# List of members of Dáil Éireann who died in office

The following is a list of members of Dáil Éireann (Teachtaí Dála or TDs) who died in office.
| Dáil | Member | Party | Constituency | Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause |
| 1st | Pierce McCan | Sinn Féin | Tipperary East | 6 March 1919 | 36 | Spanish flu |
| 1st | Terence MacSwiney | Sinn Féin | Cork Mid | 25 October 1920 | 41 | Hunger strike in prison during the Irish War of Independence |
| 2nd | Frank Lawless | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Dublin County | 16 April 1922 | 51 | Carriage accident |
| 2nd | Joseph McGuinness | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Longford–Westmeath | 31 May 1922 | 47 | |
| 3rd | Cathal Brugha | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Waterford–Tipperary | 7 July 1922 | 47 | Killed in action during the Irish Civil War |
| 3rd | Harry Boland | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Mayo South–Roscommon South | 1 August 1922 | 35 | Killed in action during the Irish Civil War |
| 3rd | Arthur Griffith | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Cavan | 12 August 1922 | 51 | Cerebral hemorrhage, heart failure |
| 3rd | Michael Collins | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West | 22 August 1922 | 31 | Assassinated – shot by the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War |
| 3rd | James Devins | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Sligo–Mayo East | 20 September 1922 | 48 | Executed by Pro-Treaty forces during the Irish Civil War |
| 3rd | Seán Hales | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West | 7 December 1922 | 42 | Assassinated – shot by the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War |
| 3rd | Joseph MacDonagh | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Tipperary Mid, North and South | 25 December 1922 | 39 | Burst appendix during a hunger strike against the Anglo-Irish Treaty |
| 3rd | Francis Ferran | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Sligo–Mayo East | 10 June 1923 | | Died in prison |
| 4th | Philip Cosgrave | Cumann na nGaedheal | Dublin South | 22 October 1923 | 38 | Nephritis |
| 4th | Michael Derham | Cumann na nGaedheal | Dublin County | 20 November 1923 | 33 | |
| 4th | Thomas O'Mahony | Cumann na nGaedheal | Cork East | 20 July 1924 | | |
| 4th | Darrell Figgis | Independent | Dublin County | 27 October 1925 | 43 | Suicide |
| 4th | James Ledden | Cumann na nGaedheal | Limerick | 19 January 1927 | | |
| 5th | Kevin O'Higgins | Cumann na nGaedheal | Dublin County | 10 July 1927 | 35 | Assassinated – shot by the IRA |
| 5th | Constance Markievicz | Fianna Fáil | Dublin South | 15 July 1927 | 59 | Complications from an appendicitis operation |
| 6th | Samuel Holt | Fianna Fáil | Leitrim–Sligo | 18 April 1929 | 48 | Fever |
| 6th | James Killane | Fianna Fáil | Longford–Westmeath | 26 April 1930 | 55 | |
| 6th | Bryan Cooper | Cumann na nGaedheal | Dublin County | 5 July 1930 | 46 | |
