# 5th Dáil

The 5th Dáil was elected at the June 1927 general election on 9 June 1927 and met on 23 June 1927. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. It was one of two houses of the Oireachtas, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1925 Seanad. The 5th Dáil was dissolved on 25 August 1927 by Governor-General Tim Healy, at the advice of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave. The 5th Dáil is the shortest Dáil in the history of the state, lasting only 63 days.

## Composition of the 5th Dáil

| Party | Party | June 1927 | Aug. 1927 |
| ● | Cumann na nGaedheal | 47 | 47 |
| | Fianna Fáil | 44 | 43 |
| | Labour | 22 | 22 |
| | Farmers' Party | 11 | 11 |
| | National League | 8 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | 5 | 5 |
| | Independent | 16 | 18 |
| | Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 |
Cumann na nGaedheal, denoted with bullet (●), formed the 3rd executive council of the Irish Free State.

### Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 5th Dáil from June 1927. This was not the official seating plan.

## Ceann Comhairle

On 23 June 1927, Michael Hayes (CnaG), who had been Ceann Comhairle since 1922, was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave and seconded by Thomas Johnson for the position, and was approved without a vote. On 1 July 1927, James Dolan (CnaG) was proposed by Eamonn Duggan as Leas-Cheann Comhairle. He was approved by a vote of 54 to 20.

