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This is a list of all by-elections to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament (Oireachtas) since 1923. By-elections in Ireland occur to fill vacant seats which can be caused by the death, resignation or expulsion of a sitting Teachta Dála (Member of Parliament).

There were two by-elections during the lifetime of the 29th Dáil. There were no by-elections during the 1stThe First Dáil and Second Dáil were revolutionary parliaments of the self-proclaimed Irish Republic, and as such by-elections were both unnecessary and impractical., 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 9th, 11th, 22nd, 25th and 26th Dála. The longest period without a by-election was almost 10 years between 1984 and 1994. The largest number of by-elections on one day was eight on March 11, 1925.

There have been 123 by-elections since 1923. 87 of these were caused by the death of a sitting TD.

Contents 1 4th Dáil Éireann (1923–1927) 2 5th Dáil Éireann (1927) 3 6th Dáil Éireann (1927–1932) 4 8th Dáil Éireann (1933–1937) 5 10th Dáil Éireann (1938–1943) 6 12th Dáil Éireann (1944–1948) 7 13th Dáil Éireann (1948–1951) 8 14th Dáil Éireann (1951–1954) 9 15th Dáil Éireann (1954–1957) 10 16th Dáil Éireann (1957–1961) 11 17th Dáil Éireann (1961–1965) 12 18th Dáil Éireann (1965–1969) 13 19th Dáil Éireann (1969–1973) 14 20th Dáil Éireann (1973–1977) 15 21st Dáil Éireann (1977–1981) 16 23rd Dáil Éireann (Feb. 1982–Nov. 1982) 17 24th Dáil Éireann (1982–1987) 18 27th Dáil Éireann (1992–1997) 19 28th Dáil Éireann (1997–2002) 20 29th Dáil Éireann (2002–2007) 21 Footnotes 22 See also

4th Dáil Éireann (1923–1927)

Constituency	Date		Outgoing	Party		Winner	Party	Reason
Dublin South	1923-October-27 27 October 1923		Hayes, MichaelMichael Hayes	CnaG		Kennedy, HughHugh Kennedy	CnaG	Resignation of Hayes
NUI	1923-November-3 3 November 1923		MacNeill, EoinEoin MacNeill	CnaG		McGilligan, PatrickPatrick McGilligan	CnaG	Resignation of MacNeill
Dublin South	1924-March-12 12 March 1924		Cosgrave, PhilipPhilip Cosgrave	CnaG		O\'Mara, JamesJames O\'Mara	CnaG	Death of Cosgrave
Dublin County	1924-March-19 19 March 1924		Derham, JamesJames Derham	CnaG		O\'Connor, BattBatt O\'Connor	CnaG	Death of Derham
Limerick	1924-May-28 28 May 1924		Hayes, RichardRichard Hayes	CnaG		O\'Connell, RichardRichard O\'Connell	CnaG	Resignation of Hayes
Cork East	1924-November-18 18 November 1924		O\'Mahony, ThomasThomas O\'Mahony	CnaG		Noonan, MichaelMichael Noonan	CnaG	Death of O\'Mahony
Dublin South	1924-November-18 18 November 1924		Kennedy, HughHugh Kennedy	CnaG		Lemass, SeánSeán Lemass	SF	Appointment of Kennedy as Chief Justice
Mayo North	1924-November-18 18 November 1924		Coyle, HenryHenry Coyle	CnaG		Madden, JohnJohn Madden	SF	Disqualification of Coyle
Cork Borough	1924-November-19 19 November 1924		O\'Rahilly, AlfredAlfred O\'Rahilly	CnaG		Egan, MichaelMichael Egan	CnaG	Resignation of O\'Rahilly
Donegal	1924-November-20 20 November 1924		Ward, Peter J.Peter J. Ward	CnaG		McCullough, DenisDenis McCullough	CnaG	Resignation of Ward
Carlow-Kilkenny	1925-March-11 11 March 1925		Gibbons, SeánSeán Gibbons	CnaG		Bolger, ThomasThomas Bolger	CnaG	Resignation of Gibbons
Cavan	1925-March-11 11 March 1925		Milroy, SeánSeán Milroy	CnaG		O\'Reilly, John JoeJohn Joe O\'Reilly	CnaG	Resignation of Milroy
Dublin North	1925-March-11 11 March 1925		Cahill, FrankFrank Cahill	CnaG		Leonard, PatrickPatrick Leonard	CnaG	Resignation of Cahill on 30 October 1924
Dublin North	1925-March-11 11 March 1925		McGarry, SeánSeán McGarry	CnaG		Traynor, OscarOscar Traynor	SF	Resignation of McGarry
Dublin South	1925-March-11 11 March 1925		McCarthy, DanielDaniel McCarthy	CnaG		Hennessy, ThomasThomas Hennessy	CnaG	Resignation of McCarthy
Leitrim-Sligo	1925-March-11 11 March 1925		Carter, ThomasThomas Carter	CnaG		Holt, SamuelSamuel Holt	SF	Resignation of Carter
Leitrim-Sligo	1925-March-11 11 March 1925		McCabe, AlexanderAlexander McCabe	CnaG		Roddy, MartinMartin Roddy	CnaG	Resignation of McCabe
Mayo North	1925-March-11 11 March 1925		McGrath, JosephJoseph McGrath	CnaG		Tierney, MichaelMichael Tierney	CnaG	Resignation of McGrath
Roscommon	1926-February-11 11 February 1926		Finlay, HenryHenry Finlay	CnaG		Conlon, MartinMartin Conlon	CnaG	Resignation of Finlay
Dublin County	1926-February-18 18 February 1926		Figgis, DarrellDarrell Figgis	Ind		Norton, WilliamWilliam Norton	Lab	Death of Figgis
Leix-Offaly	1926-February-18 18 February 1926		McGuinness, SeánSeán McGuinness	SF		Dwyer, JamesJames Dwyer	CnaG	Disqualification of McGuinness

