Members of the 3rd Dáil

The 3rd Dáil was elected at the 1922 general election on 16 June and met on 9 September. On its formation, it was a Constituent Assembly in a Provisional Parliament. From 6 December 1922, Dáil Éireann was one of two houses of the Oireachtas in the Irish Free State, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1922 Seanad. Members of the Dáil are known as TDs. The 3rd Dáil was dissolved by Governor-General Tim Healy on 9 August 1923, at the request of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave. The 3rd Dáil lasted 334 days.

3rd Dáil
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Overview
Legislative body	Dáil Éireann
Jurisdiction	Irish Republic Southern Ireland Irish Free State
Meeting place	UCD (Earlsfort Terrace) Leinster House
Term	9 September 1922 – 9 August 1923
Election	1922 general election
Government	2nd provisional government and 5th ministry (until 6 December 1922) 1st executive council (from 6 December 1922)
Members	128
Ceann Comhairle	Michael Hayes
President of Dáil Éireann	W. T. Cosgrave until 6 December 1922
Chairman of the Provisional Government	W. T. Cosgrave until 6 December 1922
President of the Executive Council	W. T. Cosgrave from 6 December 1922
Vice-President of the Executive Council	Kevin O'Higgins from 6 December 1922
Chief Whip	Daniel McCarthy from 6 December 1922
Leader of the Opposition	Thomas Johnson from 6 December 1922
Sessions
1st 9 September 1922 – 9 August 1923

Composition of the 3rd Dáil

Party		June 1922
●	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	58
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	36
	Labour	17
	Farmers' Party	7
	Businessmen's Party	1
	Independent	9

Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin, marked with bullet (●), formed a Dáil ministry when the Third Dáil met on 9 September 1922. It formed the 1st executive council of the Irish Free State on 6 December 1922, led by W. T. Cosgrave as President of the Executive Council. It formed the Cumann na nGaedheal party in April 1923.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 3rd Dáil from June 1922. This was not the official seating plan.

• Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) is shown on the right.
• Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) is shown on the left, though they did not take their seats.

Ceann Comhairle

On 9 September 1922, Michael Hayes was proposed by Ernest Blythe and seconded by Patrick Hogan for the position of Ceann Comhairle, and was approved without a vote. Pádraic Ó Máille was proposed by Piaras Béaslaí and seconded by Liam de Róiste for the position of Leas-Cheann Comhairle, and also approved without a vote.^[1]

On 6 December 1922, when the Dáil first met under the new constitution, Hayes was proposed by W. T. Cosgrave and seconded by Thomas Johnson for the position of Ceann Comhairle, and was approved without a vote.^[2] De Róiste was proposed as Leas-Cheann Comhairle by George Nicolls and seconded by Seán McGarry, and also approved without a vote.^[3]

TDs by constituency

The list of the 128 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.^[4]

