# Members of the 3rd Dáil

The 3rd Dáil was elected at the 1922 general election on 16 June and met on 9 September. On its formation, it was a Constituent Assembly in a Provisional Parliament. From 6 December 1922, Dáil Éireann was one of two houses of the Oireachtas in the Irish Free State, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1922 Seanad. Members of the Dáil are known as TDs. The 3rd Dáil was dissolved by Governor-General Tim Healy on 9 August 1923, at the request of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave. The 3rd Dáil lasted 334 days.

## Composition of the 3rd Dáil

| Party | Party | June 1922 |
| ● | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | 58 |
| | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | 36 |
| | Labour | 17 |
| | Farmers' Party | 7 |
| | Businessmen's Party | 1 |
| | Independent | 9 |
Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin, marked with bullet (●), formed a Dáil ministry when the Third Dáil met on 9 September 1922. It formed the 1st executive council of the Irish Free State on 6 December 1922, led by W. T. Cosgrave as President of the Executive Council. It formed the Cumann na nGaedheal party in April 1923.

### Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 3rd Dáil from June 1922. This was not the official seating plan.
* Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) is shown on the right.
* Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) is shown on the left, though they did not take their seats.

## Ceann Comhairle

On 9 September 1922, Michael Hayes was proposed by Ernest Blythe and seconded by Patrick Hogan for the position of Ceann Comhairle, and was approved without a vote. Pádraic Ó Máille was proposed by Piaras Béaslaí and seconded by Liam de Róiste for the position of Leas-Cheann Comhairle, and also approved without a vote.
On 6 December 1922, when the Dáil first met under the new constitution, Hayes was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave and seconded by Thomas Johnson for the position of Ceann Comhairle, and was approved without a vote. De Róiste was proposed as Leas-Cheann Comhairle by George Nicolls and seconded by Seán McGarry, and also approved without a vote.

