This list includes constituencies created for the United Kingdom House of Commons used by Irish republicans to elect the First Dáil and those created for the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland used to elect the Second Dáil. Although only Sinn Féin members took their seats as TDs in the first two Dála, MPs from other parties could have done so if they wished so all constituencies used in 1918 and 1921 are entitled to be included in a list of Dáil Éireann constituencies.
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The general election of 1918 (in Ireland) was, in Irish republican theory, to fill the 105 seats in Dáil Éireann for the First Dáil. In practice only the Sinn Féin MPs took their seats as Teachtaí Dála in Dublin. This Dáil first assembled on 21 January 1919 and last met on 10 May 1921. Under a resolution passed at its last meeting the First Dáil was dissolved upon the assembly of the Second Dáil, which took place on 16 August 1921.
However the Oireachtas members database regards the First Dáil as having existed 21 January 1919–10 May 1921.
See list of members of the 1st Dáil.
The Irish elections, 1921 comprised separate elections in the six counties of Northern Ireland and the twenty-six counties of Southern Ireland. In Irish republican theory, there was one election to fill the 180 seats (52 from Northern Ireland and 128 from Southern Ireland) in the Second Dáil. In practice, only the Sinn Féin MPs took their seats as Teachtaí Dála in Dublin. This Dáil first assembled on 16 August 1921, and last met (at least in the view of the subsequent Irish Free State) on 8 June 1922.
The Second Dáil was not formally dissolved, but following the precedent of 1921, it should perhaps be regarded (from the viewpoint of the Irish Free State) as dissolved upon the assembling of the Third Dáil. The Third Dáil was first summoned to meet on 1 July 1922. It was prorogued on five occasions and eventually met on 9 September 1922.
However the Oireachtas members database regards the Second Dáil as having existed 24 May 1921–16 June 1922.
In republican theory, the Second Dáil continued to exist, and no subsequent Dála were legitimate, as they only represented part of Ireland.
See list of members of the 2nd Dáil.
Key to categories: BC – Borough constituencies, CC – County constituencies, UC – University constituencies, Total C – Total constituencies, BTD – Borough Teachta Dála, CTD – County Teachta Dála, UTD – University Teachta Dála.
Period | BC | CC | UC | Total C | BTD | CTD | UTD | Total TDs | Elections |
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1918–1921 | 20 | 80 | 3 | 103 | 21 | 80 | 4 | 105 | 1918 |
1921–1922 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 38 | 32 | 136 | 12 | 180 | 1921 |
1922–1923 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 104 | 8 | 128 | 1922 |
1923–1937 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 30 | 20 | 127 | 6 | 153 | 1923, June 1927, Sept. 1927, 1932, 1933 |
1937–1948 | 5 | 29 | 34 | 22 | 116 | 138 | 1937, 1938, 1943, 1944 | ||
1948–1961 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 29 | 118 | 147 | 1948, 1951, 1954, 1957 | ||
1961–1969 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 30 | 114 | 144 | 1961, 1965 | ||
1969–1977 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 33 | 111 | 144 | 1969, 1973 | ||
1977–1981 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 32 | 116 | 148 | 1977 | ||
1981–1992 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 46 | 120 | 166 | 1981, Feb. 1982, Nov. 1982, 1987, 1989 | ||
1992–1997 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 34 | 132 | 166 | 1992 | ||
1997–2002 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 30 | 136 | 166 | 1997 | ||
2002–2007 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 37 | 129 | 166 | 2002 | ||
2007–2011 | 9 | 34 | 43 | 35 | 131 | 166 | 2007 |
Period | x1 | x2 | x3 | x4 | x5 | x6 | x7 | x8 | x9 | Total C | Total TDs | Elections |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1918–1921 | 101 | 2 | 103 | 105 | 1918 | |||||||
1921–1922 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 180 | 1921 | |||
1922–1923 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 128 | 1922 | |||
1923–1937 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 153 | 1923, June 1927, Sept. 1927, 1932, 1933 | |||
1937–1948 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 138 | 1937, 1938, 1943, 1944 | |||||
1948–1961 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 147 | 1948, 1951, 1954, 1957 | ||||||
