# 15th Dáil

The 15th Dáil was elected at the 1954 general election on 14 May 1954 and met on 2 June 1954. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 8th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
On 12 February 1957, President Seán T. O'Kelly dissolved the Dáil at the request of the Taoiseach John A. Costello on 4 February. The 15th Dáil lasted 2 years, 255 days.

## Composition of the 15th Dáil

| Party | Party | May 1954 | Feb. 1957 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 65 | 68 |
| ● | Fine Gael | 50 | 48 |
| ● | Labour Party | 19 | 17 |
| ● | Clann na Talmhan | 5 | 5 |
| | Clann na Poblachta | 3 | 3 |
| | Independent | 5 | 5 |
| | Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 |
Fine Gael, the Labour Party, and Clann na Talmhan, denoted with bullets (●), formed the 7th government of Ireland, a minority government dependent on the support of Clann na Poblachta.

### Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 15th Dáil from June 1954. This was not the official seating plan.

## Ceann Comhairle

On the meeting of the Dáil, Patrick Hogan (Lab), who had served as Ceann Comhairle in the previous Dáil, was proposed by Éamon de Valera (FF) and seconded by Richard Mulcahy (FG) for the position. His election was approved without a vote. Hogan had served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle from 1927 to 1928, from 1932 to 1938 and from 1948 to 1951.

## TDs by constituency

The list of the 147 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.
Members of the 15th Dáil :
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Patrick Crotty | Fine Gael |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Joseph Hughes | Fine Gael |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Thomas Derrig | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | James Pattison | Labour |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Thomas Walsh | Fianna Fáil |
| Cavan | Patrick O'Reilly | Fine Gael |
| Cavan | Michael Sheridan | Fianna Fáil |
| Cavan | Paddy Smith | Fianna Fáil |
| Cavan | John Tully | Clann na Poblachta |
| Clare | Éamon de Valera | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Patrick Hillery | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Patrick Hogan | Labour |
| Clare | William Murphy | Fine Gael |
| Cork Borough | Stephen Barrett | Fine Gael |
| Cork Borough | Anthony Barry | Fine Gael |
| Cork Borough | Seán Casey | Labour |
| Cork Borough | Jack Lynch | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Borough | Patrick McGrath | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork East | Richard Barry | Fine Gael |
| Cork East | Martin Corry | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork East | John Moher | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North | Patrick McAuliffe | Labour |
| Cork North | Seán Moylan | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North | Denis O'Sullivan | Fine Gael |
| Cork South | Dan Desmond | Labour |
| Cork South | Seán McCarthy | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South | Tadhg Manley | Fine Gael |
| Cork West | Seán Collins | Fine Gael |
| Cork West | Edward Cotter | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork West | Michael Pat Murphy | Labour |
| Donegal East | Neil Blaney | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal East | Liam Cunningham | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal East | Daniel McMenamin | Fine Gael |
| Donegal East | William Sheldon | Independent |
| Donegal West | Joseph Brennan | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal West | Cormac Breslin | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal West | Patrick O'Donnell | Fine Gael |
| Dublin County | Patrick Burke | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | Seán Dunne | Labour |
| Dublin County | Éamon Rooney | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-Central | Vivion de Valera | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-Central | Patrick McGilligan | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-Central | Maureen O'Carroll | Labour |
| Dublin North-East | Jack Belton | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-East | Alfie Byrne | Independent |
| Dublin North-East | Harry Colley | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-East | Denis Larkin | Labour |
| Dublin North-East | Oscar Traynor | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | Thomas Byrne | Independent |
| Dublin North-West | Declan Costello | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-West | Richard Gogan | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-Central | Maurice E. Dockrell | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-Central | Thomas Finlay | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-Central | James Larkin Jnr | Labour |
| Dublin South-Central | Seán Lemass | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-Central | Celia Lynch | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-East | John A. Costello | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-East | Seán MacEntee | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-East | John O'Donovan | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-West | Robert Briscoe | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-West | Bernard Butler | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-West | Peadar Doyle | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-West | Seán MacBride | Clann na Poblachta |
| Dublin South-West | Michael O'Higgins | Fine Gael |
| Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown | Seán Brady | Fianna Fáil |
| Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown | Liam Cosgrave | Fine Gael |
| Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown | H. Percy Dockrell | Fine Gael |
| Galway North | Michael Donnellan | Clann na Talmhan |
| Galway North | James Hession | Fine Gael |
| Galway North | Mark Killilea Snr | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway South | Patrick Beegan | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway South | Brendan Glynn | Fine Gael |
| Galway South | Robert Lahiffe | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Gerald Bartley | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Fintan Coogan | Fine Gael |
| Galway West | Johnny Geoghegan | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Johnny Connor | Clann na Poblachta |
| Kerry North | Patrick Finucane | Clann na Talmhan |
| Kerry North | Tom McEllistrim | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Dan Spring | Labour |
| Kerry South | Honor Crowley | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry South | John Flynn | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry South | Patrick Palmer | Fine Gael |
| Kildare | Thomas Harris | Fianna Fáil |
| Kildare | William Norton | Labour |
| Kildare | Gerard Sweetman | Fine Gael |
| Leix–Offaly | William Davin | Labour |
| Leix–Offaly | Nicholas Egan | Fianna Fáil |
| Leix–Offaly | Oliver J. Flanagan | Fine Gael |
| Leix–Offaly | Peadar Maher | Fianna Fáil |
| Leix–Offaly | Tom O'Higgins | Fine Gael |
| Limerick East | John Carew | Fine Gael |
| Limerick East | Tadhg Crowley | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick East | Michael Keyes | Labour |
| Limerick East | Donogh O'Malley | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick West | James Collins | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick West | David Madden | Fine Gael |
| Limerick West | Donnchadh Ó Briain | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Frank Carter | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Erskine H. Childers | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Charles Fagan | Fine Gael |
| Longford–Westmeath | Michael Kennedy | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Seán Mac Eoin | Fine Gael |
| Louth | Frank Aiken | Fianna Fáil |
| Louth | George Coburn | Fine Gael |
| Louth | Paddy Donegan | Fine Gael |
| Mayo North | Phelim Calleary | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo North | Patrick Lindsay | Fine Gael |
| Mayo North | Thomas O'Hara | Clann na Talmhan |
| Mayo South | Joseph Blowick | Clann na Talmhan |
| Mayo South | Seán Flanagan | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo South | Henry Kenny | Fine Gael |
| Mayo South | Mícheál Ó Móráin | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | Patrick Giles | Fine Gael |
| Meath | Michael Hilliard | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | James Tully | Labour |
| Monaghan | James Dillon | Fine Gael |
| Monaghan | Edward Kelly | Fianna Fáil |
| Monaghan | Patrick Mooney | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | John Beirne | Clann na Talmhan |
| Roscommon | Gerald Boland | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | James Burke | Fine Gael |
| Roscommon | Jack McQuillan | Independent |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Stephen Flynn | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Eugene Gilbride | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Bernard Maguire | Independent |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Mary Reynolds | Fine Gael |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Joseph Roddy | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary North | John Fanning | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary North | Daniel Morrissey | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary North | Mary Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Dan Breen | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Patrick Crowe | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary South | Michael Davern | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Richard Mulcahy | Fine Gael |
| Waterford | William Kenneally | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | Thomas Kyne | Labour |
| Waterford | Thaddeus Lynch | Fine Gael |
| Waterford | John Ormonde | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | Denis Allen | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | Brendan Corish | Labour |
| Wexford | Anthony Esmonde | Fine Gael |
| Wexford | John O'Leary | Labour |
| Wexford | James Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | Paudge Brennan | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | Mark Deering | Fine Gael |
| Wicklow | James Everett | Labour |

