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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 have been 125 by-elections since 1923, to fill 127 vacancies. 90 of these were caused by the death of a sitting Teachta Dála (TD). There has been one by-election during the lifetime of the 31st Dáil. There were no by-elections during the 1st,^{[n 1]} 2nd,^{[n 1]} 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 on 11 March 1925, when seven constituencies filled nine vacancies caused by the National Party's split from Cumann na nGaedheal. Those seven by-elections included two which filled two vacancies, via the single transferable vote. All the other 123 by-elections have used its single-winner analogue, the alternative vote.

There have been 22 TDs who were first elected at a by-election and never subsequently re-elected at a general election. The only person twice elected at by-elections was Thomas Hennessy.

1 List
2 Footnotes
3 References
4 Notes

List

Note: The entries for by-elections in which seats changed hands are shown in italics

Winner	Party	Constituency	Date	Dáil	Outgoing	Party	Reason for vacancy
Kennedy, HughHugh Kennedy^{[n 2]}	CnaG	Dublin South	01923-10-27 27 October 1923	004 !4th Dáil	Hayes, MichaelMichael Hayes	CnaG	Hayes was elected in two constituencies and opted to represent the NUI^[1]
Macgilligan, Patrick !Patrick McGilligan	CnaG	NUI	01923-11-03 3 November 1923	004 !4th Dáil	MacNeill, EoinEoin MacNeill	CnaG	MacNeill was elected in two constituencies and opted to represent Clare.^[2]
Omara, James !James O'Mara^{[n 2]}	CnaG	Dublin South	01924-03-12 12 March 1924	004 !4th Dáil	Cosgrave, PhilipPhilip Cosgrave	CnaG	Death of Philip Cosgrave
Oconnor, Batt !Batt O'Connor	CnaG	Dublin County	01924-03-19 19 March 1924	004 !4th Dáil	Derham, MichaelMichael Derham	CnaG	Death of Michael Derham
Oconnell, Richard !Richard O'Connell	CnaG	Limerick	01924-05-28 28 May 1924	004 !4th Dáil	Hayes, RichardRichard Hayes	CnaG	Resignation of Richard Hayes
Noonan, MichaelMichael Noonan^{[n 2]}	CnaG	Cork East	01924-11-18 18 November 1924	004 !4th Dáil	Omahony, Thomas !Thomas O'Mahony	CnaG	Death of Thomas O'Mahony
Lemass, SeánSeán Lemass	Rep	Dublin South	01924-11-18 18 November 1924	004 !4th Dáil	Kennedy, HughHugh Kennedy	CnaG	Appointment of Hugh Kennedy as Chief Justice
Madden, JohnJohn Madden	Rep	Mayo North	01924-11-18 18 November 1924	004 !4th Dáil	Coyle, HenryHenry Coyle	CnaG	Disqualification of Henry Coyle
Egan, MichaelMichael Egan	CnaG	Cork Borough	01924-11-19 19 November 1924	004 !4th Dáil	Orahilly, Alfred !Alfred O'Rahilly	CnaG	Resignation of Alfred O'Rahilly
Maccullough, Denis !Denis McCullough^{[n 2]}	CnaG	Donegal	01924-11-20 20 November 1924	004 !4th Dáil	Ward, Peter J.Peter J. Ward	CnaG	Resignation of Peter J. Ward
Bolger, ThomasThomas Bolger^{[n 2]}	CnaG	Carlow–Kilkenny	01925-03-11 11 March 1925	004 !4th Dáil	Gibbons, SeánSeán Gibbons	CnaG	Resignation of Seán Gibbons
Oreilly, John Joe !John Joe O'Reilly	CnaG	Cavan	01925-03-11 11 March 1925	004 !4th Dáil	Milroy, SeánSeán Milroy	CnaG	Resignation of Seán Milroy