1961–1969 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 38 | 144 | 1961, 1965 | ||||||
1969–1977 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 42 | 144 | 1969, 1973 | ||||||
1977–1981 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 148 | 1977 | ||||||
1981–1992 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 166 | 1981, Feb. 1982, Nov. 1982, 1987, 1989 | ||||||
1992–1997 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 41 | 166 | 1992 | ||||||
1997–2002 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 41 | 166 | 1997 | ||||||
2002–2007 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 42 | 166 | 2002 | ||||||
2007–2011 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 166 | 2007 | ||||||
2011–date | 17 | 15 | 11 | 43 | 166 | 2011 |
Notes
Constituency | Type | County | Created | Abolished | Seats |
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Antrim | county | Antrim | 1921 | 1922 | 7 |
Antrim East | county | Antrim | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Antrim Mid | county | Antrim | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Antrim North | county | Antrim | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Antrim South | county | Antrim | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Armagh | county | Armagh | 1921 | 1922 | 4 |
Armagh Mid | county | Armagh | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Armagh North | county | Armagh | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Armagh South | county | Armagh | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Athlone–Longford | county | Longford | 1937 | 1948 | 3 |
Belfast Cromac | borough | Antrim | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Belfast Duncairn | borough | Antrim | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Belfast East | borough | Antrim | 1921 | 1922 | 4 |
Belfast Falls | borough | Antrim | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Belfast North | borough | Antrim | 1921 | 1922 | 4 |
Belfast Ormeau | borough | Antrim | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Belfast Pottinger | borough | Antrim | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Belfast Shankill | borough | Antrim | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Belfast South | borough | Antrim | 1921 | 1922 | 4 |
Belfast St. Anne's | borough | Antrim | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Belfast Victoria | borough | Antrim | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Belfast West | borough | Antrim | 1921 | 1922 | 4 |
Belfast Woodvale | borough | Antrim | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Carlow | county | Carlow | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Carlow–Kildare | county | Carlow / Kildare | 1937 | 1948 | 4 |
Carlow–Kilkenny[1] | county | Carlow / Kilkenny | 1921 | 1937 | 4,5 |
Carlow–Kilkenny | county | Carlow / Kilkenny | 1948 | next | 5 |
Cavan[2] | county | Cavan | 1921 | 1977 | 3,4,3 |
Cavan East | county | Cavan | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Cavan–Monaghan | county | Cavan / Monaghan | 1977 | next | 5 |
Cavan West | county | Cavan | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Clare[3] | county | Clare | 1921 | next | 4,5,4,3,4 |
Clare East | county | Clare | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Clare–Galway South | county | Clare / Galway | 1969 | 1977 | 3 |
Clare West | county | Clare | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Cork Borough[4] | borough | Cork | 1921 | 1969 | 4,5,4,5 |
Cork City | borough | Cork | 1918 | 1921 | 2 |
Cork City | borough | Cork | 1977 | 1981 | 5 |
Cork City North West | borough | Cork | 1969 | 1977 | 3 |
Cork City South East | borough | Cork | 1969 | 1977 | 3 |
Cork East | county | Cork | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Cork East | county | Cork | 1923 | 1937 | 5 |
Cork East | county | Cork | 1948 | 1961 | 3 |
Cork East | county | Cork | 1981 | next | 4 |
Cork East and North East | county | Cork | 1921 | 1923 | 3 |
Cork Mid | county | Cork | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Cork Mid[5] | county | Cork | 1961 | 1981 | 4,5 |
Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West |
county | Cork | 1921 | 1923 | 8 |
Cork North | county | Cork | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Cork North[6] | county | Cork | 1923 | 1961 | 3,4,3 |
Cork North Central[7] | borough | Cork | 1981 | next | 5,4 |
