List of members of Dáil Éireann who died in office

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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
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]

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