# 4th Dáil

The 4th Dáil was elected at the 1923 general election on 27 August 1923 and met on 19 September 1923. 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 1922 Seanad and the 1925 Seanad. Although Cumann na nGaedheal did not have a majority it was able to govern due to the absence of Republicans (Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin) who refused to attend. The 4th Dáil was dissolved by Governor-General Tim Healy on 23 May 1927, at the request of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave. The 4th Dáil lasted 3 years, 246 days.

## Composition of the 4th Dáil

| Party | Party | Aug. 1923 | May 1927 |
| ● | Cumann na nGaedheal | 63 | 57 |
| | Republican | 44 | 27 |
| | Labour | 14 | 15 |
| | Farmers' Party | 15 | 14 |
| | Businessmen's Party | 2 | 2 |
| | Fianna Fáil | — | 19 |
| | Clann Éireann | — | 3 |
| | National League | — | 2 |
| | Independent | 15 | 12 |
| | Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 |
| | Vacant | — | 1 |
| Total | Total | 153 | 153 |
Cumann na nGaedheal, denoted with bullet (●), formed the 2nd executive council of the Irish Free State.

### Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 4th Dáil from September 1923. This was not the official seating plan. The Republican members did not take their seats.

## Ceann Comhairle

On 19 September 1923, Michael Hayes (CnaG), the outgoing Ceann Comhairle, was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave and seconded by Thomas Johnson for the position, and was approved without a vote.

## TDs by constituency

The list of the 153 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.
Members of the 4th Dáil :
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | W. T. Cosgrave | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Edward Doyle | Labour |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Seán Gibbons | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Denis Gorey | Farmers' Party |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Michael Shelly | Republican |
| Cavan | Patrick Baxter | Farmers' Party |
| Cavan | John James Cole | Independent |
| Cavan | Seán Milroy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cavan | Patrick Smith | Republican |
| Clare | Éamon de Valera | Republican |
| Clare | Conor Hogan | Farmers' Party |
| Clare | Patrick Hogan | Labour |
| Clare | Eoin MacNeill | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Clare | Brian O'Higgins | Republican |
| Cork Borough | Richard Beamish | Independent |
| Cork Borough | Mary MacSwiney | Republican |
| Cork Borough | Alfred O'Rahilly | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork Borough | Andrew O'Shaughnessy | Independent |
| Cork Borough | J. J. Walsh | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork East | John Daly | Independent |
| Cork East | John Dinneen | Farmers' Party |
| Cork East | Michael Hennessy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork East | David Kent | Republican |
| Cork East | Thomas O'Mahony | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork North | Daniel Corkery | Republican |
| Cork North | Thomas Nagle | Labour |
| Cork North | Daniel Vaughan | Farmers' Party |
| Cork West | Seán Buckley | Republican |
| Cork West | Cornelius Connolly | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Cork West | Timothy J. Murphy | Labour |
| Cork West | Timothy O'Donovan | Farmers' Party |
| Cork West | John Prior | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Donegal | Eugene Doherty | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Donegal | Patrick McGoldrick | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Donegal | Patrick McFadden | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Donegal | James Myles | Independent |
| Donegal | Joseph O'Doherty | Republican |
| Donegal | Peadar O'Donnell | Republican |
| Donegal | Peter Ward | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Donegal | John White | Farmers' Party |
| Dublin North | Alfie Byrne | Independent |
| Dublin North | Francis Cahill | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin North | Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin North | William Hewat | Businessmen's Party |
| Dublin North | Seán McGarry | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin North | Richard Mulcahy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin North | Seán T. O'Kelly | Republican |
| Dublin North | Ernie O'Malley | Republican |
| Dublin South | Philip Cosgrave | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin South | Peadar Doyle | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin South | Michael Hayes | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin South | Myles Keogh | Independent |
| Dublin South | Daniel McCarthy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin South | Constance Markievicz | Republican |
| Dublin South | Cathal Ó Murchadha | Republican |
| Dublin County | Bryan Cooper | Independent |
| Dublin County | Michael Derham | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin County | Darrell Figgis | Independent |
| Dublin County | Desmond FitzGerald | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Dublin County | John Good | Businessmen's Party |