5th Dáil Éireann (1927)

Constituency	Date		Outgoing	Party		Winner	Party	Reason
Dublin County	1927-August-24 24 August 1927		O\'Higgins, KevinKevin O\'Higgins	CnaG		O\'Sullivan, GearóidGearóid O\'Sullivan	CnaG	Death of O\'Higgins
Dublin South	1927-August-24 24 August 1927		Markiewicz, CountessCountess Markiewicz	FF		Hennessy, ThomasThomas Hennessy	CnaG	Death of Markiewicz

6th Dáil Éireann (1927–1932)

Constituency	Date		Outgoing	Party		Winner	Party	Reason
Carlow-Kilkenny	1927-November-3 3 November 1927		Cosgrave, W. T.W. T. Cosgrave	CnaG		Gorey, DenisDenis Gorey	CnaG	Resignation of Cosgrave (Elected in 2 constituencies)
Dublin North	1928-April-3 3 April 1928		Larkin, JamesJames Larkin	IWL		Rice, VincentVincent Rice	CnaG	Disqualification of Larkin due to bankruptcy
Dublin North	1929-March-14 14 March 1929		Byrne, AlfredAlfred Byrne	Ind		O\'Higgins, Thomas F.Thomas F. O\'Higgins	CnaG	Election of Byrne to Seanad Éireann
Leitrim-Sligo	1929-June-7 7 June 1929		Holt, SamuelSamuel Holt	FF		Mac Eoin, SeánSeán Mac Eoin	CnaG	Death of Holt
Longford-Westmeath	1930-June-13 13 June 1930		Killane, JamesJames Killane	FF		Geoghegan, JamesJames Geoghegan	FF	Death of Killane
Dublin County	1930-December-9 9 December 1930		Cooper, BryanBryan Cooper	CnaG		Finlay, ThomasThomas Finlay	CnaG	Death of Cooper
Kildare	1931-June-29 29 June 1931		Colohan, HughHugh Colohan	Lab		Harris, ThomasThomas Harris	FF	Death of Colohan

8th Dáil Éireann (1933–1937)

Constituency	Date		Outgoing	Party		Winner	Party	Reason
Dublin University	1933-October-13 13 October 1933		Craig, JamesJames Craig	Ind		Rowlette, RobertRobert Rowlette	Ind	Death of Craig
Dublin County	1935-June-17 17 June 1935		O\'Connor, BattBatt O\'Connor	FG		Lavery, CecilCecil Lavery	FG	Death of O\'Connor
Galway	1935-June-19 19 June 1935		McDonogh, MartinMartin McDonogh	FG		Corbett, EamonEamon Corbett	FF	Death of McDonogh
Galway	1936-August-13 13 August 1936		Hogan, PatrickPatrick Hogan	FG		Neilan, MartinMartin Neilan	FF	Death of Hogan
Wexford	1936-August-17 17 August 1936		Esmonde, Osmond Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Bt.	FG		Allen, DenisDenis Allen	FF	Death of Esmonde

10th Dáil Éireann (1938–1943)

Constituency	Date		Outgoing	Party		Winner	Party	Reason
Dublin South	1939-June-6 6 June 1939		Beckett, JamesJames Beckett	FG		McCann, JohnJohn McCann	FF	Death of Beckett
Galway West	1940-May-30 30 May 1940		Tubridy, SeánSeán Tubridy	FF		Keane, John J.John J. Keane	FF	Death of Tubridy

12th Dáil Éireann (1944–1948)

