10th Seanad

The 10th Seanad was in office from 1961 to 1965. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1961 general election to the 19th Dáil. The senators served until the close of the poll for the 11th Seanad in 1965.

10th Seanad
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Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	14 December 1961 – 28 July 1965
Government	10th government of Ireland
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Liam Ó Buachalla (FF)
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Patrick Lindsay (FG)
Leader of the Seanad	Thomas Mullins (FF)

Cathaoirleach

On 14 December 1961, Liam Ó Buachalla (FF), the outgoing Cathaoirleach, was proposed again for the position by Thomas Mullins (FF) and seconded by Eamon Kissane (FF). He was elected unopposed.^[1]

On 3 January 1962, in the election for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach, Patrick Lindsay was proposed by Michael Hayes (FG) and seconded by Edward McGuire (Ind). Mary Davidson (Lab) was proposed by Dominick Murphy and seconded by Patrick Crowley. Lindsay was elected by a vote of 19 to 7, with Fianna Fáil abstaining.^[2]

Composition of the 10th Seanad

There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on five vocational panels, 6 were elected from two university constituencies and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach.^[3]

The following table shows the composition by party when the 10th Seanad first met on 14 December 1961.

Origin Party		Vocational panels					NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
		Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour
	Fianna Fáil	3	5	3	4	5	0	0	8	28
	Fine Gael	2	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	11
	Labour Party	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	6
	Independent	1	2	0	2	1	3	3	3	15
Total		7	11	5	9	11	3	3	11	60

List of senators

• Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics

Name	Panel	Party		Notes
Liam Ahern	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Seán Brady	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Cornelius Desmond	Administrative Panel		Labour
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Patrick Fitzsimons	Administrative Panel		Independent
Gerry L'Estrange	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Thomas Ruane	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Batt Donegan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 28 November 1963, succeeding John Donnelly Sheridan[4]
Jack Fitzgerald	Agricultural Panel		Labour
Daniel Hogan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Robert Lahiffe	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
John Mannion	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Charles McDonald	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Patrick O'Reilly	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Timothy O'Sullivan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Micheál Prendergast	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Patrick W. Ryan	Agricultural Panel		Independent
William Ryan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
John Donnelly Sheridan	Agricultural Panel		Independent	Died on 5 April 1963[5]
Michael Hayes	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Eamon Kissane	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Timothy McAuliffe	Cultural and Educational Panel		Labour
John J. Nash	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Liam Ó Buachalla	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil	Cathaoirleach
Gerald Boland	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
John Costelloe	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 28 November 1963, succeeding Daniel Moloney[4]
Mary Davidson	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Labour
Thomas Flanagan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent
Patrick Lindsay	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Bernard McGlinchey	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Edward McGuire	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent
Daniel Moloney	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil	Died on 26 June 1963[6]
Joseph Quigley	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Eoin Ryan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Seán Brosnahan	Labour Panel		Independent
Seán Browne	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
John Butler	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Victor Carton	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Patrick Crowley	Labour Panel		Labour
James Dooge	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Joseph Farrell	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Seán Hayes	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Mark Killilea	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Dominick Murphy	Labour Panel		Labour
Michael Yeats	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Dónall Ó Conalláin	National University of Ireland		Independent
George O'Brien	National University of Ireland		Independent
Patrick Quinlan	National University of Ireland		Independent
William J. E. Jessop	Dublin University		Independent
John N. Ross	Dublin University		Independent
William Bedell Stanford	Dublin University		Independent
Kit Ahern	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 25 November 1964 succeeding Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha[7]
John J. Brennan	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
John Copeland Cole	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
Gus Healy	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Joe Mooney	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Thomas Mullins	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Tom Nolan	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Nora Connolly O'Brien	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
Seán O'Donovan	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent	Died on 19 November 1964[8]
Margaret Mary Pearse	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
William Sheldon	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent

Changes

Date	Panel	Loss		Gain		Note
5 April 1963	Agricultural Panel		Independent			Death of John Donnelly Sheridan[5]
26 June 1963	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil			Death of Daniel Moloney[6]
28 November 1963	Agricultural Panel				Fianna Fáil	Batt Donegan elected at a by-election to succeed John Donnelly Sheridan[4][9]
28 November 1963	Industrial and Commercial Panel				Fianna Fáil	John Costelloe elected at a by-election to succeed Daniel Moloney[4][9]
19 November 1964	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent			Death of Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha[8]
25 November 1964	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fianna Fáil	Kit Ahern nominated to succeed Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha[7]