16th Dáil

In line with its policy of abstentionism, the Sinn Féin TDs did not take their seats.

Fianna Fáil, denoted with a bullet ({{colorbull|black|round}}), formed the 8th government of Ireland led by Éamon de Valera as Taoiseach. Following de Valera's election as president of Ireland in June 1959, Seán Lemass formed the 9th government of Ireland.

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 16th Dáil from March 1957. This was not the official seating plan.

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On the meeting of the Dáil, Patrick Hogan (Lab), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1951, was proposed by John A. Costello (FG) and seconded by Éamon de Valera (FF) for the position. His election was approved without a vote.{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (16th Dáil) – Vol. 161 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1957-03-20/3/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=23 August 2022 |date=20 March 1957 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624050627/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1957-03-20/3/ |url-status=live }}

The list of the 147 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.{{cite web |title=TDs & Senators (16th Dáil) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fdail%2F16 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=17 May 2022 |archive-date=5 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505112634/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=16&MemberID=68&ConstID=98 |url-status=live }}

{{Dáil members begin|title=Members of the 16th Dáil}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Carlow–Kilkenny

|seats = 5

|td1 = Patrick Crotty

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Jim Gibbons

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Joseph Hughes

|party3 = Fine Gael

|td4 = Francis Humphreys

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Martin Medlar

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cavan

|seats = 4

|td1 = Patrick O'Reilly

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Michael Sheridan

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Paddy Smith

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = John Tully

|party4 = Clann na Poblachta

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Clare

|seats = 4

|td1 = Éamon de Valera

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Patrick Hillery

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Patrick Hogan

|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td4 = William Murphy

|party4 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork Borough

|seats = 5

|td1 = Stephen Barrett

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Seán Casey

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = John Galvin

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Gus Healy

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Jack Lynch

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork East

|seats = 3

|td1 = Richard Barry

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Martin Corry

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = John Moher

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork North

|seats = 3

|td1 = Batt Donegan

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Patrick McAuliffe

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Denis O'Sullivan

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork South

|seats = 3

|td1 = Dan Desmond

|party1 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td2 = Seán McCarthy

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Tadhg Manley

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork West

|seats = 3

|td1 = Edward Cotter

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Michael Pat Murphy

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Florence Wycherley

|party3 = Independent politician (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Donegal East

|seats = 4

|td1 = Neil Blaney

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Liam Cunningham

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Daniel McMenamin

|party3 = Fine Gael

|td4 = William Sheldon

|party4 = Independent politician (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Donegal West

|seats = 3

|td1 = Joseph Brennan

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Cormac Breslin

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Patrick O'Donnell

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin County

|seats = 3

|td1 = Kevin Boland

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Patrick Burke

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Éamon Rooney

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin North-Central

|seats = 3

|td1 = Vivion de Valera

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Colm Gallagher

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Patrick McGilligan

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin North-East

|seats = 5

|td1 = Jack Belton

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Patrick Byrne

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Charles Haughey

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Denis Larkin

|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td5 = Oscar Traynor

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin North-West

|seats = 3

|td1 = Thomas Byrne

|party1 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td2 = Declan Costello

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Richard Gogan

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin South-Central

|seats = 5

|td1 = Philip Brady

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Maurice E. Dockrell

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Seán Lemass

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Celia Lynch

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Jack Murphy

|party5 = Independent politician (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin South-East

|seats = 3

|td1 = Noël Browne

|party1 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td2 = John A. Costello

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Seán MacEntee

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin South-West

|seats = 5

|td1 = Robert Briscoe

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Bernard Butler

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = James Carroll

|party3 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td4 = Noel Lemass

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Michael O'Higgins

|party5 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown

|seats = 3

|td1 = Lionel Booth

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Seán Brady

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Liam Cosgrave

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Galway North

|seats = 3

|td1 = Michael Donnellan

|party1 = Clann na Talmhan

|td2 = Mark Killilea Snr

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Michael F. Kitt

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Galway South

|seats = 3

|td1 = Patrick Beegan

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Michael Carty

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Brigid Hogan

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Galway West

|seats = 3

|td1 = Gerald Bartley

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Fintan Coogan

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Johnny Geoghegan

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Kerry North

|seats = 4

|td1 = Patrick Finucane

|party1 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td2 = Tom McEllistrim

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Daniel Moloney

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Dan Spring

|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Kerry South

|seats = 3

|td1 = Honor Crowley

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Patrick Palmer

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = John Joe Rice

|party3 = Sinn Féin

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Kildare

|seats = 3

|td1 = Patrick Dooley

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = William Norton

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Gerard Sweetman

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Leix–Offaly

|seats = 5

|td1 = Kieran Egan

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Nicholas Egan

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Oliver J. Flanagan

|party3 = Fine Gael

|td4 = Peadar Maher

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Tom O'Higgins

|party5 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Limerick East

|seats = 4

|td1 = John Carew

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Paddy Clohessy

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Donogh O'Malley

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Ted Russell

|party4 = Independent politician (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Limerick West