Cork North East | county | Cork | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Cork North East[8] | county | Cork | 1961 | 1981 | 5,4 |
Cork North West | county | Cork | 1981 | next | 3 |
Cork South | county | Cork | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Cork South | county | Cork | 1948 | 1961 | 3 |
Cork South Central | borough | Cork | 1981 | next | 5 |
Cork South East | county | Cork | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Cork South East | county | Cork | 1937 | 1948 | 3 |
Cork South West | county | Cork | 1961 | next | 3 |
Cork West | county | Cork | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Cork West[9] | county | Cork | 1923 | 1961 | 5,3 |
Donegal[1] | county | Donegal | 1921 | 1937 | 6,8 |
Donegal | county | Donegal | 1977 | 1981 | 5 |
Donegal East | county | Donegal | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Donegal East | county | Donegal | 1937 | 1961 | 4 |
Donegal–Leitrim | county | Donegal / Leitrim | 1969 | 1977 | 3 |
Donegal North | county | Donegal | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Donegal North East | county | Donegal | 1961 | 1977 | 3 |
Donegal North East | county | Donegal | 1981 | next | 3 |
Donegal South | county | Donegal | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Donegal South West | county | Donegal | 1961 | 1969 | 3 |
Donegal South West | county | Donegal | 1981 | next | 3 |
Donegal West | county | Donegal | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Donegal West | county | Donegal | 1937 | 1961 | 3 |
Down | county | Down | 1921 | 1922 | 8 |
Down East | county | Down | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Down Mid | county | Down | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Down North | county | Down | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Down South | county | Down | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Down West | county | Down | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Dublin Artane | borough | Dublin | 1977 | 1981 | 3 |
Dublin Ballyfermot | borough | Dublin | 1977 | 1981 | 3 |
Dublin Cabra | borough | Dublin | 1977 | 1981 | 3 |
Dublin Central | borough | Dublin | 1969 | 1977 | 4 |
Dublin Central[10] | borough | Dublin | 1981 | next | 5,4 |
Dublin Clontarf | borough | Dublin | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Dublin Clontarf | borough | Dublin | 1977 | 1981 | 3 |
Dublin College Green | borough | Dublin | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Dublin County[11] | county | Dublin | 1921 | 1969 | 6,8,5,3,5 |
Dublin County Mid | county | Dublin | 1977 | 1981 | 3 |
Dublin County North[12] | county | Dublin | 1969 | 1981 | 4,3 |
Dublin County South | county | Dublin | 1969 | 1981 | 3 |
Dublin County West | county | Dublin | 1977 | 1981 | 3 |
Dublin Finglas | borough | Dublin | 1977 | 1981 | 3 |
Dublin Harbour | borough | Dublin | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Dublin Mid | borough | Dublin | 1921 | 1923 | 4 |
Dublin Mid West[13] | county | Dublin | 2002 | next | 3,4 |
Dublin North | county | Dublin | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Dublin North | borough | Dublin | 1923 | 1937 | 8 |
Dublin North[10] | c,b(nt) | Dublin | 1981 | next | 3,4 |
Dublin North Central[14] | borough | Dublin | 1948 | next | 3,4,3,4,3 |
Dublin North East[15] | borough | Dublin | 1937 | 1977 | 3,5,4 |
Dublin North East[16] | borough | Dublin | 1981 | next | 4,3 |
Dublin North West | borough | Dublin | 1921 | 1923 | 4 |
Dublin North West[15] | borough | Dublin | 1937 | 1977 | 5,3,4 |
Dublin North West[16] | borough | Dublin | 1981 | next | 4,3 |
Dublin Pembroke | county | Dublin | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Dublin Rathmines | county | Dublin | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Dublin Rathmines West | borough | Dublin | 1977 | 1981 | 3 |
Dublin South | county | Dublin | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Dublin South[1] | borough | Dublin | 1921 | 1948 | 4,7 |
Dublin South[17] | bc, cc | Dublin | 1981 | next | 5 |
Dublin South Central[18] | borough | Dublin | 1948 | next | 5,4,3,5,4,5 |
Dublin South East[19] | borough | Dublin | 1948 | next | 3,4 |
Dublin South West[20] | borough | Dublin | 1948 | 1977 | 5,4 |
Dublin South West[21] | county | Dublin | 1981 | next | 4,5,4 |
Dublin St. James's | borough | Dublin | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Dublin St. Michan's | borough | Dublin | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Dublin St. Patrick's | borough | Dublin | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Dublin St. Stephen's Green | borough | Dublin | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Dublin Townships | borough | Dublin | 1937 | 1948 | 3 |
