12th Dáil

Fianna Fáil, denoted with bullet ({{colorbull|black|round}}), formed the 4th government of Ireland, a minority government relying on the support of the National Labour Party and Independent TDs.

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 12th Dáil from June 1944. This was not the official seating plan.

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On 9 June 1944, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Richard Mulcahy for the position, and was elected without a vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1944-06-09/2/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (12th Dáil) – Vol. 94 No. 1|date=9 June 1944|access-date=11 August 2022|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=11 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811064040/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1944-06-09/2/|url-status=live}}

The list of the 138 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.{{cite web |title=TDs & Senators (12th Dáil) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fdail%2F12 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=16 April 2022 |archive-date=5 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505142127/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=12&MemberID=849&ConstID=86 |url-status=live }}

{{Dáil members begin|title=Members of the 12th Dáil}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Athlone–Longford

|seats = 3

|td1 = Thomas Carter

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Erskine H. Childers

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Seán Mac Eoin

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Carlow–Kildare

|seats = 4

|td1 = Thomas Harris

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = James Hughes

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Francis Humphreys

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = William Norton

|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cavan

|seats = 4

|td1 = Patrick O'Reilly

|party1 = Clann na Talmhan

|td2 = Tom O'Reilly

|party2 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td3 = Michael Sheridan

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Paddy Smith

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Clare

|seats = 5

|td1 = Patrick Burke

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Thomas Burke

|party2 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td3 = Éamon de Valera

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Seán O'Grady

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Peter O'Loghlen

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork Borough

|seats = 4

|td1 = Richard Anthony

|party1 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td2 = Frank Daly

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = William Dwyer

|party3 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td4 = Walter Furlong

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork North

|seats = 4

|td1 = Patrick Halliden

|party1 = Clann na Talmhan

|td2 = Patrick McAuliffe

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Seán Moylan

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Leo Skinner

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork South-East

|seats = 3

|td1 = William Broderick

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Martin Corry

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Seán McCarthy

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork West

|seats = 5

|td1 = Seán Buckley

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Timothy J. Murphy

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Patrick O'Driscoll

|party3 = Clann na Talmhan

|td4 = Eamonn O'Neill

|party4 = Fine Gael

|td5 = Timothy O'Sullivan

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Donegal East

|seats = 4

|td1 = Neal Blaney

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = John Friel

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Daniel McMenamin

|party3 = Fine Gael

|td4 = William Sheldon

|party4 = Independent politician (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Donegal West

|seats = 3

|td1 = Brian Brady

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Cormac Breslin

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Michael Óg McFadden

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin South

|seats = 7

|td1 = Robert Briscoe

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Maurice E. Dockrell

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Peadar Doyle

|party3 = Fine Gael

|td4 = James Larkin Jnr

|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td5 = Seán Lemass

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

|td6 = James Lynch

|party6 = Fianna Fáil

|td7 = John McCann

|party7 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin County

|seats = 5

|td1 = Seán Brady

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Patrick Burke

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Liam Cosgrave

|party3 = Fine Gael

|td4 = Henry Dockrell

|party4 = Fine Gael

|td5 = Patrick Fogarty

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin North-East

|seats = 3

|td1 = Alfie Byrne

|party1 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td2 = Harry Colley

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Oscar Traynor

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin North-West

|seats = 5

|td1 = Cormac Breathnach

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Patrick McGilligan

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = John S. O'Connor

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Seán T. O'Kelly

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Martin O'Sullivan

|party5 = Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin Townships

|seats = 3

|td1 = Bernard Butler

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = John A. Costello

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Seán MacEntee

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Galway East

|seats = 4

|td1 = Patrick Beegan

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Frank Fahy

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Michael Donnellan

|party3 = Clann na Talmhan

|td4 = Mark Killilea Snr

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Galway West

|seats = 3

|td1 = Gerald Bartley

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Michael Lydon

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Joseph Mongan

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Kerry North

|seats = 4

|td1 = Patrick Finucane

|party1 = Clann na Talmhan

|td2 = Eamon Kissane

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Tom McEllistrim

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Dan Spring

|party4 = National Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Kerry South

