List of members of Dáil Éireann who died in office
TDs who died in office
The following is a list of members of Dáil Éireann (Teachtaí Dála or TDs) who died in office.
Dáil | Member | Party | Constituency | Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | |
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1st | Pierce McCan | Sinn Féin | Tipperary East | 6 March 1919 | 36 | Spanish flu[1] | |
1st | Terence MacSwiney | Sinn Féin | Cork Mid | 25 October 1920 | 41 | Hunger strike in prison during the Irish War of Independence[2] | |
2nd | Frank Lawless | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Dublin County | 16 April 1922 | 51 | Carriage accident | |
2nd | Joseph McGuinness | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Longford–Westmeath | 31 May 1922 | 47 | ||
3rd | Cathal Brugha | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Waterford–Tipperary | 7 July 1922 | 47 | Killed in action during the Irish Civil War | |
3rd | Harry Boland | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Mayo South–Roscommon South | 1 August 1922 | 35 | Killed in action during the Irish Civil War[3] | |
3rd | Arthur Griffith | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Cavan | 12 August 1922 | 51 | Cerebral hemorrhage, heart failure[4] | |
3rd | Michael Collins | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West | 22 August 1922 | 31 | Assassinated – shot by the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War[5] | |
3rd | James Devins | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Sligo–Mayo East | 20 September 1922 | 48 | Executed by Pro-Treaty forces during the Irish Civil War[6] | |
3rd | Seán Hales | Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West | 7 December 1922 | 42 | Assassinated – shot by the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War[7] | |
3rd | Joseph MacDonagh | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Tipperary Mid, North and South | 25 December 1922 | 39 | Burst appendix during a hunger strike against the Anglo-Irish Treaty | |
3rd | Francis Ferran | Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Sligo–Mayo East | 10 June 1923 | 39 | Died in prison[8] | |
4th | Philip Cosgrave | Cumann na nGaedheal | Dublin South | 22 October 1923 | 38 | Nephritis[9] | |
4th | Michael Derham | Cumann na nGaedheal | Dublin County | 20 November 1923[10] | 33 | ||
4th | Thomas O'Mahony | Cumann na nGaedheal | Cork East | 20 July 1924 | |||
4th | Darrell Figgis | Independent | Dublin County | 27 October 1926 | 43 | Suicide[11] | |
4th | James Ledden | Cumann na nGaedheal | Limerick | 19 January 1927[12] | |||
5th | Kevin O'Higgins | Cumann na nGaedheal | Dublin County | 10 July 1927 | 35 | Assassinated – shot by the IRA[13] | |
5th | Constance Markievicz | Fianna Fáil | Dublin South | 15 July 1927 | 59 | Complications from an appendicitis operation[14] | |
6th | Samuel Holt | Fianna Fáil | Leitrim–Sligo | 18 April 1929 | 48 | Fever[15] | |
6th | James Killane | Fianna Fáil | Longford–Westmeath | 26 April 1930 | 55 | ||
6th | Bryan Cooper | Cumann na nGaedheal | Dublin County | 5 July 1930 | 46 | ||
