5th Dáil

Cumann na nGaedheal, denoted with bullet ({{colorbull|black|round}}), formed the 3rd executive council of the Irish Free State.

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

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1927-06-23/3/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (5th Dáil) – Vol. 20 No. 1|date=23 June 1927|access-date=26 July 2022|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=26 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726175240/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1927-06-23/3/|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1927-07-01/6/|title=Election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (5th Dáil) – Vol. 20 No. 4|date=1 July 1927|access-date=26 July 2022|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=26 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726175242/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1927-07-01/6/|url-status=live}}

The list of the 153 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.{{cite web |title=TDs & Senators (5th Dáil) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fdail%2F5 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=26 March 2022 |archive-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326141009/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fdail%2F5 |url-status=live }}

{{Dáil members begin|title=Members of the 5th Dáil}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Carlow–Kilkenny

|seats = 5

|td1 = W. T. Cosgrave

|party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td2 = Edward Doyle

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Denis Gorey

|party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td4 = Thomas Derrig

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Richard Holohan

|party5 = Farmers' Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cavan

|seats = 4

|td1 = Patrick Baxter

|party1 = Farmers' Party (Ireland)

|td2 = John O'Hanlon

|party2 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td3 = John Joe O'Reilly

|party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td4 = Paddy Smith

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Clare

|seats = 5

|td1 = Éamon de Valera

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Thomas Falvey

|party2 = Farmers' Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Patrick Hogan

|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td4 = Patrick Houlihan

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Patrick Kelly

|party5 = Cumann na nGaedheal

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork Borough

|seats = 5

|td1 = Richard Anthony

|party1 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td2 = Barry Egan

|party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td3 = Seán French

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = John Horgan

|party4 = National League Party

|td5 = J. J. Walsh

|party5 = Cumann na nGaedheal

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork East

|seats = 5

|td1 = Martin Corry

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = John Daly

|party2 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td3 = Michael Hennessy

|party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td4 = David Kent

|party4 = Sinn Féin

|td5 = David O'Gorman

|party5 = Farmers' Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork North

|seats = 3

|td1 = Daniel Corkery

|party1 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td2 = Timothy Quill

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Daniel Vaughan

|party3 = Farmers' Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork West

|seats = 5

|td1 = Thomas Mullins

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Timothy J. Murphy

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Timothy O'Donovan

|party3 = Farmers' Party (Ireland)

|td4 = Timothy Sheehy

|party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td5 = Jasper Wolfe

|party5 = Independent politician (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Donegal

|seats = 8

|td1 = Neal Blaney

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Frank Carney

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Eugene Doherty

|party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td4 = Hugh Law

|party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td5 = Michael Óg McFadden

|party5 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td6 = Daniel McMenamin

|party6 = National League Party

|td7 = James Myles

|party7 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td8 = John White

|party8 = Farmers' Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin North

|seats = 8

|td1 = Alfie Byrne

|party1 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td2 = John Byrne

|party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td3 = Kathleen Clarke

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll

|party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td5 = Denis Cullen

|party5 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td6 = Richard Mulcahy

|party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td7 = Seán T. O'Kelly

|party7 = Fianna Fáil

|td8 = Oscar Traynor

|party8 = Sinn Féin

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin South

|seats = 7

|td1 = James Beckett

|party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td2 = Peadar Doyle

|party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td3 = Myles Keogh

|party3 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td4 = Thomas Lawlor

|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td5 = Seán Lemass

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

|td6 = Constance Markievicz

|party6 = Fianna Fáil

|td7 = Vincent Rice

|party7 = National League Party

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin County

|seats = 8

|td1 = Patrick Belton

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Bryan Cooper

|party2 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td3 = Desmond FitzGerald

|party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td4 = John Good

|party4 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td5 = Thomas Johnson

|party5 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td6 = Seán MacEntee

|party6 = Fianna Fáil

|td7 = Batt O'Connor

|party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td8 = Kevin O'Higgins

|party8 = Cumann na nGaedheal

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin University

|seats = 3

|td1 = Ernest Alton

|party1 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td2 = James Craig

|party2 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td3 = William Thrift

|party3 = Independent politician (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Galway

|seats = 9

|td1 = Seán Broderick

|party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td2 = William Duffy

|party2 = National League Party

|td3 = Frank Fahy

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Patrick Hogan

|party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td5 = Mark Killilea Snr

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

|td6 = Gilbert Lynch

|party6 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td7 = Martin McDonogh

|party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td8 = Thomas Powell

|party8 = Fianna Fáil

|td9 = Seán Tubridy

|party9 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Kerry

|seats = 7

|td1 = James Crowley

|party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td2 = Fionán Lynch

|party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td3 = Tom McEllistrim

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = William O'Leary

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Thomas O'Reilly

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

|td6 = John O'Sullivan

|party6 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td7 = Austin Stack

|party7 = Sinn Féin

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Kildare

|seats = 3

|td1 = Domhnall Ua Buachalla

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Hugh Colohan

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = George Wolfe

|party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Leitrim–Sligo

|seats = 7

|td1 = Michael Carter

|party1 = Farmers' Party (Ireland)

|td2 = Frank Carty

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = James Dolan

|party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td4 = John Hennigan

|party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td5 = Samuel Holt

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

|td6 = John Jinks

|party6 = National League Party

|td7 = Martin Roddy

|party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Leix–Offaly

|seats = 5

|td1 = Patrick Boland

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = William Davin

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = James Dwyer

|party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td4 = John Gill

|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td5 = Thomas Tynan

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Limerick

|seats = 7

|td1 = George C. Bennett

|party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td2 = Patrick Clancy

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = James Colbert

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Tadhg Crowley

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Gilbert Hewson

|party5 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td6 = Michael Keyes

|party6 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td7 = Richard O'Connell

|party7 = Cumann na nGaedheal

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Longford–Westmeath

|seats = 5

|td1 = Henry Broderick

|party1 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td2 = Hugh Garahan

|party2 = Farmers' Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Michael Kennedy

