# 11th Dáil

The 11th Dáil was elected at the 1943 general election on 23 June 1943 and met on 1 July 1943. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 4th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
The Dáil adjourned sine die on 10 May 1944, the day after President Douglas Hyde called a general election for 30 May at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The 11th Dáil was dissolved on 7 June 1944. Exceptionally, the outgoing Dáil was not dissolved until after the election. Although the Constitution requires the President to dissolve the Dáil before a general election, this procedure was overridden by the General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943. The act, which would have been unconstitutional if not for the state of emergency in effect during the Second World War, was intended to increase national security by minimising the interval during which no Dáil was in existence. The 13th Dáil lasted 342 days.
There were no by-elections during this Dáil.

## Composition of the 11th Dáil

| Party | Party | June 1943 | May 1944 |
| ● | Fianna Fáil | 67 | 65 |
| | Fine Gael | 32 | 32 |
| | Labour | 17 | 12 |
| | Clann na Talmhan | 14 | 13 |
| | Independent | 8 | 9 |
| | Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 |
| | National Labour Party | — | 5 |
| | Vacant | — | 1 |
Government party denoted with bullet (●)

### Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 11th Dáil from July 1943. This was not the official seating plan.

## Ceann Comhairle

On 1 July 1943, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Seán T. O'Kelly 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 11th Dáil :
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Athlone–Longford | Thomas Carter | Fianna Fáil |
| Athlone–Longford | Erskine H. Childers | Fianna Fáil |
| Athlone–Longford | Seán Mac Eoin | Fine Gael |
| Carlow–Kildare | Thomas Harris | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kildare | James Hughes | Fine Gael |
| Carlow–Kildare | Francis Humphreys | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kildare | William Norton | Labour |
| Cavan | John James Cole | Independent |
| Cavan | Patrick O'Reilly | Clann na Talmhan |
| 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 | Patrick Hogan | Labour |
| Clare | Seán O'Grady | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Borough | Richard Anthony | Independent |
| Cork Borough | W. T. Cosgrave | Fine Gael |
| Cork Borough | Frank Daly | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Borough | Séamus Fitzgerald | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North | Patrick Halliden | Clann na Talmhan |
| Cork North | Timothy Linehan | Fine Gael |
| Cork North | Seán Moylan | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North | Leo Skinner | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South-East | William Broderick | Fine Gael |
| Cork South-East | Martin Corry | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South-East | Thomas Looney | Labour |
| Cork West | Seán Buckley | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork West | Timothy O'Donovan | Fine Gael |
| Cork West | Timothy J. Murphy | Labour |
| Cork West | Patrick O'Driscoll | Clann na Talmhan |
| 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 | Clann na Talmhan |
| 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 | Maurice E. Dockrell | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South | Peadar Doyle | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South | James Larkin Jnr | Labour |
| Dublin South | Seán Lemass | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | James Lynch | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | John McCann | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | Seán Brady | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | Liam Cosgrave | Fine Gael |
| Dublin County | Henry Dockrell | Fine Gael |
| Dublin County | Patrick Fogarty | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | James Tunney | Labour |
| Dublin North-East | Alfie Byrne | Independent |
| Dublin North-East | James Larkin | Labour |
| Dublin North-East | Oscar Traynor | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | Cormac Breathnach | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | A. P. Byrne | Independent |
| Dublin North-West | Patrick McGilligan | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-West | Seán T. O'Kelly | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | Martin O'Sullivan | Labour |
| Dublin Townships | Ernest Benson | Fine Gael |
| Dublin Townships | Bernard Butler | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin Townships | Seán MacEntee | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway East | Patrick Beegan | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway East | Michael Donnellan | Clann na Talmhan |
| Galway East | Frank Fahy | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway East | Mark Killilea Snr | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Gerald Bartley | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Eamon Corbett | 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 | Labour |
| Kerry South | Frederick Crowley | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry South | John Healy | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry South | Fionán Lynch | Fine Gael |
| Kilkenny | Philip Mahony | Clann na Talmhan |
| Kilkenny | Thomas Derrig | Fianna Fáil |
| Kilkenny | James Pattison | Labour |
| Leitrim | Stephen Flynn | Fianna Fáil |
| Leitrim | Bernard Maguire | Independent |
| Leitrim | Mary Reynolds | 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 | Thomas F. O'Higgins | Fine Gael |
| Limerick | George C. Bennett | Fine Gael |
| Limerick | Daniel Bourke | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | Tadhg Crowley | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | Michael Keyes | Labour |
| Limerick | Donnchadh Ó Briain | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | James Reidy | Fine Gael |
| Limerick | Robert Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| 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 | Dominick Cafferky | Clann na Talmhan |
| Mayo South | Micheál Clery | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo South | James FitzGerald-Kenney | Fine Gael |
| Mayo South | Mícheál Ó Móráin | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath–Westmeath | Charles Fagan | Fine Gael |
| Meath–Westmeath | Patrick Giles | Fine Gael |
| Meath–Westmeath | Michael Hilliard | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath–Westmeath | Michael Kennedy | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath–Westmeath | Matthew O'Reilly | Fianna Fáil |
| Monaghan | James Dillon | Independent |
| Monaghan | Bridget Rice | Fianna Fáil |
| Monaghan | Conn Ward | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | John Beirne | Clann na Talmhan |
| Roscommon | Gerald Boland | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | John Meighan | Clann na Talmhan |
| Sligo | Martin Brennan | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo | Martin Roddy | Fine Gael |
| Sligo | Patrick Rogers | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary | Dan Breen | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | Andrew Fogarty | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | Daniel Morrissey | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary | William O'Donnell | Clann na Talmhan |
| Tipperary | Jeremiah Ryan | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary | Martin Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | Richard Stapleton | Labour |
| Waterford | Denis Heskin | Clann na Talmhan |
| Waterford | Patrick Little | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | Michael Morrissey | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | Bridget Redmond | Fine Gael |
| Wexford | Denis Allen | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | Richard Corish | Labour |
| Wexford | John Esmonde | Fine Gael |
| Wexford | John O'Leary | Labour |
| Wexford | James Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | Christopher Byrne | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | Patrick Cogan | Clann na Talmhan |
| Wicklow | James Everett | Labour |

## Changes

| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note |
| 1 July 1943 | Galway East | Fianna Fáil | Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle |
| 22 July 1943 | Tipperary | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Martin Ryan |
| July 1943 | Donegal East | Clann na Talmhan | Independent | William Sheldon resigns from Clann na Talmhan |
| 7 January 1944 | Wicklow | Labour | National Labour Party | James Everett resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party as its leader |
| 7 January 1944 | Cork South-East | Labour | National Labour Party | Thomas Looney resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party |
| 7 January 1944 | Wexford | Labour | National Labour Party | John O'Leary resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party |
| 7 January 1944 | Kilkenny | Labour | National Labour Party | James Pattison resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party |
| 7 January 1944 | Kerry North | Labour | National Labour Party | Dan Spring resigns from the Labour Party and joins the National Labour Party |