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Leader of the Opposition | |||||||||
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Party | Deputy Leader of the Opposition | Taoiseach[nb 1] | Dáil (elected) | ||
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1 | Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) TD for Clare TD for Down |
10 December 1922 |
9 September 1922 |
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
Arthur Griffith[nb 2] | 2 (1921) | |||
Michael Collins[nb 2] | |||||||||
W. T. Cosgrave | |||||||||
2 | Thomas Johnson (1872–1963) TD for Dublin County |
9 September 1922 |
19 September 1923 |
Labour Party | 3 (1922) | ||||
3 | Denis Gorey[nb 3] (1874–1940) TD for Carlow–Kilkenny |
19 September 1923 |
May 1927 |
Farmers' Party | 4 (1923) | ||||
(2) | Thomas Johnson[nb 3] (1872–1963) TD for Dublin County |
23 February 1926 |
12 August 1927 |
Labour Party | |||||
5 (Jun. 1927) | |||||||||
(1) | Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) TD for Clare |
12 August 1927 |
9 March 1932 |
Fianna Fáil | Seán T. O'Kelly | ||||
6 (Sep. 1927) |
Dáil (elected) |
Notes | Second Opposition | Third Opposition | Fourth Opposition | Other party leaders | ||||||
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3 (1922) | Denis Gorey (1874–1940) TD for Carlow–Kilkenny (Farmers' Party) |
Michael Hennessy[nb 4] TD for Cork East and North–East (Businessmen's Party) |
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4 (1923) | Thomas Johnson (1872–1963) TD for Dublin County (Labour Party) |
No leader (Businessmen's Party) |
From September 1926: William Redmond TD for Waterford (National League Party) | ||||||||
[nb 5] | William Magennis (1867–1946) TD for National University (Clann Éireann) |
No leader (Businessmen's Party) | |||||||||
[nb 3] | |||||||||||
Patrick Baxter (1891–1959) TD for Cavan (Farmers' Party) | |||||||||||
Michael Heffernan (1885–1970) TD for Tipperary (Farmers' Party) |
Dáil (elected) |
Notes | Largest Abstention Party | 2nd Largest Abstention Party | 3rd Largest Abstention Party | ||||||
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1 (1918) | Edward Carson (1854–1935) TD for Belfast Duncairn (Irish Unionist Alliance / Ulster Unionist Party) |
Joseph Devlin (1871–1934) TD for Belfast Falls until 1921 TD for Antrim from 1921 TD for Belfast West from 1921 (Irish Parliamentary Party / Nationalist Party) |
No leader (Labour Unionist) | |||||||
2 (1921) | James Craig (1871–1940) TD for Down (Ulster Unionist Party) |
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3 (1922) | Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) TD for Clare (Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) / Republican / Sinn Féin) |
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4 (1923) | [nb 6] | |||||||||
Kathleen Lynn[nb 7] (1874–1955) TD for Dublin County (Sinn Féin) |
Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) TD for Clare (Fianna Fáil) |
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