| Dublin County | Thomas Johnson | Labour |
| Dublin County | Kathleen Lynn | Republican |
| 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 | James Cosgrave | Independent |
| Galway | Frank Fahy | Republican |
| Galway | Patrick Hogan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Galway | Barney Mellows | Republican |
| Galway | George Nicolls | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Galway | Thomas J. O'Connell | Labour |
| Galway | Louis O'Dea | Republican |
| Galway | Pádraic Ó Máille | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Kerry | Patrick Cahill | Republican |
| Kerry | James Crowley | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Kerry | Fionán Lynch | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Kerry | Tom McEllistrim | Republican |
| Kerry | Thomas O'Donoghue | Republican |
| Kerry | John O'Sullivan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Kerry | Austin Stack | Republican |
| Kildare | Hugh Colohan | Labour |
| Kildare | John Conlan | Farmers' Party |
| Kildare | George Wolfe | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leitrim–Sligo | Thomas Carter | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leitrim–Sligo | Frank Carty | Republican |
| Leitrim–Sligo | James Dolan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leitrim–Sligo | Seán Farrell | Republican |
| Leitrim–Sligo | John Hennigan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leitrim–Sligo | Alexander McCabe | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leitrim–Sligo | Martin McGowan | Republican |
| Leix–Offaly | Laurence Brady | Republican |
| Leix–Offaly | Francis Bulfin | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leix–Offaly | William Davin | Labour |
| Leix–Offaly | Patrick Egan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Leix–Offaly | Seán McGuinness | Republican |
| Limerick | Seán Carroll | Republican |
| Limerick | Patrick Clancy | Labour |
| Limerick | James Colbert | Republican |
| Limerick | John Nolan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Limerick | Richard Hayes | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Limerick | Patrick Hogan | Farmers' Party |
| Limerick | James Ledden | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Longford–Westmeath | Conor Byrne | Republican |
| Longford–Westmeath | James Killane | Republican |
| Longford–Westmeath | John Lyons | Independent |
| Longford–Westmeath | Patrick McKenna | Farmers' Party |
| Longford–Westmeath | Patrick Shaw | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Louth | Frank Aiken | Republican |
| Louth | Peter Hughes | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Louth | James Murphy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo North | Henry Coyle | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo North | John Crowley | Republican |
| Mayo North | Joseph McGrath | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo North | P. J. Ruttledge | Republican |
| Mayo South | Michael Kilroy | Republican |
| Mayo South | Joseph MacBride | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo South | Tom Maguire | Republican |
| Mayo South | Martin Nally | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Mayo South | William Sears | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Meath | Eamonn Duggan | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Meath | David Hall | Labour |
| Meath | Patrick Mulvany | Farmers' Party |
| Monaghan | Ernest Blythe | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Monaghan | Patrick Duffy | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Monaghan | Patrick MacCarvill | Republican |
| National University | Michael Hayes | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| National University | Eoin MacNeill | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| National University | William Magennis | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Roscommon | Gerald Boland | Republican |
| Roscommon | Henry Finlay | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Roscommon | Andrew Lavin | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Roscommon | George Noble Plunkett | Republican |
| Tipperary | Dan Breen | Republican |
| Tipperary | Séamus Burke | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Tipperary | Louis Dalton | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Tipperary | Michael Heffernan | Farmers' Party |
| Tipperary | Seán McCurtin | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Tipperary | Daniel Morrissey | Labour |
| Tipperary | Patrick Ryan | Republican |
| Waterford | Caitlín Brugha | Republican |
| Waterford | John Butler | Labour |
| Waterford | William Redmond | Independent |
| Waterford | Nicholas Wall | Farmers' Party |
| Wexford | Richard Corish | Labour |
| Wexford | Michael Doyle | Farmers' Party |
| Wexford | Osmond Esmonde | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Wexford | Robert Lambert | Republican |
| Wexford | James Ryan | Republican |
| Wicklow | Christopher Byrne | Cumann na nGaedheal |
| Wicklow | James Everett | Labour |
| Wicklow | Richard Wilson | Farmers' Party |

