Death of Daniel Bourke
Mayo North 26 June 1952 Ruttledge, P. J.P. J. Ruttledge FF Calleary, PhelimPhelim Calleary FF Death of P. J. Ruttledge
Waterford 26 June 1952 Redmond, BridgetBridget Redmond FG Kenneally, Snr, WilliamWilliam Kenneally, Snr FF Death of Bridget Redmond
Dublin North West 12 November 1952 Byrne, Alfred P.Alfred P. Byrne Ind Byrne, ThomasThomas Byrne Ind Death of Alfred P. Byrne
Cork East 18 June 1953 Keane, SeánSeán Keane Lab Barry, RichardRichard Barry FG Death of Seán Keane
Wicklow 18 June 1953 Brennan, ThomasThomas Brennan FF Deering, MarkMark Deering FG Death of Thomas Brennan
Galway South 21 August 1953 Fahy, FrankFrank Fahy FF Lahiffe, RobertRobert Lahiffe FF Death of Frank Fahy
Cork Borough 3 March 1954 O'Higgins, Thomas F.Thomas F. O'Higgins FG Barrett, StephenStephen Barrett FG Death of Thomas F. O'Higgins
Louth 3 March 1954 Coburn, JamesJames Coburn FG Coburn, GeorgeGeorge Coburn FG Death of James Coburn

[edit] 15th Dáil Éireann (1954–1957)

Constituency Date Outgoing Party Winner Party Reason
Limerick West 13 December 1955 Madden, DavidDavid Madden FG Colbert, MichaelMichael Colbert FF Death of David Madden
Kerry North 29 February 1956 Connor, JohnnyJohnny Connor CnaP O'Connor, KathleenKathleen O'Connor CnaP Death of Johnny Connor
Dublin North East 30 April 1956 Byrne, AlfredAlfred Byrne Ind Byrne, PatrickPatrick Byrne Ind Death of Alfred Byrne
Leix-Offaly 30 April 1956 Davin, WilliamWilliam Davin Lab Egan, KieranKieran Egan FF Death of William Davin
Cork Borough 2 August 1956 McGrath, PatrickPatrick McGrath FF Galvin, JohnJohn Galvin FF Death of Patrick McGrath
Carlow-Kilkenny 14 November 1956 Walsh, ThomasThomas Walsh FF Medlar, MartinMartin Medlar FF Death of Thomas Walsh
Dublin South West 14 November 1956 Doyle, PeadarPeadar Doyle FG Lemass, Jnr, NoelNoel Lemass, Jnr FF Death of Peadar Doyle

[edit] 16th Dáil Éireann (1957–1961)

Constituency Date Outgoing Party Winner Party Reason
Dublin North Central 14 November 1957 Gallagher, ColmColm Gallagher FF Sherwin, FrankFrank Sherwin Ind Death of Colm Gallagher
Galway South 30 May 1958 Beegan, PatrickPatrick Beegan FF Millar, AnthonyAnthony Millar FF Death of Patrick Beegan
Dublin South Central 25 June 1958 Murphy, JohnJohn Murphy Ind Cummins, PatrickPatrick Cummins FF Resignation of John Murphy
Clare 22 July 1959 de Valera, ÉamonÉamon de Valera FF Oceallaigh, SeanSeán Ó Ceallaigh FF Election of Éamon de Valera as President
Dublin South West 22 July 1959 Butler, BernardBernard Butler FF Ryan, RichieRichie Ryan FG Death of Bernard Butler
Meath 22 July 1959 Griffin, JamesJames Griffin FF Johnston, HenryHenry Johnston FF Death of James Griffin
Carlow-Kilkenny 23 June 1960 Hughes, JosephJoseph Hughes FG Teehan, PatrickPatrick Teehan FF Death of Joseph Hughes
Sligo-Leitrim 1 March 1961 Flynn, StephenStephen Flynn FF McLoughlin, JosephJoseph McLoughlin FG Death of Stephen Flynn

[edit] 17th Dáil Éireann (1961–1965)

Constituency Date Outgoing Party Winner Party Reason
Dublin North East 30 May 1963 Belton, JackJack Belton FG Belton, PaddyPaddy Belton FG Death of Jack Belton
Cork Borough 19 February 1964 Galvin, JohnJohn Galvin FF Galvin, SheilaSheila Galvin FF Death of John Galvin
Kildare 19 February 1964 Norton, WilliamWilliam Norton Lab Boylan, TerenceTerence Boylan FF Death of William Norton
Roscommon 8 July 1964 Burke, JamesJames Burke FG Burke, JoanJoan Burke FG Death of James Burke
Galway East 3 December 1964 Donnellan, MichaelMichael Donnellan CnaT Donnellan, JohnJohn Donnellan FG Death of Michael Donnellan
Cork Mid 10 March 1965 Desmond, DanDan Desmond Lab Desmond, EileenEileen Desmond Lab Death of Dan Desmond

[edit] 18th Dáil Éireann (1965–1969)

Constituency Date Outgoing Party Winner Party Reason
Kerry South 7 December 1966 Crowley, HonorHonor Crowley FF O'Leary, JohnJohn O'Leary FF Death of Honor Crowley
Waterford 7 December 1966 Lynch, ThaddeusThaddeus Lynch FG Browne, PatrickPatrick Browne FF Death of Thaddeus Lynch
Cork Borough 9 November 1967 Casey, SeánSeán Casey Lab French, SeánSeán French FF Death of Seán Casey
Limerick West 9 November 1967 Collins, JamesJames Collins FF Collins, GerardGerard Collins FF Death of James Collins
Clare 14 March 1968 Murphy, WilliamWilliam Murphy FG Barrett, SylvesterSylvester Barrett FF Death of William Murphy
Wicklow 14 March 1968 Everett, JamesJames Everett Lab Timmins, GodfreyGodfrey Timmins FG Death of James Everett
Limerick East 22 May 1968 O'Malley, DonoghDonogh O'Malley FF O'Malley, DesmondDesmond O'Malley FF Death of Donogh O'Malley

[edit] 19th Dáil Éireann (1969–1973)

Constituency Date Outgoing Party Winner Party Reason
Dublin South West 4 March 1970 Dunne, SeánSeán Dunne Lab Sherwin, SeánSeán Sherwin FF Death of Seán Dunne
Kildare 14 April 1970 Sweetman, GerardGerard Sweetman FG Malone, PatrickPatrick Malone FG Death of Gerard Sweetman
Longford-Westmeath 14 April 1970 Lenihan, PatrickPatrick Lenihan FF Cooney, PatrickPatrick Cooney FG Death of Patrick Lenihan
Donegal-Leitrim 2 December 1970 O'Donnell, PatrickPatrick O'Donnell FG Delap, PatrickPatrick Delap FF Death of Patrick O'Donnell
Dublin County South 2 December 1970 Boland, KevinKevin Boland FF McMahon, LarryLarry McMahon FG Resignaton of Kevin Boland
Cork Mid 2 August 1972 Forde, PaddyPaddy Forde FF Fitzgerald, GeneGene Fitzgerald FF Death of Paddy Forde

[edit] 20th Dáil Éireann (1973–1977)

Constituency Date Outgoing Party Winner Party Reason
Monaghan 27 November 1973 Childers, Erskine H.Erskine H. Childers FF Toal, BrendanBrendan Toal FG Election of Erskine H. Childers as President