|seats = 3

|td1 = Frederick Crowley

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = John Healy

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Fionán Lynch

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Kilkenny

|seats = 3

|td1 = Eamonn Coogan

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Thomas Derrig

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = James Pattison

|party3 = National Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Leitrim

|seats = 3

|td1 = Stephen Flynn

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Bernard Maguire

|party2 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td3 = Mary Reynolds

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Leix–Offaly

|seats = 5

|td1 = Patrick Boland

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = William Davin

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Patrick Gorry

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Thomas F. O'Higgins

|party4 = Fine Gael

|td5 = Oliver J. Flanagan

|party5 = Independent politician (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Limerick

|seats = 7

|td1 = George C. Bennett

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Daniel Bourke

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Michael Colbert

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Michael Keyes

|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td5 = Donnchadh Ó Briain

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

|td6 = James Reidy

|party6 = Fine Gael

|td7 = Robert Ryan

|party7 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Louth

|seats = 3

|td1 = Frank Aiken

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = James Coburn

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Laurence Walsh

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Mayo North

|seats = 3

|td1 = Patrick Browne

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = James Kilroy

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = P. J. Ruttledge

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Mayo South

|seats = 5

|td1 = Joseph Blowick

|party1 = Clann na Talmhan

|td2 = Dominick Cafferky

|party2 = Clann na Talmhan

|td3 = Micheál Clery

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Mícheál Ó Móráin

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Richard Walsh

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Meath–Westmeath

|seats = 5

|td1 = Charles Fagan

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Patrick Giles

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Michael Hilliard

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Michael Kennedy

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Matthew O'Reilly

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Monaghan

|seats = 3

|td1 = James Dillon

|party1 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td2 = Bridget Rice

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Conn Ward

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Roscommon

|seats = 3

|td1 = John Beirne

|party1 = Clann na Talmhan

|td2 = Gerald Boland

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Daniel O'Rourke

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Sligo

|seats = 3

|td1 = Martin Brennan

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Martin Roddy

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Patrick Rogers

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Tipperary

|seats = 7

|td1 = Dan Breen

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Andrew Fogarty

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Frank Loughman

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Daniel Morrissey

|party4 = Fine Gael

|td5 = Richard Mulcahy

|party5 = Fine Gael

|td6 = William O'Donnell

|party6 = Clann na Talmhan

|td7 = Mary Ryan

|party7 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Waterford

|seats = 4

|td1 = Denis Heskin

|party1 = Clann na Talmhan

|td2 = Patrick Little

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Michael Morrissey

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Bridget Redmond

|party4 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Wexford

|seats = 5

|td1 = Denis Allen

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Richard Corish

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = John Keating

|party3 = Fine Gael

|td4 = John O'Leary

|party4 = National Labour Party (Ireland)

|td5 = James Ryan

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Wicklow

|seats = 3

|td1 = Thomas Brennan

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Patrick Cogan

|party2 = Clann na Talmhan

|td3 = James Everett

|party3 = National Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{end}}

{{Constituency changes start}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 9

|month = June

|year = 1944

|con = Galway East

|gain = Ceann Comhairle

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Frank Fahy takes office as Ceann Comhairle

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 3

|month = October

|year = 1944

|con = Kerry South

|gain =

|loss = Fine Gael

|note = Resignation of Fionán Lynch (FG) on appointment as a Circuit Court judge{{cite web |title=Resignation of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (12th Dáil) – Vol. 95 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1944-10-03/30/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=18 April 2022 |date=3 October 1944 |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418130759/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1944-10-03/30/ |url-status=live }}

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 10

|month = November

|year = 1944

|con = Kerry South

|gain = Fianna Fáil

|loss =

|note = Donal O'Donoghue (FF) wins the seat vacated by Lynch.

