# 9th Dáil

The 9th Dáil was elected at the 1937 general election on 1 July 1937 and met on 21 July 1937. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. Seanad Éireann, a second chamber in the Irish Free State, had been abolished in May 1936.
On 29 December 1937, the Constitution of Ireland came into effect, with the state being renamed as Ireland. The Oireachtas established under this constitution was bicameral, and an indirect election to the new Seanad Éireann took place in April 1938, forming the 2nd Seanad.
The 9th Dáil was dissolved on 27 May 1938. The 9th Dáil lasted 310 days. There were no by-elections during the 9th Dáil.

## Composition of the 9th Dáil

| Party | Party | July 1937 | May 1938 |
| ● | Fianna Fáil | 69 | 67 |
| | Fine Gael | 48 | 48 |
| | Labour | 13 | 13 |
| | Independent | 8 | 8 |
| | Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 |
| | Vacant | — | 1 |
Fianna Fáil, denoted with bullet (●), formed the 8th executive council of the Irish Free State, a minority government dependent on the support of the Labour Party. This became the 1st government of Ireland on 29 December 1937, on the coming into operation of the Constitution.

### Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 9th Dáil from July 1937. This was not the official seating plan.

## Ceann Comhairle

On 21 July 1937, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by William Norton for the position, and was elected without a vote.

## TDs by constituency

The list of the 138 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.
Members of the 9th Dáil :
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Athlone–Longford | Matthew Davis | Fianna Fáil |
| Athlone–Longford | Seán Mac Eoin | Fine Gael |
| Athlone–Longford | James Victory | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kildare | Thomas Harris | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kildare | Francis Humphreys | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kildare | Sydney Minch | Fine Gael |
| 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 | Patrick Hogan | Labour |
| Cork Borough | Richard Anthony | Independent |
| Cork Borough | W. T. Cosgrave | Fine Gael |
| Cork Borough | Thomas Dowdall | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Borough | Hugo Flinn | Fianna Fáil |
| 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 | Timothy J. Murphy | Labour |
| Cork West | Timothy O'Donovan | Fine Gael |
| Cork West | Daniel O'Leary | Fine Gael |
| Cork West | Eamonn O'Neill | Fine Gael |
| Cork West | Timothy O'Sullivan | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal East | Neal Blaney | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal East | John Friel | 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 | Robert Briscoe | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | Peadar Doyle | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South | Joseph Hannigan | Independent |
| Dublin South | Thomas Kelly | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | Myles Keogh | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South | Thomas Lawlor | Labour |
| Dublin South | Seán Lemass | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | Seán Brady | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | Henry Dockrell | Fine Gael |
| Dublin County | Patrick Fogarty | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | Cecil Lavery | Fine Gael |
| Dublin County | Gerrard McGowan | Labour |
| Dublin North-East | Alfie Byrne | Independent |
| Dublin North-East | James Larkin | Independent |
| Dublin North-East | Oscar Traynor | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | Cormac Breathnach | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | A. P. Byrne | Independent |
| Dublin North-West | Archie Heron | Labour |
| 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 M. 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 | Jack Finlay | Fine Gael |
| Leix–Offaly | Patrick Gorry | Fianna Fáil |
| Leix–Offaly | Thomas F. O'Higgins | Fine Gael |
| Limerick | Daniel Bourke | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | George C. Bennett | Fine Gael |
| Limerick | Michael Colbert | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | Michael Keyes | Labour |
| Limerick | Donnchadh Ó Briain | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | John O'Shaughnessy | 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 | Edward Moane | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo South | Martin Nally | Fine Gael |
| 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 | Eamon Rice | Fianna Fáil |
| Monaghan | Conn Ward | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | Gerald Boland | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | Michael Brennan | Fine Gael |
| Roscommon | Daniel O'Rourke | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo | Frank Carty | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo | Martin Roddy | Fine Gael |
| Sligo | Patrick Rogers | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary | Dan Breen | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | Séamus Burke | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary | Andrew Fogarty | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | Daniel Morrissey | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary | William O'Brien | Labour |
| Tipperary | Martin Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | Jeremiah Ryan | Fine Gael |
| Waterford | Patrick Little | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | Michael Morrissey | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | Bridget Redmond | Fine Gael |
| Waterford | Nicholas Wall | 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 | James Everett | Labour |
| Wicklow | Séamus Moore | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | Dermot O'Mahony | Fine Gael |

## Changes

| Date | Constituency | Loss | Loss | Gain | Gain | Note |
| 21 July 1937 | Galway East | | Fianna Fáil | | Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle |
| 7 November 1937 | Cork West | | Fianna Fáil | | | Death of Eamon Rice |