## Changes

| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note |
| 2 June 1954 | Clare | Labour | Ceann Comhairle | Patrick Hogan takes office as Ceann Comhairle |
| 31 July 1955 | Limerick West | Fine Gael | | Death of David Madden |
| 11 December 1955 | Kerry North | Clann na Poblachta | | Death of Johnny Connor |
| 13 December 1955 | Limerick West | | Fianna Fáil | Michael Colbert wins the seat vacated by the death of Madden |
| 29 February 1956 | Kerry North | | Clann na Poblachta | Kathleen O'Connor holds the seat vacated by the death of her father Johnny Connor |
| 1 March 1956 | Leix–Offaly | Labour | | Death of William Davin |
| 13 March 1956 | Dublin North-East | Independent | | Death of Alfie Byrne |
| 30 April 1956 | Leix–Offaly | | Fianna Fáil | Kieran Egan wins the seat vacated by the death of Davin |
| 30 April 1956 | Dublin North-East | | Independent | Patrick Byrne holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Alfie Byrne |
| 20 June 1956 | Cork Borough | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Patrick McGrath |
| 2 August 1956 | Cork Borough | | Fianna Fáil | John Galvin holds the seat vacated by the death of McGrath |
| 14 July 1956 | Carlow–Kilkenny | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Thomas Walsh |
| 4 August 1956 | Dublin South-West | Fine Gael | | Death of Peadar Doyle |
| 14 November 1956 | Carlow–Kilkenny | | Fianna Fáil | Martin Medlar holds the seat vacated by the death of Walsh |
| 14 November 1956 | Dublin South-West | | Fianna Fáil | Noel Lemass wins the seat vacated by the death of Doyle |