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 7

|month = February

|year = 1945

|con = Clare

|gain =

|loss = Fine Gael

|note = Death of Patrick Burke (FG)

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 5

|month = May

|year = 1945

|con = Kerry South

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Death of Frederick Crowley (FF)

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 14

|month = June

|year = 1945

|con = Dublin North-West

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Election of Seán T. O'Kelly (FF) as president of Ireland

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 19

|month = July

|year = 1945

|con = Wexford

|gain =

|loss = Labour Party (Ireland)

|note = Death of Richard Corish (Lab)

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 10

|month = October

|year = 1945

|con = Mayo South

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Resignation Micheál Clery (FF) on appointment as County Registrar of Dublin{{cite web |title=Resignation of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (12th Dáil) – Vol. 98 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1945-10-10/51/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=18 April 2022 |date=10 October 1945 |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418130801/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1945-10-10/51/ |url-status=live }}

}}

{{Constituency changes

|month = December

|date = 4

|year = 1945

|con = Clare

|gain = Fianna Fáil

|loss =

|note = Patrick Shanahan (FF) wins the seat vacated by the death of Burke

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 4

|month = December

|year = 1945

|con = Kerry South

|gain = Fianna Fáil

|loss =

|note = Honor Crowley (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of her husband Frederick Crowley

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 4

|month = December

|year = 1945

|con = Dublin North-West

|gain = Fianna Fáil

|loss =

|note = Vivion de Valera (FF) holds the seat vacated by O'Kelly

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 4

|month = December

|year = 1945

|con = Wexford

|gain = Labour Party (Ireland)

|loss =

|note = Brendan Corish (Lab) holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Richard Corish

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 4

|month = December

|year = 1945

|con = Mayo South

|gain = Clann na Talmhan

|loss =

|note = Bernard Commons (CnaT) wins the seat vacated by Clery

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 29

|month = March

|year = 1946

|con = Cork Borough

|gain =

|loss = Independent politician (Ireland)

|note = Resignation of William Dwyer (Ind){{cite web |title=Resignation of a Deputy – Dáil Éireann (12th Dáil) – Vol. 100 No. 7 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1946-03-29/3/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=18 April 2022 |date=29 March 1946 |archive-date=16 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516171930/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1946-03-29/3/ |url-status=live }}

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 14

|month = June

|year = 1946

|con = Cork Borough

|gain = Fianna Fáil

|loss =

|note = Patrick McGrath (FF) wins the seat vacated by Dwyer

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 4

|month = February

|year = 1947

|con = Tipperary

|gain =

|loss = Clann na Talmhan

|note = Death of William O'Donnell (CnaT)

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 2

|month = May

|year = 1947

|con = Dublin County

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Death of Patrick Fogarty (FF)

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 10

|month = May

|year = 1947

|con = Waterford

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Death of Michael Morrissey (FF)

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 31

|month = July

|year = 1947

|con = Meath–Westmeath

|gain = Independent politician (Ireland)

|loss = Fine Gael

|note = Charles Fagan (FG) resigns from party{{cite news |title=Fine Gael member resigns from party |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1947/0801/Pg001.html#Ar00109 |work=The Irish Times |date=1 August 1947 |url-access=subscription |page=1}}

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 29

|month = October

|year = 1947

|con = Tipperary

|gain = Clann na Poblachta

|loss =

|note = Patrick Kinane (CnaP) wins the seat vacated by the death of O'Donnell

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 29

|month = October

|year = 1947

|con = Dublin County

|gain = Clann na Poblachta

|loss =

|note = Seán MacBride (CnaP) wins the seat vacated by the death of Fogarty

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 29

|month = October

|year = 1947

|con = Waterford

|gain = Fianna Fáil

|loss =

|note = John Ormonde (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of Morrissey

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 1

|month = January

|year = 1948

|con = Carlow–Kildare

|gain =

|loss = Fine Gael

|note = Death of James Hughes (FG)

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 8

|month = January

|year = 1948

|con = Sligo

|gain =

|loss = Fine Gael

|note = Death of Martin Roddy (FG)

}}{{end}}

Eamonn Coogan (FG), an outgoing TD for Kilkenny, died after the dissolution of the 12th Dáil, during the 1948 general election campaign.

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