# 19th Dáil

The 19th Dáil was elected at the 1969 general election on 18 June 1969 and met on 2 July 1969. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 12th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
On 5 February 1973, President Éamon de Valera dissolved the Dáil on the request of Taoiseach Jack Lynch. The 19th Dáil lasted 3 years, 218 days.

## Composition of the 19th Dáil

| Party | Party | June 1969 | Feb. 1973 |
| ● | Fianna Fáil | 75 | 72 |
| | Fine Gael | 50 | 50 |
| | Labour | 18 | 17 |
| | Independent | 1 | 3 |
| | Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 |
| | Aontacht Éireann | — | 1 |
| | Vacant | — | 2 |
| Total | Total | 144 | 144 |
Fianna Fáil, denoted with bullet (●), formed the 13th government of Ireland, a majority government.

### Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 19th Dáil from July 1969. This was not the official seating plan.

## Ceann Comhairle

On the meeting of the Dáil, Cormac Breslin (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle from November 1967, was proposed by Jack Lynch (FF) and seconded by Liam Cosgrave (FG) for the position. His election was approved without a vote.

## TDs by constituency

The list of the 144 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.
Members of the 19th Dáil :
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Kieran Crotty | Fine Gael |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Jim Gibbons | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Desmond Governey | Fine Gael |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Tom Nolan | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Séamus Pattison | Labour |
| Cavan | Tom Fitzpatrick | Fine Gael |
| Cavan | Patrick O'Reilly | Fine Gael |
| Cavan | Paddy Smith | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Sylvester Barrett | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Patrick Hillery | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Frank Taylor | Fine Gael |
| Clare–South Galway | Michael Carty | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare–South Galway | Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins | Fine Gael |
| Clare–South Galway | Bill Loughnane | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork City North-West | Liam Burke | Fine Gael |
| Cork City North-West | Seán French | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork City North-West | Jack Lynch | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork City South-East | Peter Barry | Fine Gael |
| Cork City South-East | Gus Healy | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork City South-East | Pearse Wyse | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Mid | Philip Burton | Fine Gael |
| Cork Mid | Donal Creed | Fine Gael |
| Cork Mid | Paddy Forde | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Mid | Thomas Meaney | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North-East | Richard Barry | Fine Gael |
| Cork North-East | Seán Brosnan | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North-East | Gerard Cott | Fine Gael |
| Cork North-East | Jerry Cronin | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South-West | Flor Crowley | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South-West | Michael Pat Murphy | Labour |
| Cork South-West | John O'Sullivan | Fine Gael |
| Donegal–Leitrim | Joseph Brennan | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal–Leitrim | Cormac Breslin | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal–Leitrim | Patrick O'Donnell | Fine Gael |
| Donegal North-East | Neil Blaney | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal North-East | Liam Cunningham | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal North-East | Paddy Harte | Fine Gael |
| Dublin Central | Frank Cluskey | Labour |
| Dublin Central | Vivion de Valera | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin Central | Maurice E. Dockrell | Fine Gael |
| Dublin Central | Tom Fitzpatrick | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County North | Patrick Burke | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County North | Mark Clinton | Fine Gael |
| Dublin County North | Des Foley | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County North | Justin Keating | Labour |
| Dublin County South | Kevin Boland | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County South | Richard Burke | Fine Gael |
| Dublin County South | Tom O'Higgins | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-Central | Luke Belton | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-Central | George Colley | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-Central | Celia Lynch | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-Central | Michael O'Leary | Labour |
| Dublin North-East | Paddy Belton | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-East | Charles Haughey | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-East | Conor Cruise O'Brien | Labour |
| Dublin North-East | Eugene Timmons | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | Hugh Byrne | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-West | Richard Gogan | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | David Thornley | Labour |
| Dublin North-West | Jim Tunney | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-Central | Philip Brady | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-Central | Ben Briscoe | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-Central | John O'Donovan | Labour |
| Dublin South-Central | Richie Ryan | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-East | Noël Browne | Labour |
| Dublin South-East | Garret FitzGerald | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-East | Seán Moore | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-West | Joseph Dowling | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-West | Seán Dunne | Labour |
| Dublin South-West | Noel Lemass | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-West | John O'Connell | Labour |
| Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown | David Andrews | Fianna Fáil |
| Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown | Liam Cosgrave | Fine Gael |
| Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown | Barry Desmond | Labour |
| Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown | H. Percy Dockrell | Fine Gael |
| Galway North-East | John Donnellan | Fine Gael |
| Galway North-East | Thomas Hussey | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway North-East | Michael F. Kitt | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Fintan Coogan Snr | Fine Gael |
| Galway West | Johnny Geoghegan | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Bobby Molloy | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Gerard Lynch | Fine Gael |
| Kerry North | Tom McEllistrim | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Dan Spring | Labour |
| Kerry South | Michael Begley | Fine Gael |
| Kerry South | Timothy O'Connor | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry South | John O'Leary | Fianna Fáil |
| Kildare | Terence Boylan | Fianna Fáil |
| Kildare | Paddy Power | Fianna Fáil |
| Kildare | Gerard Sweetman | Fine Gael |
| Laois–Offaly | Ger Connolly | Fianna Fáil |
| Laois–Offaly | Bernard Cowen | Fianna Fáil |
| Laois–Offaly | Tom Enright | Fine Gael |
| Laois–Offaly | Oliver J. Flanagan | Fine Gael |
| Laois–Offaly | Patrick Lalor | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick East | Stephen Coughlan | Labour |
| Limerick East | Michael Herbert | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick East | Tom O'Donnell | Fine Gael |
| Limerick East | Desmond O'Malley | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick West | Gerry Collins | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick West | Michael J. Noonan | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick West | Denis Jones | Fine Gael |
| Longford–Westmeath | Frank Carter | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Patrick Lenihan | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Gerry L'Estrange | Fine Gael |
| Longford–Westmeath | Joe Sheridan | Independent |
| Louth | Frank Aiken | Fianna Fáil |
| Louth | Paddy Donegan | Fine Gael |
| Louth | Pádraig Faulkner | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo East | Martin Finn | Fine Gael |
| Mayo East | Seán Flanagan | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo East | Thomas O'Hara | Fine Gael |
| Mayo West | Henry Kenny | Fine Gael |
| Mayo West | Joseph Lenehan | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo West | Mícheál Ó Móráin | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | John Bruton | Fine Gael |
| Meath | Michael Hilliard | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | James Tully | Labour |
| Monaghan | Erskine H. Childers | Fianna Fáil |
| Monaghan | John Conlan | Fine Gael |
| Monaghan | Billy Fox | Fine Gael |
| Roscommon–Leitrim | Joan Burke | Fine Gael |
| Roscommon–Leitrim | Hugh Gibbons | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon–Leitrim | Brian Lenihan | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo–Leitrim | James Gallagher | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Joseph McLoughlin | Fine Gael |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Ray MacSharry | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary North | Thomas Dunne | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary North | Michael O'Kennedy | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary North | Michael Smith | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Noel Davern | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Jackie Fahey | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Patrick Hogan | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary South | Seán Treacy | Labour |
| Waterford | Fad Browne | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | Edward Collins | Fine Gael |
| Waterford | Billy Kenneally | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | Lorcan Allen | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | Seán Browne | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | Brendan Corish | Labour |
| Wexford | Anthony Esmonde | Fine Gael |
| Wicklow | Paudge Brennan | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | Liam Kavanagh | Labour |
| Wicklow | Godfrey Timmins | Fine Gael |