6th | Hugh Colohan | Labour | Kildare | 15 April 1931 | 60–61 | ||
6th | Peter de Loughry | Cumann na nGaedheal | Carlow–Kilkenny | 23 October 1931 | 63 | ||
6th | William Aird | Cumann na nGaedheal | Leix–Offaly | 31 October 1931 | |||
7th | John Daly | Cumann na nGaedheal | Cork East | 27 February 1932 | 64 | ||
7th | William Redmond | Cumann na nGaedheal | Waterford | 17 April 1932 | 45 | ||
7th | Frank Carney | Fianna Fáil | Donegal | 19 October 1932[16] | 36 | ||
7th | Thomas Finlay | Cumann na nGaedheal | Dublin County | 22 November 1932 | 39 | Typhoid fever | |
8th | James Craig | Independent | Dublin University | 12 July 1933 | 71[17] | ||
8th | Martin McDonogh | Fine Gael | Galway | 24 November 1934 | 75–76 | ||
8th | Batt O'Connor | Fine Gael | Dublin County | 7 February 1935 | 64 | ||
8th | Patrick Hogan | Fine Gael | Galway | 14 July 1936 | 45 | Car accident[18] | |
8th | Sir Osmond Esmonde | Fine Gael | Wexford | 22 July 1936 | 40[19] | ||
8th | James Burke | Fine Gael | Cork West | 10 September 1936[20] | 62–63 | ||
9th | Eamon Rice | Fianna Fáil | Monaghan | 7 November 1937 | 64 | ||
10th | James Beckett | Fine Gael | Dublin South | 19 December 1938 | 63 | ||
10th | Seán Tubridy | Fianna Fáil | Galway West | 15 July 1939[21] | 41–42 | ||
10th | Denis Gorey | Fine Gael | Kilkenny | 20 February 1940 | 65 | ||
10th | Séamus Moore | Fianna Fáil | Wicklow | 14 June 1940[22] | |||
10th | Brook Brasier | Fine Gael | Cork South-East | 31 August 1940 | 61 | ||
10th | John Munnelly | Fianna Fáil | Mayo North | 18 October 1941[23] | |||
10th | Thomas Dowdall | Fianna Fáil | Cork Borough | 7 April 1942[24] | 69–70 | ||
10th | Thomas Kelly | Fianna Fáil | Dublin South | 20 April 1942 | 73 | ||
10th | Frank Carty | Fianna Fáil | Sligo | 10 September 1942 | 45 | ||
10th | Hugo Flinn | Fianna Fáil | Cork Borough | 28 January 1943[25] | 63 | ||
10th | Jeremiah Hurley | Labour | Cork South-East | 2 February 1943[25] | 51–52 | ||
12th | Patrick Burke | Fine Gael | Clare | 7 February 1945 | 65 | ||
12th | Frederick Crowley | Fianna Fáil | Kerry South | 5 May 1945[26] | 54 | ||
12th | Richard Corish | Labour | Wexford | 19 July 1945 | 58 | ||
12th | William O'Donnell | Clann na Talmhan | Tipperary | 4 February 1947 | 71 | ||
12th | Patrick Fogarty | Fianna Fáil | Dublin County | 2 May 1947 | |||
12th | Michael Morrissey | Fianna Fáil | Waterford | 10 May 1947 | |||
12th | James Hughes | Fine Gael | Carlow–Kildare | 1 January 1948 | 52–53 | ||
12th | Martin Roddy | Fine Gael | Sligo | 8 January 1948 | 64 | ||
13th | Neal Blaney | Fianna Fáil | Donegal East | 30 October 1948 | 58 | Cancer | |
13th | Timothy J. Murphy | Labour | Cork West | 19 April 1949[27] | 55 | ||
13th | Brian Brady | Fianna Fáil | Donegal West | 10 September 1949 | 46 | ||
13th | Joseph Mongan | Fine Gael | Galway West | 12 March 1951 | 71 | ||
14th | Daniel Bourke | Fianna Fáil | Limerick East | 13 April 1952 | 65–66 | ||
14th | Bridget Redmond | Fine Gael | Waterford | 3 May 1952[28] | 47 | ||
14th | P. J. Ruttledge | Fianna Fáil | Mayo North | 8 May 1952 | 60 | ||