Leonard, PatrickPatrick Leonard	CnaG	Dublin North^{[n 3]}	01925-03-11 11 March 1925	004 !4th Dáil	Cahill, FrancisFrancis Cahill	CnaG	Resignation of Francis Cahill on 30 October 1924
Traynor, OscarOscar Traynor	Rep	Dublin North^{[n 3]}	01925-03-11 11 March 1925	004 !4th Dáil	Macgarry, Sean !Seán McGarry	CnaG	Resignation of Seán McGarry on 30 October 1924
Hennessy, ThomasThomas Hennessy	CnaG	Dublin South	01925-03-11 11 March 1925	004 !4th Dáil	Maccarthy, Daniel !Daniel McCarthy	CnaG	Resignation of Daniel McCarthy
Holt, SamuelSamuel Holt	Rep	Leitrim–Sligo^{[n 3]}	01925-03-11 11 March 1925	004 !4th Dáil	Carter, ThomasThomas Carter	CnaG	Resignation of Thomas Carter on 30 October 1924
Roddy, MartinMartin Roddy	CnaG	Leitrim–Sligo^{[n 3]}	01925-03-11 11 March 1925	004 !4th Dáil	Maccabe, Alexander !Alexander McCabe	CnaG	Resignation of Alexander McCabe
Tierney, MichaelMichael Tierney	CnaG	Mayo North	01925-03-11 11 March 1925	004 !4th Dáil	Macgrath, JosephJoseph McGrath	CnaG	Resignation of Joseph McGrath on 29 October 1924
Conlon, MartinMartin Conlon	CnaG	Roscommon	01925-03-11 11 March 1925	004 !4th Dáil	Finlay, HenryHenry Finlay	CnaG	Resignation of Henry Finlay
Norton, WilliamWilliam Norton	Lab	Dublin County	01926-02-18 18 February 1926	004 !4th Dáil	Figgis, DarrellDarrell Figgis	Ind	Death of Darrell Figgis
Dwyer, JamesJames Dwyer	CnaG	Leix–Offaly	01926-02-18 18 February 1926	004 !4th Dáil	Macguinness, Sean !Seán McGuinness	Rep	Disqualification of Seán McGuinness
Osullivan, Gearoid !Gearóid O'Sullivan	CnaG	Dublin County	01927-08-24 24 August 1927	005 !5th Dáil	Ohiggins, Kevin !Kevin O'Higgins	CnaG	Assassination of Kevin O'Higgins
Hennessy, ThomasThomas Hennessy	CnaG	Dublin South	01927-08-24 24 August 1927	005 !5th Dáil	Markievicz, ConstanceConstance Markievicz	FF	Death of Constance Markievicz
Gorey, DenisDenis Gorey	CnaG	Carlow–Kilkenny	01927-11-03 3 November 1927	006 !6th Dáil	Cosgrave, W. T.W. T. Cosgrave	CnaG	Cosgrave was elected in two constituencies and opted to represent Cork Borough^[3]
Rice, VincentVincent Rice	CnaG	Dublin North	01928-04-03 3 April 1928	006 !6th Dáil	Larkin, JamesJames Larkin	IWL	Disqualification of James Larkin due to bankruptcy
Ohiggins, Thomas F. !Thomas F. O'Higgins	CnaG	Dublin North	01929-03-14 14 March 1929	006 !6th Dáil	Byrne, AlfredAlfred Byrne	Ind	Election of Alfred Byrne to Seanad Éireann
Maceoin, Sean !Seán Mac Eoin	CnaG	Leitrim–Sligo	01929-06-07 7 June 1929	006 !6th Dáil	Holt, SamuelSamuel Holt	FF	Death of Samuel Holt
Geoghegan, JamesJames Geoghegan	FF	Longford–Westmeath	01930-06-13 13 June 1930	006 !6th Dáil	Killane, JamesJames Killane	FF	Death of James Killane
Finlay, ThomasThomas Finlay	CnaG	Dublin County	01930-12-09 9 December 1930	006 !6th Dáil	Cooper, BryanBryan Cooper	CnaG	Death of Bryan Cooper
Harris, ThomasThomas Harris	FF	Kildare	01931-06-29 29 June 1931	006 !6th Dáil	Colohan, HughHugh Colohan	Lab	Death of Hugh Colohan
Rowlette, RobertRobert Rowlette^{[n 2]}	Ind	University of Dublin	01933-10-13 13 October 1933	008 !8th Dáil	Craig, JamesJames Craig	Ind	Death of James Craig
Lavery, CecilCecil Lavery	FG	Dublin County	01935-06-17 17 June 1935	008 !8th Dáil	Oconnor, Batt !Batt O'Connor	FG	Death of Batt O'Connor