## Changes

| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note |
| 19 September 1923 | Dublin South | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Michael Hayes resigns to sit for NUI |
| 19 September 1923 | National University | Cumann na nGaedheal | Ceann Comhairle | Michael Hayes takes office as Ceann Comhairle |
| 9 October 1923 | National University | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Eoin MacNeill resigns to sit for Clare |
| 22 October 1923 | Dublin South | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Death of Philip Cosgrave |
| 27 October 1923 | Dublin South | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Hugh Kennedy holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Hayes |
| 3 November 1923 | National University | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Patrick McGilligan holds the seat vacated by the resignation of MacNeill |
| 20 November 1923 | Dublin County | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Death of Michael Derham |
| 10 January 1924 | Limerick | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Resignation of Richard Hayes |
| 12 March 1924 | Dublin South | | Cumann na nGaedheal | James O'Mara holds the seat vacated by the death of Cosgrave |
| 19 March 1924 | Dublin County | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Batt O'Connor holds the seat vacated by the death of Derham |
| 9 May 1924 | Mayo North | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Disqualification of Henry Coyle |
| 28 May 1924 | Limerick | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard O'Connell holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Hayes |
| 5 June 1924 | Dublin South | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Resignation of Hugh Kennedy on appointment as Chief Justice |
| 20 July 1924 | Cork East | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Death of Thomas O'Mahony (CnaG) |
| 1 August 1924 | Cork Borough | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Resignation of Alfred O'Rahilly |
| 20 November 1924 | Donegal | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Resignation of Peter Ward |
| 18 November 1924 | Cork East | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Michael Noonan holds the seat vacated by the death of O'Mahony |
| 18 November 1924 | Dublin South | | Republican | Seán Lemass gains the seat vacated by the resignation of Kennedy |
| 18 November 1924 | Mayo North | | Republican | John Madden gains the seat vacated by the disqualification of Coyle |
| 19 November 1924 | Cork Borough | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Michael Egan holds the seat vacated by the resignation of O'Rahilly |
| 20 November 1924 | Donegal | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Denis McCullough holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Ward |
| 30 October 1924 | Carlow–Kilkenny | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Resignation of Seán Gibbons |
| 30 October 1924 | Cavan | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Resignation of Seán Milroy |
| 30 October 1924 | Dublin North | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Resignation of Francis Cahill |
| 30 October 1924 | Dublin North | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Resignation of Seán McGarry |
| 30 October 1924 | Dublin South | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Resignation of Daniel McCarthy |
| 30 October 1924 | Leitrim–Sligo | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Resignation of Thomas Carter |
| 30 October 1924 | Leitrim–Sligo | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Resignation of Alexander McCabe |
| 30 October 1924 | Mayo North | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Resignation of Joseph McGrath |
| 30 October 1924 | Roscommon | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Resignation of Henry Finlay |
| 11 March 1925 | Carlow–Kilkenny | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Thomas Bolger holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Gibbons |
| 11 March 1925 | Cavan | | Cumann na nGaedheal | John Joe O'Reilly holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Milroy |
| 11 March 1925 | Dublin North | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Patrick Leonard holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Cahill |
| 11 March 1925 | Dublin North | | Republican | Oscar Traynor gains the seat vacated by the resignation of McGarry |
| 11 March 1925 | Dublin South | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Thomas Hennessy holds the seat vacated by the resignation of McCarthy |
| 11 March 1925 | Leitrim–Sligo | | Republican | Samuel Holt gains the seat vacated by the resignation of Carter |
| 11 March 1925 | Leitrim–Sligo | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Martin Roddy holds the seat vacated by the resignation of McCabe |
| 11 March 1925 | Mayo North | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Michael Tierney holds the seat vacated by the resignation of McGrath |
| 11 March 1925 | Roscommon | | Cumann na nGaedheal | Martin Conlon holds the seat vacated by the resignation of Finlay |
| 27 October 1926 | Dublin County | Independent | | Death of Darrell Figgis |
| 30 November 1925 | Leix–Offaly | Republican | | Disqualification of Seán McGuinness |
| 25 January 1926 | National University | Cumann na nGaedheal | Clann Éireann | William Magennis joins new party Clann Éireann |
| 25 January 1926 | Galway | Cumann na nGaedheal | Clann Éireann | Pádraic Ó Máille joins new party Clann Éireann |
| 25 January 1926 | Wicklow | Cumann na nGaedheal | Clann Éireann | Christopher Byrne joins new party Clann Éireann |
| 18 February 1926 | Dublin County | | Labour | William Norton gains the seat vacated by the death of Figgis |
| 18 February 1926 | Leix–Offaly | | Cumann na nGaedheal | James Dwyer gains the seat vacated by the disqualification of McGuinness |
| 16 May 1926 | Clare | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Éamon de Valera founds new party Fianna Fáil as party leader |
| 16 May 1926 | Louth | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Frank Aiken joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Roscommon | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Gerald Boland joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Leitrim–Sligo | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Frank Carty joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Limerick | Republican | Fianna Fáil | James Colbert joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Galway | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Frank Fahy joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Leitrim–Sligo | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Samuel Holt joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Longford–Westmeath | Republican | Fianna Fáil | James Killane joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Mayo South | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Michael Kilroy joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Dublin South | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Seán Lemass joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Monaghan | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Patrick MacCarvill joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Dublin South | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Constance Markievicz joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Kerry | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Tom McEllistrim joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Dublin North | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Seán T. O'Kelly joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Donegal | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Joseph O'Doherty joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Dublin North | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Seán T. O'Kelly joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Mayo North | Republican | Fianna Fáil | P. J. Ruttledge joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Leitrim–Sligo | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Frank Carty joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Wexford | Republican | Fianna Fáil | James Ryan joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Carlow–Kilkenny | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Michael Shelly joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| 16 May 1926 | Cavan | Republican | Fianna Fáil | Patrick Smith joins new party Fianna Fáil |
| September 1926 | Waterford | Independent | National League | William Redmond joins the National League as founder member |
| September 1926 | Galway | Independent | National League | James Cosgrave joins the National League as founder member |
| 19 January 1927 | Limerick | Cumann na nGaedheal | | Death of James Ledden |
| 25 January 1927 | Tipperary | Republican | Ind. Republican | Dan Breen takes the Oath of Allegiance |
| May 1927 | Carlow–Kilkenny | Farmers' Party | Cumann na nGaedheal | Denis Gorey selected as candidate for Cumann na nGaedheal. |

## Footnotes

* 1 2 3 Eoin MacNeill was elected for two constituencies; Clare and the National University. He chose to sit for Clare.
* 1 2 Andrew O'Shaughnessy and Richard Beamish were elected under the label of Cork Progressive Association, a group associated with the Businessmen's Party.
* 1 2 3 Michael Hayes was elected for two constituencies; Dublin South and the National University. He chose to sit for the National University.