University of Dublin[22] | university | Universities | 1918 | 1937 | 2,4,3 |
Dublin West[17][21] | bc, cc | Dublin | 1981 | next | 5,4,3,4 |
Dún Laoghaire[23] | borough | Dublin | 1977 | next | 4,5,4 |
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown[24] | borough | Dublin | 1948 | 1977 | 3,4 |
Fermanagh and Tyrone | county | Fermanagh / Tyrone | 1921 | 1922 | 8 |
Fermanagh North | county | Fermanagh | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Fermanagh South | county | Fermanagh | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Galway[1] | county | Galway | 1921 | 1937 | 7,9 |
Galway Connemara | county | Galway | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Galway East | county | Galway | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Galway East | county | Galway | 1937 | 1948 | 4 |
Galway East | county | Galway | 1961 | 1969 | 5 |
Galway East[25] | county | Galway | 1977 | next | 4,3,4 |
Galway North | county | Galway | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Galway North | county | Galway | 1948 | 1961 | 3 |
Galway North East | county | Galway | 1969 | 1977 | 3 |
Galway South | county | Galway | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Galway South | county | Galway | 1948 | 1961 | 3 |
Galway West[26] | county | Galway | 1937 | next | 3,4,5 |
Kerry | county | Kerry | 1923 | 1937 | 7 |
Kerry East | county | Kerry | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Kerry–Limerick West | county | Kerry / Limerick | 1921 | 1923 | 8 |
Kerry North | county | Kerry | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Kerry North[27] | county | Kerry | 1937 | 2011 | 4,3 |
Kerry North–West Limerick | county | Kerry | 2011 | next | 3 |
Kerry South | county | Kerry | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Kerry South | county | Kerry | 1937 | next | 3 |
Kerry West | county | Kerry | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Kildare | county | Kildare | 1923 | 1937 | 3 |
Kildare[28] | county | Kildare | 1948 | 1997 | 3,4,3,5 |
Kildare North | county | Kildare | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Kildare North[29] | county | Kildare | 1997 | next | 3,4 |
Kildare South | county | Kildare | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Kildare South | county | Kildare | 1997 | next | 3 |
Kildare–Wicklow | county | Kildare / Wicklow | 1921 | 1923 | 5 |
Kilkenny | county | Kilkenny | 1937 | 1948 | 3 |
Kilkenny North | county | Kilkenny | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Kilkenny South | county | Kilkenny | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
King's County | county | King's | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Laoighis–Offaly | county | Laois / Offaly | 1961 | 2007 | 5 |
Laois–Offaly | county | Laois / Offaly | 2007 | next | 5 |
Leitrim | county | Leitrim | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Leitrim | county | Leitrim | 1937 | 1948 | 3 |
Leitrim–Roscommon North | county | Leitrim / Roscommon | 1921 | 1923 | 4 |
Leitrim–Sligo | county | Leitrim / Sligo | 1923 | 1937 | 7 |
Leix–Offaly[1] | county | Laois / Offaly | 1921 | 1961 | 4,5 |
Limerick | county | Limerick | 1923 | 1948 | 7 |
Limerick | county | Limerick | 2011 | next | 3 |
Limerick City | borough | Limerick | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Limerick City | borough | Limerick | 2011 | next | 4 |
Limerick City–Limerick East | county | Limerick | 1921 | 1923 | 4 |
Limerick East | county | Limerick | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Limerick East[19] | county | Limerick | 1948 | 2011 | 4,5 |
Limerick West | county | Limerick | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Limerick West | county | Limerick | 1948 | 2011 | 3 |
Londonderry | county | Londonderry | 1921 | 1922 | 5 |
Londonderry City | borough | Londonderry | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Londonderry North | county | Londonderry | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Londonderry South | county | Londonderry | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Longford | county | Longford | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Longford–Roscommon | county | Longford / Roscommon | 1992 | 2007 | 4 |
Longford–Westmeath[1] | county | Longford / Westmeath | 1921 | 1937 | 4,5 |
