# 13th Dáil

The 13th Dáil was elected at the 1948 general election on 4 February 1948 and first met on 18 February 1948. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 6th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
The 13th Dáil was dissolved by President Seán T. O'Kelly on 7 May 1951, at the request of the Taoiseach John A. Costello. The 13th Dáil lasted 1,175 days.

## Composition of the 13th Dáil

| Party | Party | Feb. 1948 | May 1951 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 68 | 66 |
| ● | Fine Gael | 31 | 30 |
| ● | Labour Party | 14 | 19 |
| ● | Clann na Poblachta | 10 | 7 |
| ● | Clann na Talmhan | 7 | 6 |
| ● | National Labour Party | 5 | — |
| | Independent | 12 | 16 |
| | Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 |
| | Vacant | — | 2 |
Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (●)

### Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 13th Dáil from February 1948. This was not the official seating plan.

## Ceann Comhairle

On the meeting of the Dáil, Frank Fahy (FF) was proposed as Ceann Comhairle by Éamon de Valera (FF) and seconded by Richard Mulcahy (FG). His election was approved unanimously.

## TDs by constituency

The list of the 147 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.
Members of the 13th 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 | National Labour Party |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Thomas Walsh | Fianna Fáil |
| Cavan | Patrick O'Reilly | Independent |
| Cavan | Michael Sheridan | Fianna Fáil |
| Cavan | Paddy Smith | Fianna Fáil |
| Cavan | John Tully | Clann na Poblachta |
| Clare | Thomas Burke | Independent |
| Clare | Éamon de Valera | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Patrick Hogan | Labour |
| Clare | Seán O'Grady | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Borough | James Hickey | National Labour Party |
| Cork Borough | Jack Lynch | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Borough | Patrick McGrath | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Borough | Thomas F. O'Higgins | Fine Gael |
| Cork Borough | Michael Sheehan | Independent |
| Cork East | Martin Corry | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork East | Seán Keane | Labour |
| Cork East | Patrick O'Gorman | Fine Gael |
| Cork North | Patrick Halliden | Clann na Talmhan |
| Cork North | Patrick McAuliffe | Labour |
| Cork North | Seán Moylan | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South | Seán Buckley | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South | Dan Desmond | Labour |
| Cork South | Patrick Lehane | Clann na Talmhan |
| Cork West | Seán Collins | Fine Gael |
| Cork West | Timothy J. Murphy | Labour |
| 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 | William Sheldon | Independent |
| Donegal West | Brian Brady | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal West | Cormac Breslin | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal West | Michael Óg McFadden | 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 | Martin O'Sullivan | Labour |
| Dublin North-East | Jack Belton | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-East | Alfie Byrne | Independent |
| Dublin North-East | Harry Colley | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-East | Peadar Cowan | Clann na Poblachta |
| Dublin North-East | Oscar Traynor | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | Cormac Breathnach | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | A. P. Byrne | Independent |
| Dublin North-West | Mick Fitzpatrick | Clann na Poblachta |
| Dublin South-Central | Maurice E. Dockrell | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-Central | James Larkin Jnr | Labour |
| Dublin South-Central | Con Lehane | Clann na Poblachta |
| Dublin South-Central | Seán Lemass | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-Central | John McCann | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-East | Noël Browne | Clann na Poblachta |
| Dublin South-East | John A. Costello | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-East | Seán MacEntee | Fianna Fáil |
| 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 | Joseph Brennan | Clann na Poblachta |
| Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown | Liam Cosgrave | Fine Gael |
| Galway North | Michael Donnellan | Clann na Talmhan |
| Galway North | Mark Killilea Snr | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway North | Michael F. Kitt | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway South | Patrick Beegan | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway South | Frank Fahy | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway South | Robert Lahiffe | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Gerald Bartley | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Michael Lydon | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Joseph Mongan | Fine Gael |
| Kerry North | Patrick Finucane | Clann na Talmhan |
| Kerry North | Eamon Kissane | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Tom McEllistrim | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Dan Spring | National Labour Party |
| Kerry South | Honor Crowley | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry South | John Flynn | Independent |
| Kerry South | Patrick Palmer | Fine Gael |
| Kildare | Thomas Harris | Fianna Fáil |
| Kildare | William Norton | Labour |
| Kildare | Gerard Sweetman | Fine Gael |
| Leix–Offaly | Patrick Boland | Fianna Fáil |
| Leix–Offaly | William Davin | Labour |
| Leix–Offaly | Oliver J. Flanagan | Independent |
| Leix–Offaly | Patrick Gorry | Fianna Fáil |
| Leix–Offaly | Tom O'Higgins | Fine Gael |
| Limerick East | Daniel Bourke | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick East | Michael Keyes | Labour |
| Limerick East | James Reidy | Fine Gael |
| Limerick East | Robert Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick West | James Collins | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick West | David Madden | Fine Gael |
| Limerick West | Donnchadh Ó Briain | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Thomas Carter | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Erskine H. Childers | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Charles Fagan | Independent |
| Longford–Westmeath | Michael Kennedy | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Seán Mac Eoin | Fine Gael |
| Louth | Frank Aiken | Fianna Fáil |
| Louth | James Coburn | Fine Gael |
| Louth | Roddy Connolly | Labour |
| Mayo North | Patrick Browne | Fine Gael |
| Mayo North | James Kilroy | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo North | P. J. Ruttledge | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo South | Joseph Blowick | Clann na Talmhan |
| Mayo South | Bernard Commons | Clann na Talmhan |
| Mayo South | Mícheál Ó Móráin | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo South | Richard Walsh | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | Patrick Giles | Fine Gael |
| Meath | Michael Hilliard | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | Matthew O'Reilly | Fianna Fáil |
| Monaghan | James Dillon | Independent |
| Monaghan | Patrick Maguire | Fianna Fáil |
| Monaghan | Bridget Rice | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | John Beirne | Clann na Talmhan |
| Roscommon | Gerald Boland | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | Jack McQuillan | Clann na Poblachta |
| Roscommon | Daniel O'Rourke | Fianna Fáil |
| 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 | Patrick Kinane | Clann na Poblachta |
| Tipperary North | Daniel Morrissey | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary North | Mary Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Dan Breen | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Michael Davern | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Richard Mulcahy | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary South | John Timoney | Clann na Poblachta |
| Waterford | Thomas Kyne | Labour |
| Waterford | Patrick Little | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | John Ormonde | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | Bridget Redmond | Fine Gael |
| Wexford | Denis Allen | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | Brendan Corish | Labour |
| Wexford | John Esmonde | Fine Gael |
| Wexford | John O'Leary | National Labour Party |
| Wexford | James Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | Thomas Brennan | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | Patrick Cogan | Independent |
| Wicklow | James Everett | National Labour Party |