| 6th | Hugh Colohan | Labour | Kildare | 15 April 1931 | 60–61 | |
| 6th | Peter de Loughry | Cumann na nGaedheal | Carlow–Kilkenny | 23 October 1931 | 47–48 | |
| 6th | William Aird | Cumann na nGaedheal | Leix–Offaly | 31 October 1931 | | |
| 7th | John Daly | Cumann na nGaedheal | Cork East | 23 February 1932 | 64 | |
| 7th | William Redmond | Cumann na nGaedheal | Waterford | 17 April 1932 | 45 | |
| 7th | Frank Carney | Fianna Fáil | Donegal | 19 October 1932 | 36 | |
| 7th | Thomas Finlay | Cumann na nGaedheal | Dublin County | 22 November 1932 | 39 | Typhoid fever |
| 8th | James Craig | Independent | Dublin University | 12 July 1933 | 71 | |
| 8th | Martin McDonogh | Fine Gael | Galway | 24 November 1934 | 75–76 | |
| 8th | Batt O'Connor | Fine Gael | Dublin County | 7 February 1935 | 64 | |
| 8th | Patrick Hogan | Fine Gael | Galway | 14 July 1936 | 45 | Car accident |
| 8th | Sir Osmond Esmonde | Fine Gael | Wexford | 22 July 1936 | 40 | |
| 8th | James Burke | Fine Gael | Cork West | 10 September 1936 | 62–63 | |
| 9th | Eamon Rice | Fianna Fáil | Monaghan | 7 November 1937 | 64 | |
| 10th | James Beckett | Fine Gael | Dublin South | 19 December 1938 | 63 | |
| 10th | Seán Tubridy | Fianna Fáil | Galway West | 15 July 1939 | 41–42 | |
| 10th | Denis Gorey | Fine Gael | Kilkenny | 20 February 1940 | 65 | |
| 10th | Séamus Moore | Fianna Fáil | Wicklow | 14 June 1940 | | |
| 10th | Brook Brasier | Fine Gael | Cork South-East | 30 August 1940 | 61 | |
| 10th | John Munnelly | Fianna Fáil | Mayo North | 18 October 1941 | | |
| 10th | Thomas Dowdall | Fianna Fáil | Cork Borough | 7 April 1942 | 69–70 | |
| 10th | Thomas Kelly | Fianna Fáil | Dublin South | 20 April 1942 | 73 | |
| 10th | Frank Carty | Fianna Fáil | Sligo | 10 September 1942 | 45 | |
| 10th | Hugo Flinn | Fianna Fáil | Cork Borough | 28 January 1943 | 63 | |
| 10th | Jeremiah Hurley | Labour | Cork South-East | 2 February 1943 | 51–52 | |
| 12th | Patrick Burke | Fine Gael | Clare | 7 February 1945 | 65 | |
| 12th | Frederick Crowley | Fianna Fáil | Kerry South | 5 May 1945 | 54 | |
| 12th | Richard Corish | Labour | Wexford | 19 July 1945 | 58 | |
| 12th | William O'Donnell | Clann na Talmhan | Tipperary | 4 February 1947 | | |
| 12th | Patrick Fogarty | Fianna Fáil | Dublin County | 2 May 1947 | | |
| 12th | Michael Morrissey | Fianna Fáil | Waterford | 10 May 1947 | | |
| 12th | James Hughes | Fine Gael | Carlow–Kildare | 1 January 1948 | 52–53 | |
| 12th | Martin Roddy | Fine Gael | Sligo | 8 January 1948 | 64 | |
| 13th | Neal Blaney | Fianna Fáil | Donegal East | 30 October 1948 | 58 | Cancer |
| 13th | Timothy J. Murphy | Labour | Cork West | 29 April 1949 | 55 | |
| 13th | Brian Brady | Fianna Fáil | Donegal West | 10 September 1949 | 46 | |
| 13th | Joseph Mongan | Fine Gael | Galway West | 12 March 1951 | 71 | |
| 14th | Daniel Bourke | Fianna Fáil | Limerick East | 13 April 1952 | 65–66 | |
| 14th | Bridget Redmond | Fine Gael | Waterford | 3 May 1952 | 47 | |
| 14th | P. J. Ruttledge | Fianna Fáil | Mayo North | 8 May 1952 | 60 | |