Corbett, EamonEamon Corbett	FF	Galway	01935-06-19 19 June 1935	008 !8th Dáil	Macdonough, Martin !Martin McDonogh	FG	Death of Martin McDonogh
Neilan, MartinMartin Neilan^{[n 2]}	FF	Galway	01936-08-13 13 August 1936	008 !8th Dáil	Hogan, PatrickPatrick Hogan	FG	Death of Patrick Hogan
Allen, DenisDenis Allen	FF	Wexford	01936-08-17 17 August 1936	008 !8th Dáil	Esmonde, OsmondOsmond Esmonde	FG	Death of Osmond Esmonde
Maccann, JohnJohn McCann	FF	Dublin South	01939-06-06 6 June 1939	010 !10th Dáil	Beckett, JamesJames Beckett	FG	Death of James Beckett
Keane, John J.John J. Keane^{[n 2]}	FF	Galway West	01940-05-30 30 May 1940	010 !10th Dáil	Tubridy, SeánSeán Tubridy	FF	Death of Seán Tubridy
Odonoghue, Donal !Donal O'Donoghue^{[n 2]}	FF	Kerry South	01944-11-10 10 November 1944	012 !12th Dáil	Lynch, FionánFionán Lynch	FG	Appointment of Fionán Lynch as a Judge
Shanahan, PatrickPatrick Shanahan^{[n 2]}	FF	Clare	01945-12-04 4 December 1945	012 !12th Dáil	Burke, PatrickPatrick Burke	FG	Death of Patrick Burke
de Valera, VivionVivion de Valera	FF	Dublin North–West	01945-12-04 4 December 1945	012 !12th Dáil	Okelly, Sean T. !Seán T. O'Kelly	FF	Election of Seán T. O'Kelly as President
Crowley, HonorHonor Crowley	FF	Kerry South	01945-12-04 4 December 1945	012 !12th Dáil	Crowley, FrederickFrederick Crowley	FF	Death of Frederick Crowley
Commons, BernardBernard Commons	CnaT	Mayo South	01945-12-04 4 December 1945	012 !12th Dáil	Clery, MicheálMicheál Clery	FF	Appointment of Micheál Clery as County Registrar of Dublin
Corish, BrendanBrendan Corish	Lab	Wexford	01945-12-04 4 December 1945	012 !12th Dáil	Corish, RichardRichard Corish	Lab	Death of Richard Corish
Macgrath, PatrickPatrick McGrath	FF	Cork Borough	01946-06-14 14 June 1946	012 !12th Dáil	Dwyer, WilliamWilliam Dwyer	Ind	Resignation of William Dwyer
Macbride, Sean !Seán MacBride	CnaP	Dublin County	01947-10-29 29 October 1947	012 !12th Dáil	Fogarty, PatrickPatrick Fogarty	FF	Death of Patrick Fogarty
Kinane, PatrickPatrick Kinane	CnaP	Tipperary	01947-10-29 29 October 1947	012 !12th Dáil	Odonnell, William !William O'Donnell	CnaT	Death of William O'Donnell
Ormonde, JohnJohn Ormonde	FF	Waterford	01947-10-29 29 October 1947	012 !12th Dáil	Morrissey, MichaelMichael Morrissey	FF	Death of Michael Morrissey
Blaney, NeilNeil Blaney	FF	Donegal East	01948-12-07 7 December 1948	013 !13th Dáil	Blaney, NealNeal Blaney	FF	Death of Neal Blaney
Murphy, William J.William J. Murphy^{[n 2]}	Lab	Cork West	01949-06-15 15 June 1949	013 !13th Dáil	Murphy, Timothy J.Timothy J. Murphy	Lab	Death of Timothy J. Murphy
Odonnell, PatrickPatrick O'Donnell	FG	Donegal West	01949-11-16 16 November 1949	013 !13th Dáil	Brady, BrianBrian Brady	FF	Death of Brian Brady
Carew, JohnJohn Carew	FG	Limerick East	01952-06-26 26 June 1952	014 !14th Dáil	Bourke, DanielDaniel Bourke	FF	Death of Daniel Bourke
Calleary, PhelimPhelim Calleary	FF	Mayo North	01952-06-26 26 June 1952	014 !14th Dáil	Ruttledge, P. J.P. J. Ruttledge	FF	Death of P. J. Ruttledge
Kenneally, WilliamWilliam Kenneally	FF	Waterford	01952-06-26 26 June 1952	014 !14th Dáil	Redmond, BridgetBridget Redmond	FG	Death of Bridget Redmond