## TDs by constituency

The list of the 128 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.
Members of the 3rd Dáil :
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | W. T. Cosgrave | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Patrick Gaffney | Labour |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Denis Gorey | Farmers' Party |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Gearóid O'Sullivan | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Cavan | Walter L. Cole | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Cavan | Arthur Griffith | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Cavan | Seán Milroy | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Clare | Patrick Brennan | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Clare | Éamon de Valera | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Clare | Seán Liddy | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Clare | Brian O'Higgins | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Cork Borough | Robert Day | Labour |
| Cork Borough | Liam de Róiste | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Cork Borough | Mary MacSwiney | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Cork Borough | J. J. Walsh | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Cork East and North–East | John Dinneen | Farmers' Party |
| Cork East and North–East | Michael Hennessy | Businessmen's Party |
| Cork East and North–East | David Kent | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Cork Mid, North, South, South–East and West | Michael Bradley | Labour |
| Cork Mid, North, South, South–East and West | Michael Collins | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Cork Mid, North, South, South–East and West | Daniel Corkery | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Cork Mid, North, South, South–East and West | Seán Hales | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Cork Mid, North, South, South–East and West | Seán Hayes | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Cork Mid, North, South, South–East and West | Seán Moylan | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Cork Mid, North, South, South–East and West | Thomas Nagle | Labour |
| Cork Mid, North, South, South–East and West | Daniel Vaughan | Farmers' Party |
| Donegal | Joseph McGinley | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Donegal | Patrick McGoldrick | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Donegal | Joseph O'Doherty | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Donegal | Samuel O'Flaherty | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Donegal | Joseph Sweeney | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Donegal | Peter Ward | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Dublin South | Thomas Kelly | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Dublin South | Myles Keogh | Independent |
| Dublin South | Daniel McCarthy | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Dublin South | William O'Brien | Labour |
| Dublin County | Michael Derham | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Dublin County | George Gavan Duffy | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Dublin County | Darrell Figgis | Independent |
| Dublin County | Desmond FitzGerald | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Dublin County | Thomas Johnson | Labour |
| Dublin County | John Rooney | Farmers' Party |
| Dublin Mid | Alfie Byrne | Independent |
| Dublin Mid | Seán McGarry | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Dublin Mid | Seán T. O'Kelly | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Dublin Mid | Laurence O'Neill | Independent |
| Dublin North-West | Philip Cosgrave | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Dublin North-West | Joseph McGrath | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Dublin North-West | Richard Mulcahy | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Dublin North-West | Michael Staines | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Dublin University | Ernest Alton | Independent |
| Dublin University | James Craig | Independent |
| Dublin University | Gerald Fitzgibbon | Independent |
| Dublin University | William Thrift | Independent |
| Galway | Bryan Cusack | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Galway | Frank Fahy | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Galway | Patrick Hogan | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Galway | George Nicolls | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Galway | Pádraic Ó Máille | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Galway | Thomas J. O'Connell | Labour |
| Galway | Joseph Whelehan | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Kerry–Limerick West | Piaras Béaslaí | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Kerry–Limerick West | Patrick Cahill | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Kerry–Limerick West | Con Collins | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Kerry–Limerick West | James Crowley | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Kerry–Limerick West | Fionán Lynch | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Kerry–Limerick West | Thomas O'Donoghue | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Kerry–Limerick West | Edmund Roche | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Kerry–Limerick West | Austin Stack | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Kildare–Wicklow | Robert Barton | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Kildare–Wicklow | Christopher Byrne | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Kildare–Wicklow | Hugh Colohan | Labour |
| Kildare–Wicklow | James Everett | Labour |
| Kildare–Wicklow | Richard Wilson | Farmers' Party |
| Leitrim–Roscommon North | Thomas Carter | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Leitrim–Roscommon North | James Dolan | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Leitrim–Roscommon North | Andrew Lavin | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Leitrim–Roscommon North | George Noble Plunkett | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Leix–Offaly | Francis Bulfin | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Leix–Offaly | William Davin | Labour |
| Leix–Offaly | Patrick McCartan | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Leix–Offaly | Kevin O'Higgins | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Limerick City–Limerick East | Michael Colivet | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Limerick City–Limerick East | Richard Hayes | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Limerick City–Limerick East | William Hayes | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Limerick City–Limerick East | Kathleen O'Callaghan | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Longford–Westmeath | Laurence Ginnell | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Longford–Westmeath | John Lyons | Labour |
| Longford–Westmeath | Seán Mac Eoin | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Longford–Westmeath | Francis McGuinness | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Louth–Meath | Eamonn Duggan | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Louth–Meath | Peter Hughes | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Louth–Meath | James Murphy | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Louth–Meath | John J. O'Kelly | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Louth–Meath | Cathal O'Shannon | Labour |
| Mayo North and West | John Crowley | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Mayo North and West | Thomas Derrig | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Mayo North and West | Joseph MacBride | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Mayo North and West | P. J. Ruttledge | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Mayo South–Roscommon South | Harry Boland | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Mayo South–Roscommon South | Tom Maguire | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Mayo South–Roscommon South | Daniel O'Rourke | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Mayo South–Roscommon South | William Sears | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Monaghan | Ernest Blythe | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Monaghan | Patrick MacCarvill | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Monaghan | Eoin O'Duffy | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| National University | Michael Hayes | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| National University | Eoin MacNeill | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| National University | William Magennis | Independent |
| National University | William Stockley | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Sligo–Mayo East | Frank Carty | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Sligo–Mayo East | James Devins | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Sligo–Mayo East | Francis Ferran | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Sligo–Mayo East | Alexander McCabe | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Sligo–Mayo East | Thomas O'Donnell | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Tipperary Mid, North and South | Séamus Burke | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Tipperary Mid, North and South | Joseph MacDonagh | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Tipperary Mid, North and South | P. J. Moloney | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Tipperary Mid, North and South | Daniel Morrissey | Labour |
| Waterford–Tipperary East | Cathal Brugha | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Waterford–Tipperary East | John Butler | Labour |
| Waterford–Tipperary East | Daniel Byrne | Farmers' Party |
| Waterford–Tipperary East | Nicholas Phelan | Labour |
| Waterford–Tipperary East | Vincent White | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) |
| Wexford | Richard Corish | Labour |
| Wexford | Michael Doyle | Farmers' Party |
| Wexford | Séamus Doyle | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
| Wexford | Daniel O'Callaghan | Labour |

## Changes

No by-elections were held for vacancies during the 3rd Dáil.
| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note |
| 7 July 1922 | Waterford–Tipperary East | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | | Death of Cathal Brugha |
| 1 August 1922 | Mayo South–Roscommon South | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | | Death of Harry Boland |
| 12 August 1922 | Cavan | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | | Death of Arthur Griffith |
| 22 August 1922 | Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | | Death of Michael Collins |
| 9 September 1922 | National University | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Ceann Comhairle | Michael Hayes takes office as Ceann Comhairle |
| 20 September 1922 | Sligo–Mayo East | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | | Death of James Devins |
| 29 November 1922 | Mayo South–Roscommon | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | | Resignation of Daniel O'Rourke |
| 6 December 1922 | Carlow–Kilkenny | Labour | Independent Labour | Patrick Gaffney refused to take the Oath |
| 7 December 1922 | Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | | Death of Seán Hales |
| 13 December 1922 | Clare | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | | Resignation of Patrick Brennan |
| 18 December 1922 | Clare | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | | Resignation of Seán Liddy |
| 25 December 1922 | Tipperary Mid, North and South | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | | Death of Joseph MacDonagh |
| 17 April 1923 | Longford–Westmeath | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | | Death of Laurence Ginnell |
| 27 April 1923 | | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Cumann na nGaedheal | Formation of new party |
| 10 June 1923 | Sligo–Mayo East | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | | Death of Francis Ferran |