Longford–Westmeath[24] | county | Longford / Westmeath | 1948 | 1992 | 5,4 |
Longford–Westmeath | county | Longford / Westmeath | 2007 | next | 4 |
Louth | county | Louth | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Louth[30] | county | Louth | 1923 | next | 3,4,5 |
Louth–Meath | county | Louth / Meath | 1921 | 1923 | 5 |
Mayo | county | Mayo | 1997 | next | 5 |
Mayo East | county | Mayo | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Mayo East | county | Mayo | 1969 | 1997 | 3 |
Mayo North | county | Mayo | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Mayo North[31] | county | Mayo | 1923 | 1969 | 4,3 |
Mayo North and West | county | Mayo | 1921 | 1923 | 4 |
Mayo South | county | Mayo | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Mayo South[9] | county | Mayo | 1923 | 1969 | 5,4 |
Mayo South–Roscommon South | county | Mayo / Roscommon | 1921 | 1923 | 4 |
Mayo West | county | Mayo | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Mayo West | county | Mayo | 1969 | 1997 | 3 |
Meath | county | Meath | 1923 | 1937 | 3 |
Meath[32] | county | Meath | 1948 | 2007 | 3,4,5 |
Meath East | county | Meath | 2007 | next | 3 |
Meath North | county | Meath | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Meath South | county | Meath | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Meath West | county | Meath | 2007 | next | 3 |
Meath–Westmeath | county | Meath / Westmeath | 1937 | 1948 | 5 |
Monaghan | county | Monaghan | 1921 | 1977 | 3 |
Monaghan North | county | Monaghan | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Monaghan South | county | Monaghan | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
National University of Ireland[22] | university | Universities | 1918 | 1937 | 1,4,3 |
Queen's County | county | Queen's | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Queen's University of Belfast[33] | university | Universities | 1918 | 1922 | 1,4 |
Roscommon[6] | county | Roscommon | 1923 | 1969 | 4,3,4 |
Roscommon[6] | county | Roscommon | 1981 | 1992 | 3 |
Roscommon–Leitrim | county | Roscommon / Leitrim | 1969 | 1981 | 3 |
Roscommon–South Leitrim | county | Roscommon / Leitrim | 2007 | next | 3 |
Roscommon North | county | Roscommon | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Roscommon South | county | Roscommon | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Sligo | county | Sligo | 1937 | 1948 | 3 |
Sligo–Leitrim[34] | county | Sligo / Leitrim | 1948 | 2007 | 5,4,3,4 |
Sligo–North Leitrim | county | Sligo / Leitrim | 2007 | date | 3 |
Sligo–Mayo East | county | Sligo / Mayo | 1921 | 1923 | 5 |
Sligo North | county | Sligo | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Sligo South | county | Sligo | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Tipperary | county | Tipperary | 1923 | 1948 | 7 |
Tipperary East | county | Tipperary | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Tipperary Mid | county | Tipperary | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Tipperary Mid, North and South | county | Tipperary | 1921 | 1923 | 4 |
Tipperary North | county | Tipperary | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Tipperary North | county | Tipperary | 1948 | next | 3 |
Tipperary South | county | Tipperary | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Tipperary South[35] | county | Tipperary | 1948 | next | 4,3,4,3 |
Tyrone North East | county | Tyrone | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Tyrone North West | county | Tyrone | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Tyrone South | county | Tyrone | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Waterford[36] | county | Waterford | 1923 | next | 4,3,4 |
Waterford City | borough | Waterford | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Waterford County | county | Waterford | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Waterford–Tipperary East | county | Waterford / Tipperary | 1921 | 1923 | 5 |
Westmeath | county | Westmeath | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Westmeath | county | Westmeath | 1992 | 2007 | 3 |
Wexford[37] | county | Wexford | 1921 | next | 4,5,4,5 |
Wexford North | county | Wexford | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Wexford South | county | Wexford | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Wicklow[38] | county | Wicklow | 1923 | next | 3,4,5 |
Wicklow East | county | Wicklow | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |
Wicklow West | county | Wicklow | 1918 | 1921 | 1 |