# 10th Dáil

The 10th Dáil was elected at the 1938 general election on 17 June 1938 and first met on 30 June 1938. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 3rd Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
The 10th Dáil is the longest serving Dáil, lasting 4 years, 361 days. The Dáil adjourned on 26 May 1943 and on 31 May President Douglas Hyde called a general election for 17 June at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. Exceptionally, the outgoing Dáil was not dissolved until 26 June, after the election. Although the Constitution requires the President to dissolve the Dáil before a general election, this procedure was overridden by the General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943. The act, which would have been unconstitutional if not for the state of emergency in effect during World War II, was intended to increase national security by minimising the interval during which no Dáil was in existence.

## Composition of the 10th Dáil

| Party | Party | June 1938 | June 1943 |
| ● | Fianna Fáil | 77 | 72 |
| | Fine Gael | 45 | 41 |
| | Labour | 9 | 9 |
| | Independent | 7 | 8 |
| | Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 |
| | Vacant | — | 7 |
Government party denoted with bullet (●)

### Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 10th Dáil from June 1938. This was not the official seating plan.

## Ceann Comhairle

On 30 June 1938, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Donnchadh Ó Briain for the position, and was elected without a vote.

## TDs by constituency

The list of the 138 TDs by Dáil constituency.
Members of the 10th Dáil :
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Athlone–Longford | Erskine H. Childers | Fianna Fáil |
| Athlone–Longford | Seán Mac Eoin | Fine Gael |
| Athlone–Longford | James Victory | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kildare | Thomas Harris | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kildare | James Hughes | Fine Gael |
| Carlow–Kildare | Francis Humphreys | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kildare | William Norton | Labour |
| Cavan | John James Cole | Independent |
| Cavan | Patrick McGovern | Fine Gael |
| Cavan | Michael Sheridan | Fianna Fáil |
| Cavan | Paddy Smith | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Patrick Burke | Fine Gael |
| Clare | Thomas Burke | Independent |
| Clare | Éamon de Valera | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Seán O'Grady | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Peter O'Loghlen | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Borough | W. T. Cosgrave | Fine Gael |
| Cork Borough | Thomas Dowdall | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Borough | Hugo Flinn | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Borough | James Hickey | Labour |
| Cork North | Patrick Daly | Fine Gael |
| Cork North | Timothy Linehan | Fine Gael |
| Cork North | Con Meaney | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North | Seán Moylan | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South-East | Brook Brasier | Fine Gael |
| Cork South-East | Martin Corry | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South-East | Jeremiah Hurley | Labour |
| Cork West | Seán Buckley | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork West | Timothy J. Murphy | Labour |
| Cork West | Timothy O'Donovan | Fine Gael |
| Cork West | Eamonn O'Neill | Fine Gael |
| Cork West | Timothy O'Sullivan | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal East | John Friel | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal East | Henry McDevitt | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal East | Daniel McMenamin | Fine Gael |
| Donegal East | James Myles | Independent |
| Donegal West | Brian Brady | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal West | Cormac Breslin | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal West | Michael Óg McFadden | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South | James Beckett | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South | Robert Briscoe | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | Peadar Doyle | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South | Joseph Hannigan | Independent |
| Dublin South | Seán Lemass | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | James Lynch | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | Thomas Kelly | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | Patrick Belton | Fine Gael |
| Dublin County | Seán Brady | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | Patrick Fogarty | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | Henry Dockrell | Fine Gael |
| Dublin County | Thomas Mullen | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-East | Alfie Byrne | Independent |
| Dublin North-East | Richard Mulcahy | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-East | Oscar Traynor | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | Cormac Breathnach | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | A. P. Byrne | Independent |
| Dublin North-West | Eamonn Cooney | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | Patrick McGilligan | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-West | Seán T. O'Kelly | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin Townships | Ernest Benson | Fine Gael |
| Dublin Townships | John A. Costello | Fine Gael |
| Dublin Townships | Seán MacEntee | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway East | Patrick Beegan | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway East | Seán Broderick | Fine Gael |
| Galway East | Frank Fahy | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway East | Mark Killilea Snr | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Gerald Bartley | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Joseph Mongan | Fine Gael |
| Galway West | Seán Tubridy | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Stephen Fuller | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Eamon Kissane | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Tom McEllistrim | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | John O'Sullivan | Fine Gael |
| Kerry South | Frederick Crowley | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry South | John Flynn | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry South | Fionán Lynch | Fine Gael |
| Kilkenny | Denis Gorey | Fine Gael |
| Kilkenny | Thomas Derrig | Fianna Fáil |
| Kilkenny | James Pattison | Labour |
| Leitrim | Stephen Flynn | Fianna Fáil |
| Leitrim | Bernard Maguire | Fianna Fáil |
| Leitrim | Mary Reynolds | Fine Gael |
| Leix–Offaly | Patrick Boland | Fianna Fáil |
| Leix–Offaly | William Davin | Labour |
| Leix–Offaly | Patrick Gorry | Fianna Fáil |
| Leix–Offaly | Daniel Hogan | Fianna Fáil |
| Leix–Offaly | Thomas F. O'Higgins | Fine Gael |
| Limerick | George C. Bennett | Fine Gael |
| Limerick | Daniel Bourke | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | Tadhg Crowley | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | Michael Keyes | Labour |
| Limerick | Donnchadh Ó Briain | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | James Reidy | Fine Gael |
| Limerick | Robert Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Louth | Frank Aiken | Fianna Fáil |
| Louth | James Coburn | Fine Gael |
| Louth | Laurence Walsh | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo North | Patrick Browne | Fine Gael |
| Mayo North | John Munnelly | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo North | P. J. Ruttledge | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo South | Micheál Clery | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo South | James FitzGerald-Kenney | Fine Gael |
| Mayo South | Martin Nally | Fine Gael |
| Mayo South | Mícheál Ó Móráin | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo South | Richard Walsh | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath–Westmeath | Charles Fagan | Fine Gael |
| Meath–Westmeath | Patrick Giles | Fine Gael |
| Meath–Westmeath | James Kelly | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath–Westmeath | Michael Kennedy | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath–Westmeath | Matthew O'Reilly | Fianna Fáil |
| Monaghan | James Dillon | Fine Gael |
| Monaghan | Bridget Rice | Fianna Fáil |
| Monaghan | Conn Ward | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | Michael Brennan | Fine Gael |
| Roscommon | Gerald Boland | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | Daniel O'Rourke | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo | Martin Brennan | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo | Frank Carty | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo | Patrick Rogers | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary | Dan Breen | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | Richard Curran | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary | Andrew Fogarty | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | Frank Loughman | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | Daniel Morrissey | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary | Jeremiah Ryan | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary | Martin Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | William Broderick | Fine Gael |
| Waterford | Patrick Little | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | Michael Morrissey | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | Bridget Redmond | Fine Gael |
| Wexford | Denis Allen | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | Richard Corish | Labour |
| Wexford | John Esmonde | Fine Gael |
| Wexford | John Keating | Fine Gael |
| Wexford | James Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | Patrick Cogan | Independent |
| Wicklow | James Everett | Labour |
| Wicklow | Séamus Moore | Fianna Fáil |