## Changes

| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note |
| 25 June 1969 | Dublin South-West | Labour | | Death of Seán Dunne |
| 2 July 1969 | Donegal–Leitrim | Fianna Fáil | Ceann Comhairle | Cormac Breslin takes office as Ceann Comhairle |
| 28 January 1970 | Kildare | Fine Gael | | Death of Gerard Sweetman |
| 4 March 1970 | Dublin South-West | | Fianna Fáil | Seán Sherwin wins seat vacated by the death of Seán Dunne |
| 11 March 1970 | Longford–Westmeath | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Patrick Lenihan |
| 14 April 1970 | Kildare | | Fine Gael | Patrick Malone holds seat vacated by the death of Sweetman |
| 14 April 1970 | Longford–Westmeath | | Fine Gael | Patrick Cooney wins seat vacated by the death of Lenihan |
| 4 October 1970 | Donegal–Leitrim | Fine Gael | | Death of Patrick O'Donnell |
| 4 November 1970 | Dublin County South | Fianna Fáil | | Resignation of Kevin Boland |
| 2 December 1970 | Donegal–Leitrim | | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Delap wins seat vacated by the death of O'Donnell |
| 2 December 1970 | Dublin County South | | Fine Gael | Larry McMahon wins seat vacated by the resignation of Boland |
| 19 September 1971 | Dublin South-West | Fianna Fáil | Aontacht Éireann | Seán Sherwin joins new party |
| 17 November 1971 | Donegal North-East | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Neil Blaney expelled from Fianna Fáil parliamentary party |
| 17 November 1971 | Wicklow | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Paudge Brennan expelled from Fianna Fáil parliamentary party |
| 13 May 1972 | Cork Mid | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Paddy Forde |
| 2 August 1972 | Cork Mid | | Fianna Fáil | Gene Fitzgerald holds seat vacated by the death of Forde |
| 5 October 1972 | Tipperary South | Fine Gael | | Death of Patrick Hogan |
| 6 January 1973 | Clare | Fianna Fáil | | Resignation of Patrick Hillery on appointment as European Commissioner |