14th | A. P. Byrne | Independent | Dublin North-West | 26 July 1952 | 39 | ||
14th | Thomas Brennan | Fianna Fáil | Wicklow | 22 January 1953[29] | 66–67 | ||
14th | Seán Keane | Labour | Cork East | 29 March 1953 | 53 | ||
14th | Frank Fahy | Fianna Fáil | Galway South | 12 July 1953[30] | 73 | ||
14th | Thomas F. O'Higgins | Fine Gael | Cork Borough | 1 November 1953 | 62 | ||
14th | James Coburn | Fine Gael | Louth | 5 December 1953 | 71 | ||
15th | David Madden | Fine Gael | Limerick West | 31 July 1955 | 74–75 | ||
15th | Johnny Connor | Clann na Poblachta | Kerry North | 11 December 1955 | 56 | Road accident | |
15th | William Davin | Labour | Leix–Offaly | 1 March 1956[31] | 66 | ||
15th | Alfie Byrne | Independent | Dublin North-East | 13 March 1956[32] | 73 | ||
15th | Patrick McGrath | Fianna Fáil | Cork Borough | 20 June 1956 | |||
15th | Thomas Walsh | Fianna Fáil | Carlow–Kilkenny | 14 July 1956 | 54 | Road accident[33] | |
15th | Peadar Doyle | Fine Gael | Dublin South-West | 4 August 1956[34] | 71 | ||
16th | Colm Gallagher | Fianna Fáil | Dublin North-Central | 26 June 1957 | |||
16th | Patrick Beegan | Fianna Fáil | Galway South | 2 February 1958[35] | 62 | ||
16th | Bernard Butler | Fianna Fáil | Dublin South-West | 13 March 1959 | 72 | ||
16th | James Griffin | Fianna Fáil | Meath | 22 March 1959 | 59 | ||
16th | Joseph Hughes | Fine Gael | Carlow–Kilkenny | 20 January 1960[36] | 54 | ||
16th | Stephen Flynn | Fianna Fáil | Sligo–Leitrim | 24 November 1960 | |||
16th | Denis Allen | Fianna Fáil | Wexford | 29 March 1961 | 65 | ||
16th | Francis Humphreys | Fianna Fáil | Carlow–Kilkenny | 19 April 1961 | 69 | ||
17th | Jack Belton | Fine Gael | Dublin North-East | 23 February 1963 | |||
17th | John Galvin | Fianna Fáil | Cork Borough | 11 October 1963 | 56 | ||
17th | William Norton | Labour | Kildare | 4 December 1963 | 63 | ||
17th | James Burke | Fine Gael | Roscommon | 12 May 1964 | |||
17th | Michael Donnellan | Clann na Talmhan | Galway East | 27 September 1964 | 63–64 | ||
17th | Dan Desmond | Labour | Cork Mid | 9 December 1964[37] | 51 | Heart attack caused by tuberculosis | |
18th | Honor Crowley | Fianna Fáil | Kerry South | 18 October 1966 | 62 | ||
18th | Thaddeus Lynch | Fine Gael | Waterford | 25 October 1966 | 64–65 | ||
18th | Seán Casey | Labour | Cork Borough | 29 April 1967 | 44 | ||
18th | James Collins | Fianna Fáil | Limerick West | 1 September 1967[38] | 66 | ||
18th | William Murphy | Fine Gael | Clare | 16 November 1967 | 75 | ||
18th | James Everett | Labour | Wicklow | 18 December 1967 | 77 | ||
18th | Donogh O'Malley | Fianna Fáil | Limerick East | 10 March 1968[39] | 47 | ||
18th | James Kennedy | Fianna Fáil | Wexford | 13 September 1968[40] | 59 | ||
18th | Don Davern | Fianna Fáil | Tipperary South | 2 November 1968[41] | 33 | ||
18th | Patrick Hogan | Labour | Clare | 24 January 1969[42] | 83 | ||
19th | Seán Dunne | Labour | Dublin South-West | 25 June 1969 | 50 | ||
19th | Gerard Sweetman | Fine Gael | Kildare | 28 January 1970[43] | 61 | Road accident | |
19th | Patrick Lenihan | Fianna Fáil | Longford–Westmeath | 11 March 1970 | 67 | ||