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Patrick Shaw

|party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td5 = James Victory

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Louth

|seats = 3

|td1 = Frank Aiken

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = James Coburn

|party2 = National League Party

|td3 = James Murphy

|party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Mayo North

|seats = 4

|td1 = Michael Davis

|party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td2 = Mark Henry

|party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td3 = John Madden

|party3 = Sinn Féin

|td4 = P. J. Ruttledge

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Mayo South

|seats = 5

|td1 = James FitzGerald-Kenney

|party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td2 = Michael Kilroy

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Eugene Mullen

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Martin Nally

|party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td5 = Thomas J. O'Connell

|party5 = Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Meath

|seats = 3

|td1 = Eamonn Duggan

|party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td2 = David Hall

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Matthew O'Reilly

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Monaghan

|seats = 3

|td1 = Ernest Blythe

|party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td2 = Alexander Haslett

|party2 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td3 = Patrick MacCarvill

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = National University

|seats = 3

|td1 = Arthur Clery

|party1 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td2 = Michael Hayes

|party2 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td3 = Patrick McGilligan

|party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Roscommon

|seats = 4

|td1 = Michael Brennan

|party1 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td2 = Gerald Boland

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Martin Conlon

|party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td4 = Patrick O'Dowd

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Tipperary

|seats = 7

|td1 = Séamus Burke

|party1 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td2 = Andrew Fogarty

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Seán Hayes

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = John Hassett

|party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal

|td5 = Michael Heffernan

|party5 = Farmers' Party (Ireland)

|td6 = Daniel Morrissey

|party6 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td7 = William O'Brien

|party7 = Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Waterford

|seats = 4

|td1 = Caitlín Brugha

|party1 = Sinn Féin

|td2 = Patrick Little

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = William Redmond

|party3 = National League Party

|td4 = Vincent White

|party4 = Cumann na nGaedheal

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Wexford

|seats = 5

|td1 = Richard Corish

|party1 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td2 = Michael Doyle

|party2 = Farmers' Party (Ireland)

|td3 = John Keating

|party3 = National League Party

|td4 = James Ryan

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = James Shannon

|party5 = Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Wicklow

|seats = 3

|td1 = James Everett

|party1 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td2 = Séamus Moore

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Dermot O'Mahony

|party3 = Cumann na nGaedheal

}}

{{end}}

{{Constituency changes start}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 23

|month = June

|year = 1927

|con = National University

|gain = Ceann Comhairle

|loss = Cumann na nGaedheal

|note = Michael Hayes takes office as Ceann Comhairle

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 10

|month = July

|year = 1927

|con = Dublin County

|loss = Cumann na nGaedheal

|note = Death of Kevin O'Higgins

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 15

|month = July

|year = 1927

|con = Dublin South

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Death of Constance Markievicz

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 26

|month = July

|year = 1927

|con = Dublin County

|gain = Independent politician (Ireland)

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Patrick Belton takes Oath of Allegiance in contravention of Fianna Fáil policy{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1927-07-26/14/|title=Deputy Takes His Seat – Dáil Éireann (5th Dáil) – Vol. 20 No. 13|date=26 July 1927|access-date=26 July 2022|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=24 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124185245/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1927-07-26/14/|url-status=live}}

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date =

|month = August

|year = 1927

|con = Cork North

|gain = Fianna Fáil

|loss = Independent politician (Ireland)

|note = Daniel Corkery joins Fianna Fáil{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/corkery-daniel-a2048|title=Corkery, Daniel|work=Dictionary of Irish Biography|date=October 2009|access-date=10 December 2021|archive-date=10 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210135027/https://www.dib.ie/biography/corkery-daniel-a2048|url-status=live}}

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 11

|month = August

|year = 1927

|con = Dublin South

|gain = Independent politician (Ireland)

|loss = National League Party

|note = Vincent Rice resigns from the National League after failing to take the party pledge and supporting the government{{cite news |title=Mr. Vincent Rice leaves the National League|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1927/0812/Pg007.html#Ar00715 |access-date=26 July 2022 |page=7 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=12 August 1927}}

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 18

|month = August

|year = 1927

|con = Leitrim–Sligo

|gain = Independent politician (Ireland)

|loss = National League Party

|note = John Jinks resigns from the National League after abstaining on vote of no confidence{{cite news |title=Mr. John Jinks resigns from National League|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/wit/1927/0827/Pg006.html#Ar00608 |access-date=26 July 2022 |page=6 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=27 August 1927}}

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 24

|month = August

|year = 1927

|con = Dublin County

|gain = Cumann na nGaedheal

|note = Gearóid O'Sullivan holds the seat vacated by the death of O'Higgins

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 24

|month = August

|year = 1927

|con = Dublin South

|gain = Cumann na nGaedheal

|note = Thomas Hennessy gains the seat vacated by the death of Markievicz

}}{{end}}

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.{{cite news |title=Government's New Recruits |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1927/0829/Pg007.html#Ar00706 |access-date=21 July 2022 |page=7 |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=29 August 1927}}

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