|seats = 3

|td1 = James Collins

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Denis Jones

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Donnchadh Ó Briain

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Longford–Westmeath

|seats = 5

|td1 = Erskine H. Childers

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Charles Fagan

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Michael Kennedy

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Seán Mac Eoin

|party4 = Fine Gael

|td5 = Ruairí Ó Brádaigh

|party5 = Sinn Féin

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Louth

|seats = 3

|td1 = Frank Aiken

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = George Coburn

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Pádraig Faulkner

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Mayo North

|seats = 3

|td1 = Phelim Calleary

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Seán Doherty

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Patrick Lindsay

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Mayo South

|seats = 4

|td1 = Joseph Blowick

|party1 = Clann na Talmhan

|td2 = Seán Flanagan

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Henry Kenny

|party3 = Fine Gael

|td4 = Mícheál Ó Móráin

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Meath

|seats = 3

|td1 = Patrick Giles

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = James Griffin

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Michael Hilliard

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Monaghan

|seats = 3

|td1 = James Dillon

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Patrick Mooney

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Eighneachán Ó hAnnluain

|party3 = Sinn Féin

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Roscommon

|seats = 4

|td1 = John Beirne

|party1 = Clann na Talmhan

|td2 = James Burke

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Gerald Boland

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Jack McQuillan

|party4 = Independent politician (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Sligo–Leitrim

|seats = 5

|td1 = Stephen Flynn

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Eugene Gilbride

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = John Joe McGirl

|party3 = Sinn Féin

|td4 = Mary Reynolds

|party4 = Fine Gael

|td5 = Patrick Rogers

|party5 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Tipperary North

|seats = 3

|td1 = John Fanning

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Mary Ryan

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Patrick Tierney

|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Tipperary South

|seats = 4

|td1 = Dan Breen

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Michael Davern

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Frank Loughman

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Richard Mulcahy

|party4 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Waterford

|seats = 4

|td1 = William Kenneally

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Thomas Kyne

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Thaddeus Lynch

|party3 = Fine Gael

|td4 = John Ormonde

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Wexford

|seats = 5

|td1 = Denis Allen

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Seán Browne

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Brendan Corish

|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td4 = Anthony Esmonde

|party4 = Fine Gael

|td5 = James Ryan

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Wicklow

|seats = 3

|td1 = Paudge Brennan

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = James Everett

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = James O'Toole

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{end}}

{{Constituency changes start}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 20

|month = March

|year = 1957

|con = Clare

|gain = Ceann Comhairle

|loss = Labour Party (Ireland)

|note = Patrick Hogan takes office as Ceann Comhairle

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 26

|month = June

|year = 1957

|con = Dublin North-Central

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Death of Colm Gallagher

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 14

|month = November

|year = 1957

|con = Dublin North-Central

|gain = Independent politician (Ireland)

|loss =

|note = Frank Sherwin wins seat vacated by the death of Gallagher

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 2

|month = February

|year = 1958

|con = Galway South

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Death of Patrick Beegan

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 16

|month = May

|year = 1958

|con = Dublin South-East

|gain = National Progressive Democrats

|loss = Independent politician (Ireland)

|note = Noël Browne co-founds the National Progressive Democrats

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 16

|month = May

|year = 1958

|con = Roscommon

|gain = National Progressive Democrats

|loss = Independent politician (Ireland)

|note = Jack McQuillan co-founds the National Progressive Democrats

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 30

|month = May

|year = 1958

|con = Galway South

|gain = Fianna Fáil

|loss =

|note = Anthony Millar holds seat vacated by the death of Beegan

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 13

|month = May

|year = 1958

|con = Dublin South-Central

|gain =

|loss = Independent politician (Ireland)

|note = Resignation of Jack Murphy{{cite web |title=Resignation of Member – Dáil Éireann (16th Dáil) – Vol. 168 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1958-05-13/41/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=23 August 2022 |date=13 May 1958 |archive-date=23 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823174312/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1958-05-13/41/ |url-status=live }}

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 25

|month = June

|year = 1958

|con = Dublin South-Central

|gain = Fianna Fáil

|loss =

|note = Patrick Cummins wins seat vacated by the resignation of Murphy

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 13

|month = March

|year = 1959

|con = Dublin South-West

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Death of Bernard Butler

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 22

|month = March

|year = 1959

|con = Meath

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Death of James Griffin

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 17

|month = June

|year = 1959

|con = Clare

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Election of Éamon de Valera as president of Ireland

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 22

|month = July

|year = 1959

|con = Dublin South-West

|gain = Fine Gael

|loss =

|note = Richie Ryan wins seat vacated by the death of Butler

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 22

|month = July

|year = 1959

|con = Meath

|gain = Fianna Fáil

|loss =

|note = Henry Johnston holds seat vacated by the death of Griffin

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 22

|month = July

|year = 1959

|con = Clare

|gain = Fianna Fáil

|loss =

|note = Seán Ó Ceallaigh holds seat vacated by de Valera

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 20

|month = January

|year = 1960

|con = Carlow–Kilkenny

|gain =

|loss = Fine Gael

|note = Death of Joseph Hughes

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 23

|month = June

|year = 1960

|con = Carlow–Kilkenny

|gain = Fianna Fáil

|loss =

|note = Patrick Teehan wins seat vacated by the death of Hughes

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 24

|month = November

|year = 1960

|con = Sligo–Leitrim

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Death of Stephen Flynn

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 1

|month = March

|year = 1961

|con = Sligo–Leitrim

|gain = Fine Gael

|loss =

|note = Joseph McLoughlin wins seat vacated by the death of Flynn

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 29

|month = March

|year = 1961

|con = Wexford

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Death of Denis Allen

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 19

|month = April

|year = 1961

|con = Carlow–Kilkenny

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Death of Francis Humphreys

}}{{end}}

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