## TDs by constituency

The list of the 153 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.
Members of the 5th Dáil :
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | W. T. Cosgrave | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Edward Doyle | Labour |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Denis Gorey | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Thomas Derrig | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Richard Holohan | Farmers' Party |
| Cavan | Patrick Baxter | Farmers' Party |
| Cavan | John O'Hanlon | Independent |
| Cavan | John Joe O'Reilly | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cavan | Paddy Smith | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Éamon de Valera | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Thomas Falvey | Farmers' Party |
| Clare | Patrick Hogan | Labour |
| Clare | Patrick Houlihan | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Patrick Kelly | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork Borough | Richard Anthony | Labour |
| Cork Borough | Barry Egan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork Borough | Seán French | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork Borough | John Horgan | National League |
| Cork Borough | J. J. Walsh | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork East | Martin Corry | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork East | John Daly | Independent |
| Cork East | Michael Hennessy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork East | David Kent | Sinn Féin |
| Cork East | David O'Gorman | Farmers' Party |
| Cork North | Daniel Corkery | Independent |
| Cork North | Timothy Quill | Labour |
| Cork North | Daniel Vaughan | Farmers' Party |
| Cork West | Thomas Mullins | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork West | Timothy J. Murphy | Labour |
| Cork West | Timothy O'Donovan | Farmers' Party |
| Cork West | Timothy Sheehy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork West | Jasper Wolfe | Independent |
| Donegal | Neal Blaney | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal | Frank Carney | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal | Eugene Doherty | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Donegal | Hugh Law | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Donegal | Michael Óg McFadden | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Donegal | Daniel McMenamin | National League |
| Donegal | James Myles | Independent |
| Donegal | John White | Farmers' Party |
| Dublin North | Alfie Byrne | Independent |
| Dublin North | John Byrne | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin North | Kathleen Clarke | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North | Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin North | Denis Cullen | Labour |
| Dublin North | Richard Mulcahy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin North | Seán T. O'Kelly | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North | Oscar Traynor | Sinn Féin |
| Dublin South | James Beckett | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin South | Peadar Doyle | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin South | Myles Keogh | Independent |
| Dublin South | Thomas Lawlor | Labour |
| Dublin South | Seán Lemass | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | Constance Markievicz | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | Vincent Rice | National League |
| Dublin County | Patrick Belton | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | Bryan Cooper | Independent |
| Dublin County | Desmond FitzGerald | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin County | John Good | Independent |
| Dublin County | Thomas Johnson | Labour |
| Dublin County | Seán MacEntee | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin County | Batt O'Connor | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin County | Kevin O'Higgins | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin University | Ernest Alton | Independent |
| Dublin University | James Craig | Independent |
| Dublin University | William Thrift | Independent |
| Galway | Seán Broderick | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Galway | William Duffy | National League |
| Galway | Frank Fahy | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway | Patrick Hogan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Galway | Mark Killilea Snr | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway | Gilbert Lynch | Labour |
| Galway | Martin McDonogh | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Galway | Thomas Powell | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway | Seán Tubridy | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry | James Crowley | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Kerry | Fionán Lynch | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Kerry | Tom McEllistrim | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry | William O'Leary | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry | Thomas O'Reilly | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry | John O'Sullivan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Kerry | Austin Stack | Sinn Féin |
| Kildare | Domhnall Ua Buachalla | Fianna Fáil |
| Kildare | Hugh Colohan | Labour |
| Kildare | George Wolfe | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leitrim–Sligo | Michael Carter | Farmers' Party |
| Leitrim–Sligo | Frank Carty | Fianna Fáil |
| Leitrim–Sligo | James Dolan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leitrim–Sligo | John Hennigan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leitrim–Sligo | Samuel Holt | Fianna Fáil |
| Leitrim–Sligo | John Jinks | National League |
| Leitrim–Sligo | Martin Roddy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leix–Offaly | Patrick Boland | Fianna Fáil |
| Leix–Offaly | William Davin | Labour |
| Leix–Offaly | James Dwyer | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leix–Offaly | John Gill | Labour |
| Leix–Offaly | Thomas Tynan | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | George C. Bennett | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Limerick | Patrick Clancy | Labour |
| Limerick | James Colbert | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | Tadhg Crowley | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick | Gilbert Hewson | Independent |
| Limerick | Michael Keyes | Labour |
| Limerick | Richard O'Connell | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Longford–Westmeath | Henry Broderick | Labour |
| Longford–Westmeath | Hugh Garahan | Farmers' Party |
| Longford–Westmeath | Michael Kennedy | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Patrick Shaw | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Longford–Westmeath | James Victory | Fianna Fáil |
| Louth | Frank Aiken | Fianna Fáil |
| Louth | James Coburn | National League |
| Louth | James Murphy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo North | Michael Davis | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo North | Mark Henry | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo North | John Madden | Sinn Féin |
| Mayo North | P. J. Ruttledge | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo South | James FitzGerald-Kenney | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo South | Michael Kilroy | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo South | Eugene Mullen | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo South | Martin Nally | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo South | Thomas J. O'Connell | Labour |
| Meath | Eamonn Duggan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Meath | David Hall | Labour |
| Meath | Matthew O'Reilly | Fianna Fáil |
| Monaghan | Ernest Blythe | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Monaghan | Alexander Haslett | Independent |
| Monaghan | Patrick MacCarvill | Fianna Fáil |
| National University | Arthur Clery | Independent |
| National University | Michael Hayes | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| National University | Patrick McGilligan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Roscommon | Michael Brennan | Independent |
| Roscommon | Gerald Boland | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | Martin Conlon | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Roscommon | Patrick O'Dowd | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | Séamus Burke | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Tipperary | Andrew Fogarty | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | Seán Hayes | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary | John Hassett | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Tipperary | Michael Heffernan | Farmers' Party |
| Tipperary | Daniel Morrissey | Labour |
| Tipperary | William O'Brien | Labour |
| Waterford | Caitlín Brugha | Sinn Féin |
| Waterford | Patrick Little | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | William Redmond | National League |
| Waterford | Vincent White | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Wexford | Richard Corish | Labour |
| Wexford | Michael Doyle | Farmers' Party |
| Wexford | John Keating | National League |
| Wexford | James Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | James Shannon | Labour |
| Wicklow | James Everett | Labour |
| Wicklow | Séamus Moore | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | Dermot O'Mahony | Cumann na nGaedheal |

## Changes

| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note |
| 23 June 1927 | National University | Cumann na nGaedheal | Ceann Comhairle | Michael Hayes takes office as Ceann Comhairle |
| 10 July 1927 | Dublin County | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Death of Kevin O'Higgins |
| 15 July 1927 | Dublin South | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Constance Markievicz |
| 26 July 1927 | Dublin County | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Patrick Belton takes Oath of Allegiance in contravention of Fianna Fáil policy |
| August 1927 | Cork North | Independent | Fianna Fáil | Daniel Corkery joins Fianna Fáil |
| 11 August 1927 | Dublin South | National League | Independent | Vincent Rice resigns from the National League after failing to take the party pledge and supporting the government |
| 18 August 1927 | Leitrim–Sligo | National League | Independent | John Jinks resigns from the National League after abstaining on vote of no confidence |
| 24 August 1927 | Dublin County | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Gearóid O'Sullivan holds the seat vacated by the death of O'Higgins |
| 24 August 1927 | Dublin South | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Thomas Hennessy gains the seat vacated by the death of Markievicz |
After the dissolution of the Dáil, Independent TDs Bryan Cooper (Dublin County), John Daly (Cork East), Myles Keogh (Dublin South) and Vincent Rice (Dublin City South) joined Cumann na nGaedheal, standing for the party in the September general election.