Constituency	Date		Outgoing	Party		Winner	Party	Reason
Kerry South	1944-November-10 10 November 1944		Lynch, FinianFinian Lynch	FG		O\'Donoghue, DonalDonal O\'Donoghue	FF	Appoinment of Lynch as a Judge
Clare	1945-December-4 4 December 1945		Burke, PatrickPatrick Burke	FG		Shanahan, PatrickPatrick Shanahan	FF	Death of Burke
Dublin North West	1945-December-4 4 December 1945		O\'Kelly, Seán T.Seán T. O\'Kelly	FF		de Valera, VivionVivion de Valera	FF	Election of O\'Kelly as President
Kerry South	1945-December-4 4 December 1945		Crowley, FrederickFrederick Crowley	FF		Crowley, HonorHonor Crowley	FF	Death of Frederick Crowley
Mayo South	1945-December-4 4 December 1945		Clery, MichaelMichael Clery	FF		Commons, BernardBernard Commons	CnaT	Appointed County Registrar of Dublin
Wexford	1945-December-4 4 December 1945		Corish, RichardRichard Corish	Lab		Corish, BrendanBrendan Corish	Lab	Death of Richard Corish
Cork Borough	1946-June-14 14 June 1946		Dwyer, WilliamWilliam Dwyer	Ind		McGrath, PatrickPatrick McGrath	FF	Death of Dwyer
Dublin County	1947-October-29 29 October 1947		Fogarty, PatrickPatrick Fogarty	FF		MacBride, SeánSeán MacBride	CnaP	Death of Fogarty
Tipperary	1947-October-29 29 October 1947		O\'Donnell, WilliamWilliam O\'Donnell	CnaT		Kinane, PatrickPatrick Kinane	CnaP	Death of O\'Donnell
Waterford	1947-October-29 29 October 1947		Morrissey, MichaelMichael Morrissey	FF		Ormonde, JohnJohn Ormonde	FF	Death of Morrissey

13th Dáil Éireann (1948–1951)

Constituency	Date		Outgoing	Party		Winner	Party	Reason
Donegal East	1948-December-7 7 December 1948		Blaney, NealNeal Blaney	FF		Blaney, NeilNeil Blaney	FF	Death of Neal Blaney
Cork West	1949-June-15 15 June 1949		Murphy, Timothy J.Timothy J. Murphy	Lab		Murphy, William J.William J. Murphy	Lab	Death of Timothy J. Murphy
Donegal West	1949-November-16 16 November 1949		Brady, BrianBrian Brady	FF		O\'Donnell, PatrickPatrick O\'Donnell	FG	Death of Brady

14th Dáil Éireann (1951–1954)

Constituency	Date		Outgoing	Party		Winner	Party	Reason
Limerick East	1952-June-26 26 June 1952		Bourke, DanielDaniel Bourke	FF		Carew, JohnJohn Carew	FG	Death of Bourke
Mayo North	1952-June-26 26 June 1952		Ruttledge, P. J.P. J. Ruttledge	FF		Calleary, PhelimPhelim Calleary	FF	Death of Ruttledge
Waterford	1952-June-26 26 June 1952		Redmond, BridgetBridget Redmond	FG		Kenneally, WilliamWilliam Kenneally	FF	Death of Redmond
Dublin North West	1952-November-12 12 November 1952		Byrne, Alfred P.Alfred P. Byrne	Ind		Byrne, ThomasThomas Byrne	Ind	Death of Alfred P. Byrne
Cork East	1953-June-18 18 June 1953		Keane, SeánSeán Keane	Lab		Barry, RichardRichard Barry	FG	Death of Keane
Wicklow	1953-June-18 18 June 1953		Brennan, ThomasThomas Brennan	FF		Deering, MarkMark Deering	FG	Death of Brennan
Galway South	1953-August-21 21 August 1953		Fahy, FrankFrank Fahy	FF		Lahiffe, RobertRobert Lahiffe	FF	Death of Fahy
Cork Borough	1954-March-3 3 March 1954		O\'Higgins, Thomas F.Thomas F. O\'Higgins	FG		Barrett, StephenStephen Barrett	FG	Death of O\'Higgins
Louth	1954-March-3 3 March 1954		Coburn, JamesJames Coburn	FG		Coburn, GeorgeGeorge Coburn	FG	Death of James Coburn

15th Dáil Éireann (1954–1957)