### Changes

| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note |
| 30 June 1938 | Galway East | Fianna Fáil | Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle |
| 19 December 1938 | Dublin South | Fine Gael | | Death of James Beckett (FG) |
| 6 June 1939 | Dublin South | | Fianna Fáil | John McCann (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of Beckett (FG) |
| 15 July 1939 | Galway West | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Seán Tubridy (FF) |
| 1939 | Dublin South | Independent | Labour | Joseph Hannigan (Ind) joins Labour |
| 20 February 1940 | Kilkenny | Fine Gael | | Death of Denis Gorey |
| 30 May 1940 | Galway West | | Fianna Fáil | John J. Keane (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of Tubridy (FF) |
| 14 June 1940 | Wicklow | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Séamus Moore |
| 31 August 1940 | Cork South-East | Fine Gael | | Death of Brook Brasier |
| 18 October 1941 | Mayo North | Fianna Fáil | | Death of John Munnelly |
| 7 April 1942 | Cork Borough | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Thomas Dowdall |
| 20 April 1942 | Dublin South | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Thomas Kelly |
| 10 September 1942 | Sligo | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Frank Carty |
| 1942 | Monaghan | Fine Gael | Independent | James Dillon (FG) resigns from party in opposition to Irish neutrality in World War II |
| 28 January 1943 | Cork Borough | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Hugo Flinn |
| 2 February 1943 | Cork South-East | Labour | | Death of Jeremiah Hurley |