| 14th | A. P. Byrne | Independent | Dublin North-West | 26 July 1952 | 39 | |
| 14th | Thomas Brennan | Fianna Fáil | Wicklow | 22 January 1953 | 66–67 | |
| 14th | Seán Keane | Labour | Cork East | 29 March 1953 | 53 | |
| 14th | Frank Fahy | Fianna Fáil | Galway South | 12 July 1953 | 73 | |
| 14th | Thomas F. O'Higgins | Fine Gael | Cork Borough | 1 November 1953 | 62 | |
| 14th | James Coburn | Fine Gael | Louth | 5 December 1953 | 71 | |
| 15th | David Madden | Fine Gael | Limerick West | 31 July 1955 | 74–75 | |
| 15th | Johnny Connor | Clann na Poblachta | Kerry North | 11 December 1955 | 56 | Road accident |
| 15th | William Davin | Labour | Leix–Offaly | 1 March 1956 | 66 | |
| 15th | Alfie Byrne | Independent | Dublin North-East | 13 March 1956 | 73 | |
| 15th | Patrick McGrath | Fianna Fáil | Cork Borough | 20 June 1956 | | |
| 15th | Thomas Walsh | Fianna Fáil | Carlow–Kilkenny | 14 July 1956 | 54 | Road accident |
| 15th | Peadar Doyle | Fine Gael | Dublin South-West | 4 August 1956 | | |
| 16th | Colm Gallagher | Fianna Fáil | Dublin North-Central | 26 June 1957 | | |
| 16th | Patrick Beegan | Fianna Fáil | Galway South | 2 February 1958 | 62 | |
| 16th | Bernard Butler | Fianna Fáil | Dublin South-West | 13 March 1959 | 72 | |
| 16th | James Griffin | Fianna Fáil | Meath | 22 March 1959 | 59 | |
| 16th | Joseph Hughes | Fine Gael | Carlow–Kilkenny | 20 January 1960 | 54 | |
| 16th | Stephen Flynn | Fianna Fáil | Sligo–Leitrim | 24 November 1960 | | |
| 16th | Denis Allen | Fianna Fáil | Wexford | 29 March 1961 | 65 |
| 16th | Francis Humphreys | Fianna Fáil | Carlow–Kilkenny | 19 April 1961 | 69 | |
| 17th | Jack Belton | Fine Gael | Dublin North-East | 23 February 1963 | | |
| 17th | John Galvin | Fianna Fáil | Cork Borough | 11 October 1963 | 56 | |
| 17th | William Norton | Labour | Kildare | 4 December 1963 | 63 | |
| 17th | James Burke | Fine Gael | Roscommon | 12 May 1964 | | |
| 17th | Michael Donnellan | Clann na Talmhan | Galway East | 27 September 1964 | 63–64 | |
| 17th | Dan Desmond | Labour | Cork Mid | 9 December 1964 | 51 | Heart attack caused by tuberculosis |
| 18th | Honor Crowley | Fianna Fáil | Kerry South | 18 October 1966 | 62 | |
| 18th | Thaddeus Lynch | Fine Gael | Waterford | 25 October 1966 | 64–65 | |
| 18th | Seán Casey | Labour | Cork Borough | 29 April 1967 | 44 | |
| 18th | James Collins | Fianna Fáil | Limerick West | 1 September 1967 | 66 | |
| 18th | William Murphy | Fine Gael | Clare | 16 November 1967 | 75 | |
| 18th | James Everett | Labour | Wicklow | 18 December 1967 | 77 | |
| 18th | Donogh O'Malley | Fianna Fáil | Limerick East | 10 March 1968 | 47 | |
| 18th | James Kennedy | Fianna Fáil | Wexford | 13 September 1968 | 59 | |
| 18th | Don Davern | Fianna Fáil | Tipperary South | 2 November 1968 | 33 | |
| 18th | Patrick Hogan | Labour | Clare | 24 January 1969 | 83 | |
| 19th | Seán Dunne | Labour | Dublin South-West | 25 June 1969 | 50 | |
| 19th | Gerard Sweetman | Fine Gael | Kildare | 28 January 1970 | 61 | Road accident |