Constituency	Date		Outgoing	Party		Winner	Party	Reason
Limerick West	1955-December-13 13 December 1955		Madden, DavidDavid Madden	FG		Colbert, MichaelMichael Colbert	FF	Death of Madden
Kerry North	1956-February-29 29 February 1956		Connor, JohnnyJohnny Connor	CnaP		O\'Connor, KathleenKathleen O\'Connor	CnaP	Death of Connor
Dublin North East	1956-April-30 30 April 1956		Byrne, AlfredAlfred Byrne	Ind		Byrne, PatrickPatrick Byrne	Ind	Death of Byrne
Leix-Offaly	1956-April-30 30 April 1956		Davin, WilliamWilliam Davin	Lab		Egan, KieranKieran Egan	FF	Death of Davin
Cork Borough	1956-August-2 2 August 1956		McGrath, PatrickPatrick McGrath	FF		Galvin, JohnJohn Galvin	FF	Death of McGrath
Carlow-Kilkenny	1956-November-14 14 November 1956		Walsh, ThomasThomas Walsh	FF		Medlar, MartinMartin Medlar	FF	Death of Walsh
Dublin South West	1956-November-14 14 November 1956		Doyle, PeadarPeadar Doyle	FG		Lemass, Jnr, NoelNoel Lemass, Jnr	FF	Death of Doyle

16th Dáil Éireann (1957–1961)

Constituency	Date		Outgoing	Party		Winner	Party	Reason
Dublin North Central	1957-November-14 14 November 1957		Gallagher, ColmColm Gallagher	FF		Sherwin, FrankFrank Sherwin	Ind	Death of Gallagher
Galway South	1958-May-30 30 May 1958		Beegan, PatrickPatrick Beegan	FF		Millar, AnthonyAnthony Millar	FF	Death of Beegan
Dublin South Central	1958-June-25 25 June 1958		Murphy, JohnJohn Murphy	Ind		Cummins, PatrickPatrick Cummins	FF	Resignation of Murphy
Clare	1959-July-22 22 July 1959		de Valera, ÉamonÉamon de Valera	FF		Ó Ceallaigh, SeánSeán Ó Ceallaigh	FF	Election of de Valera as President
Dublin South West	1959-July-22 22 July 1959		Butler, BernardBernard Butler	FF		Ryan, RichieRichie Ryan	FG	Death of Butler
Meath	1959-July-22 22 July 1959		Griffin, JamesJames Griffin	FF		Johnston, HenryHenry Johnston	FF	Death of Griffin
Carlow-Kilkenny	1960-June-23 23 June 1960		Hughes, JosephJoseph Hughes	FG		Teehan, PatrickPatrick Teehan	FF	Death of Hughes
Sligo-Leitrim	1961-March-1 1 March 1961		Flynn, StephenStephen Flynn	FF		McLoughlin, JosephJoseph McLoughlin	FG	Death of Flynn

17th Dáil Éireann (1961–1965)

Constituency	Date		Outgoing	Party		Winner	Party	Reason
Dublin North East	1963-May-30 30 May 1963		Belton, JackJack Belton	FG		Belton, Jnr, PatrickPatrick Belton, Jnr	FG	Death of Jack Belton
Cork Borough	1964-February-19 19 February 1964		Galvin, JohnJohn Galvin	FF		Galvin, SheilaSheila Galvin	FF	Death of John Galvin
Kildare	1964-February-19 19 February 1964		Norton, WilliamWilliam Norton	Lab		Boylan, TerenceTerence Boylan	FF	Death of Norton
Roscommon	1964-July-8 8 July 1964		Burke, JamesJames Burke	FG		Burke, JoanJoan Burke	FG	Death of James Burke
Galway East	1964-December-3 3 December 1964		Donnellan, MichaelMichael Donnellan	CnaT		Donnellan, JohnJohn Donnellan	FG	Death of Michael Donnellan
Cork Mid	1965-March-10 10 March 1965		Desmond, DanDan Desmond	Lab		Desmond, EileenEileen Desmond	Lab	Death of Dan Desmond

18th Dáil Éireann (1965–1969)

Constituency	Date		Outgoing	Party		Winner	Party	Reason
Kerry South	1966-December-7 7 December 1966		Crowley, HonorHonor Crowley	FF		O\'Leary, JohnJohn O\'Leary	FF	Death of Honor Crowley
Waterford	1966-December-7 7 December 1966		Lynch, ThaddeusThaddeus Lynch	FG		Browne, PatrickPatrick Browne	FF	Death of Lynch
Cork Borough	1967-November-9 9 November 1967		Casey, SeánSeán Casey	Lab		French, SeánSeán French	FF	Death of Casey
Limerick West	1967-November-9 9 November 1967		Collins, JamesJames Collins	FF		Collins, GerardGerard Collins	FF	Death of James Collins
Clare	1968-March-14 14 March 1968		Murphy, WilliamWilliam Murphy	FG		Barrett, SylvesterSylvester Barrett	FF	Death of William Murphy
Wicklow	1968-March-14 14 March 1968		Everett, JamesJames Everett	Lab