## Changes

| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note |
| 18 February 1948 | Galway South | Fianna Fáil | Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle |
| 2 July 1948 | Dublin North-East | Clann na Poblachta | Independent | Peadar Cowan expelled from party for stance on aid from Marshall Plan |
| 30 October 1948 | Donegal East | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Neal Blaney (FF) |
| 7 December 1948 | Donegal East | | Fianna Fáil | Neil Blaney (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Neal Blaney |
| 19 April 1949 | Cork West | Labour | | Death of Timothy J. Murphy (Lab) |
| 15 June 1949 | Cork West | | Labour | William J. Murphy (Lab) holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Timothy J. Murphy |
| 10 September 1949 | Donegal West | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Brian Brady (FF) |
| 16 November 1949 | Donegal West | | Fine Gael | Patrick O'Donnell (FG) wins the seat vacated by the death of Brady |
| 1950 | Carlow–Kilkenny | National Labour Party | Labour | James Pattison re-joins Labour Party |
| 1950 | Cork Borough | National Labour Party | Labour | James Hickey re-joins Labour Party |
| 1950 | Kerry North | National Labour Party | Labour | Dan Spring re-joins Labour Party |
| 1950 | Wexford | National Labour Party | Labour | John O'Leary re-joins Labour Party |
| 1950 | Wicklow | National Labour Party | Labour | James Everett re-joins Labour Party |
| 20 September 1950 | Wexford | Fine Gael | Independent | Resignation of John Esmonde (FG) from party |
| 12 March 1951 | Galway West | Fine Gael | | Death of Joseph Mongan (FG) |
| 12 April 1951 | Dublin South-East | Clann na Poblachta | Independent | Noël Browne (CnaP) resigns from party on his resignation as Minister for Health |
| 13 April 1951 | Roscommon | Clann na Poblachta | Independent | Jack McQuillan (CnaP) resigns from party in sympathy with Browne |
| 29 April 1951 | Kerry North | Clann na Talmhan | Independent | Patrick Finucane (CnaT) resigns from party |
| 1 May 1951 | Wexford | Independent | | Resignation from Dáil of John Esmonde (Ind) |