| 19th | Patrick Lenihan | Fianna Fáil | Longford–Westmeath | 11 March 1970 | 67 | |
| 19th | Patrick O'Donnell | Fine Gael | Donegal–Leitrim | 4 October 1970 | 63 | |
| 19th | Paddy Forde | Fianna Fáil | Cork Mid | 13 May 1972 | 49 | |
| 19th | Patrick Hogan | Fine Gael | Tipperary South | 5 October 1972 | 65 | |
| 20th | Liam Ahern | Fianna Fáil | Cork North-East | 13 July 1974 | 58 | |
| 20th | Michael F. Kitt | Fianna Fáil | Galway North-East | 24 December 1974 | 60 | |
| 20th | Johnny Geoghegan | Fianna Fáil | Galway West | 5 January 1975 | 61 | |
| 20th | Henry Kenny | Fine Gael | Mayo West | 25 September 1975 | 62 | Cancer |
| 20th | Liam Cunningham | Fianna Fáil | Donegal North-East | 29 February 1976 | 61 | |
| 20th | Noel Lemass | Fianna Fáil | Dublin South-West | 13 April 1976 | 47 | |
| 21st | Seán Brosnan | Fianna Fáil | Cork North-East | 18 April 1979 | 62 | |
| 21st | Patrick Kerrigan | Labour | Cork City | 4 July 1979 | 51 | |
| 21st | Joseph Brennan | Fianna Fáil (serving as Ceann Comhairle) | Donegal | 13 July 1980 | 67 | |
| 22nd | Kieran Doherty | Anti H-Block | Cavan–Monaghan | 2 August 1981 | 25 | Hunger strike in prison during the Troubles |
| 23rd | Johnny Callanan | Fianna Fáil | Galway East | 15 June 1982 | 72 | |
| 23rd | Bill Loughnane | Fianna Fáil | Clare | 18 October 1982 | 67 | |
| 24th | Clement Coughlan | Fianna Fáil | Donegal South-West | 1 February 1983 | 40 | Road accident |
| 24th | George Colley | Fianna Fáil | Dublin Central | 17 September 1983 | 57 | Heart disease |
| 24th | Bernard Cowen | Fianna Fáil | Laois–Offaly | 24 January 1984 | 51 | |
| 24th | Cathal Coughlan | Fianna Fáil | Donegal South-West | 21 June 1986 | 48 | |
| 25th | Frank Cluskey | Labour | Dublin South-Central | 7 May 1989 | 59 | Cancer |
| 27th | Gerry O'Sullivan | Labour | Cork North-Central | 5 August 1994 | 58 | |
| 27th | Johnny Fox | Independent | Wicklow | 17 March 1995 | 46 | |
| 27th | Brian Lenihan Snr | Fianna Fáil | Dublin West | 1 November 1995 | 64 | |
| 27th | Neil Blaney | Independent Fianna Fáil | Donegal North-East | 8 November 1995 | 73 | Cancer |
| 28th | Jim Kemmy | Labour | Limerick East | 25 September 1997 | 61 | Multiple myeloma |
| 28th | Hugh Coveney | Fine Gael | Cork South-Central | 14 March 1998 | 62 | Fall from a cliff |
| 28th | Pat Upton | Labour | Dublin South-Central | 22 February 1999 | 54 | Heart attack |
| 28th | Michael Ferris | Labour | Tipperary South | 20 March 2000 | 68 | |
| 28th | Theresa Ahearn | Fine Gael | Tipperary South | 20 September 2000 | 49 | Cancer |
| 30th | Séamus Brennan | Fianna Fáil | Dublin South | 9 July 2008 | 60 | Cancer |
| 30th | Tony Gregory | Independent | Dublin Central | 2 January 2009 | 61 | Cancer |
| 31st | Brian Lenihan Jnr | Fianna Fáil | Dublin West | 10 June 2011 | 52 | Pancreatic cancer |
| 31st | Shane McEntee | Fine Gael | Meath East | 21 December 2012 | 56 | Suicide |
| 31st | Nicky McFadden | Fine Gael | Longford–Westmeath | 25 March 2014 | 51 | Motor neurone disease |