Members of the 3rd Dáil
Constituency	Name	Party
Carlow–Kilkenny	W. T. Cosgrave		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Patrick Gaffney		Labour
	Denis Gorey		Farmers' Party
	Gearóid O'Sullivan		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Cavan	Walter L. Cole		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Arthur Griffith		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Seán Milroy		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Clare	Patrick Brennan		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Éamon de Valera		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Seán Liddy		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Brian O'Higgins		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Cork Borough	Robert Day		Labour
	Liam de Róiste		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Mary MacSwiney		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	J. J. Walsh		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Cork East and North–East	John Dinneen		Farmers' Party
	Michael Hennessy		Businessmen's Party
	David Kent		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Cork Mid, North, South, South–East and West	Michael Bradley		Labour
	Michael Collins		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Daniel Corkery		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Seán Hales		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Seán Hayes		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Seán Moylan		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Thomas Nagle		Labour
	Daniel Vaughan		Farmers' Party
Donegal	Joseph McGinley		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Patrick McGoldrick		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Joseph O'Doherty		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Samuel O'Flaherty		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Joseph Sweeney		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Peter Ward		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Dublin South	Thomas Kelly		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Myles Keogh		Independent
	Daniel McCarthy		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	William O'Brien		Labour
Dublin County	Michael Derham		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	George Gavan Duffy		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Darrell Figgis		Independent
	Desmond FitzGerald		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Thomas Johnson		Labour
	John Rooney		Farmers' Party
Dublin Mid	Alfie Byrne		Independent
	Seán McGarry		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Seán T. O'Kelly		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Laurence O'Neill		Independent
Dublin North-West	Philip Cosgrave		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Joseph McGrath		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Richard Mulcahy		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Michael Staines		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Dublin University	Ernest Alton		Independent
	James Craig		Independent
	Gerald Fitzgibbon		Independent
	William Thrift		Independent
Galway	Bryan Cusack		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Frank Fahy		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Patrick Hogan		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	George Nicolls		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Pádraic Ó Máille		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Thomas J. O'Connell		Labour
	Joseph Whelehan		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Kerry–Limerick West	Piaras Béaslaí		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Patrick Cahill		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Con Collins		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	James Crowley		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Fionán Lynch		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Thomas O'Donoghue		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Edmund Roche		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Austin Stack		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Kildare–Wicklow	Robert Barton		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Christopher Byrne		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Hugh Colohan		Labour
	James Everett		Labour
	Richard Wilson		Farmers' Party
Leitrim–Roscommon North	Thomas Carter		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	James Dolan		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Andrew Lavin		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	George Noble Plunkett		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Leix–Offaly	Francis Bulfin		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	William Davin		Labour
	Patrick McCartan		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Kevin O'Higgins		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Limerick City–Limerick East	Michael Colivet		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Richard Hayes		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	William Hayes		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Kathleen O'Callaghan		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Longford–Westmeath	Laurence Ginnell		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	John Lyons		Labour
	Seán Mac Eoin		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Francis McGuinness		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Louth–Meath	Eamonn Duggan		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Peter Hughes		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	James Murphy		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	John J. O'Kelly		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Cathal O'Shannon		Labour
Mayo North and West	John Crowley		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Thomas Derrig		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Joseph MacBride		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	P. J. Ruttledge		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Mayo South–Roscommon South	Harry Boland		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Tom Maguire		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Daniel O'Rourke		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	William Sears		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Monaghan	Ernest Blythe		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Patrick MacCarvill		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Eoin O'Duffy		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
National University	Michael Hayes		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Eoin MacNeill		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	William Magennis		Independent
	William Stockley		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Sligo–Mayo East	Frank Carty		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	James Devins		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Francis Ferran		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Alexander McCabe		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Thomas O'Donnell		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Tipperary Mid, North and South	Séamus Burke		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
	Joseph MacDonagh		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	P. J. Moloney		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Daniel Morrissey		Labour
Waterford–Tipperary East	Cathal Brugha		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	John Butler		Labour
	Daniel Byrne		Farmers' Party
	Nicholas Phelan		Labour
	Vincent White		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Wexford	Richard Corish		Labour
	Michael Doyle		Farmers' Party
	Séamus Doyle		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
	Daniel O'Callaghan		Labour

Changes

No by-elections were held for vacancies during the 3rd Dáil.

Date	Constituency	Loss		Gain		Note
7 July 1922	Waterford–Tipperary East		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)			Death of Cathal Brugha
1 August 1922	Mayo South–Roscommon South		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)			Death of Harry Boland
12 August 1922	Cavan		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)			Death of Arthur Griffith
22 August 1922	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)			Death of Michael Collins
9 September 1922	National University		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)		Ceann Comhairle	Michael Hayes takes office as Ceann Comhairle[1]
20 September 1922	Sligo–Mayo East		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)			Death of James Devins
29 November 1922	Mayo South–Roscommon		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)			Resignation of Daniel O'Rourke
6 December 1922	Carlow–Kilkenny		Labour		Independent Labour	Patrick Gaffney refused to take the Oath
7 December 1922	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)			Death of Seán Hales
13 December 1922	Clare		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)			Resignation of Patrick Brennan
18 December 1922	Clare		Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)			Resignation of Seán Liddy
25 December 1922	Tipperary Mid, North and South		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)			Death of Joseph MacDonagh
17 April 1923	Longford–Westmeath		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)			Death of Laurence Ginnell
27 April 1923			Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)		Cumann na nGaedheal	Formation of new party
10 June 1923	Sligo–Mayo East		Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)			Death of Francis Ferran