19th | Patrick O'Donnell | Fine Gael | Donegal–Leitrim | 4 October 1970[44] | 63 | ||
19th | Paddy Forde | Fianna Fáil | Cork Mid | 13 May 1972 | 49 | ||
19th | Patrick Hogan | Fine Gael | Tipperary South | 5 October 1972 | 65 | ||
20th | Liam Ahern | Fianna Fáil | Cork North-East | 13 July 1974 | 58 | ||
20th | Michael F. Kitt | Fianna Fáil | Galway North-East | 24 December 1974[45] | 60 | ||
20th | Johnny Geoghegan | Fianna Fáil | Galway West | 5 January 1975 | 61 | ||
20th | Henry Kenny | Fine Gael | Mayo West | 25 September 1975 | 62 | Cancer | |
20th | Liam Cunningham | Fianna Fáil | Donegal North-East | 29 February 1976 | 61 | ||
20th | Noel Lemass | Fianna Fáil | Dublin South-West | 13 April 1976[46] | 47 | ||
21st | Seán Brosnan | Fianna Fáil | Cork North-East | 18 April 1979 | 62 | ||
21st | Patrick Kerrigan | Labour | Cork City | 4 July 1979 | 51 | ||
21st | Joseph Brennan | Fianna Fáil (serving as Ceann Comhairle) | Donegal | 13 July 1980[47] | 67 | ||
22nd | Kieran Doherty | Anti H-Block | Cavan–Monaghan | 2 August 1981 | 25 | Hunger strike in prison during the Troubles[48] | |
23rd | Johnny Callanan | Fianna Fáil | Galway East | 15 June 1982 | 72 | ||
23rd | Bill Loughnane | Fianna Fáil | Clare | 18 October 1982 | 67 | ||
24th | Clement Coughlan | Fianna Fáil | Donegal South-West | 1 February 1983 | 40 | Road accident | |
24th | George Colley | Fianna Fáil | Dublin Central | 17 September 1983 | 57 | Heart disease | |
24th | Bernard Cowen | Fianna Fáil | Laois–Offaly | 24 January 1984 | 51 | ||
24th | Cathal Coughlan | Fianna Fáil | Donegal South-West | 21 June 1986 | 48 | ||
25th | Frank Cluskey | Labour | Dublin South-Central | 7 May 1989 | 59 | Cancer | |
27th | Gerry O'Sullivan | Labour | Cork North-Central | 5 August 1994 | 58 | ||
27th | Johnny Fox | Independent | Wicklow | 17 March 1995 | 46 | ||
27th | Brian Lenihan Snr | Fianna Fáil | Dublin West | 1 November 1995 | 64 | ||
27th | Neil Blaney | Independent Fianna Fáil | Donegal North-East | 8 November 1995 | 73 | Cancer[49] | |
28th | Jim Kemmy | Labour | Limerick East | 25 September 1997 | 61 | Multiple myeloma[50] | |
28th | Hugh Coveney | Fine Gael | Cork South-Central | 14 March 1998 | 62 | Fall from a cliff[51] | |
28th | Pat Upton | Labour | Dublin South-Central | 22 February 1999 | 54 | Heart attack[52] | |
28th | Michael Ferris | Labour | Tipperary South | 20 March 2000 | 68 | ||
28th | Theresa Ahearn | Fine Gael | Tipperary South | 20 September 2000 | 49 | Cancer[53] | |
30th | Séamus Brennan | Fianna Fáil | Dublin South | 9 July 2008 | 60 | Cancer[54] | |
30th | Tony Gregory | Independent | Dublin Central | 2 January 2009 | 61 | Cancer[55] | |
31st | Brian Lenihan Jnr | Fianna Fáil | Dublin West | 10 June 2011 | 52 | Pancreatic cancer[56] | |
31st | Shane McEntee | Fine Gael | Meath East | 21 December 2012 | 56 | Suicide[57] | |
31st | Nicky McFadden | Fine Gael | Longford–Westmeath | 25 March 2014 | 51 | Motor neurone disease[58] |
See also
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External links
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