Byrne, ThomasThomas Byrne	Ind	Dublin North–West	01952-11-12 12 November 1952	014 !14th Dáil	Byrne, Alfred P.Alfred P. Byrne	Ind	Death of Alfred P. Byrne
Barry, RichardRichard Barry	FG	Cork East	01953-06-18 18 June 1953	014 !14th Dáil	Keane, SeánSeán Keane	Lab	Death of Seán Keane
Deering, MarkMark Deering	FG	Wicklow	01953-06-18 18 June 1953	014 !14th Dáil	Brennan, ThomasThomas Brennan	FF	Death of Thomas Brennan
Lahiffe, RobertRobert Lahiffe	FF	Galway South	01953-08-21 21 August 1953	014 !14th Dáil	Fahy, FrankFrank Fahy	FF	Death of Frank Fahy
Barrett, StephenStephen Barrett	FG	Cork Borough	01954-03-03 3 March 1954	014 !14th Dáil	Ohiggins, Thomas F. !Thomas F. O'Higgins	FG	Death of Thomas F. O'Higgins
Coburn, GeorgeGeorge Coburn	FG	Louth	01954-03-03 3 March 1954	014 !14th Dáil	Coburn, JamesJames Coburn	FG	Death of James Coburn
Colbert, MichaelMichael Colbert	FF	Limerick West	01955-12-13 13 December 1955	015 !15th Dáil	Madden, DavidDavid Madden	FG	Death of David Madden
Oconnor, Kathleen !Kathleen O'Connor^{[n 2]}	CnaP	Kerry North	01956-02-29 29 February 1956	015 !15th Dáil	Connor, JohnnyJohnny Connor	CnaP	Death of Johnny Connor
Byrne, PatrickPatrick Byrne	Ind	Dublin North–East	01956-04-30 30 April 1956	015 !15th Dáil	Byrne, AlfredAlfred Byrne	Ind	Death of Alfred Byrne
Egan, KieranKieran Egan	FF	Leix–Offaly	01956-04-30 30 April 1956	015 !15th Dáil	Davin, WilliamWilliam Davin	Lab	Death of William Davin
Galvin, JohnJohn Galvin	FF	Cork Borough	01956-08-02 2 August 1956	015 !15th Dáil	Macgrath, PatrickPatrick McGrath	FF	Death of Patrick McGrath
Medlar, MartinMartin Medlar	FF	Carlow–Kilkenny	01956-11-14 14 November 1956	015 !15th Dáil	Walsh, ThomasThomas Walsh	FF	Death of Thomas Walsh
Lemass, Jnr, NoelNoel Lemass, Jnr	FF	Dublin South–West	01956-11-14 14 November 1956	015 !15th Dáil	Doyle, PeadarPeadar Doyle	FG	Death of Peadar Doyle
Sherwin, FrankFrank Sherwin	Ind	Dublin North–Central	01957-11-14 14 November 1957	016 !16th Dáil	Gallagher, ColmColm Gallagher	FF	Death of Colm Gallagher
Millar, AnthonyAnthony Millar	FF	Galway South	01958-05-30 30 May 1958	016 !16th Dáil	Beegan, PatrickPatrick Beegan	FF	Death of Patrick Beegan
Cummins, PatrickPatrick Cummins	FF	Dublin South–Central	01958-06-25 25 June 1958	016 !16th Dáil	Murphy, JackJack Murphy	Ind	Resignation of Jack Murphy
Oceallaigh, SeanSeán Ó Ceallaigh	FF	Clare	01959-07-22 22 July 1959	016 !16th Dáil	de Valera, ÉamonÉamon de Valera	FF	Election of Éamon de Valera as President
Ryan, RichieRichie Ryan	FG	Dublin South–West	01959-07-22 22 July 1959	016 !16th Dáil	Butler, BernardBernard Butler	FF	Death of Bernard Butler
Johnston, HenryHenry Johnston^{[n 2]}	FF	Meath	01959-07-22 22 July 1959	016 !16th Dáil	Griffin, JamesJames Griffin	FF	Death of James Griffin
Teehan, PatrickPatrick Teehan^{[n 2]}	FF	Carlow–Kilkenny	01960-06-23 23 June 1960	016 !16th Dáil	Hughes, JosephJoseph Hughes	FG	Death of Joseph Hughes
Macloughlin, Joseph !Joseph McLoughlin	FG	Sligo–Leitrim	01961-03-01 1 March 1961	016 !16th Dáil	Flynn, StephenStephen Flynn	FF	Death of Stephen Flynn
Belton, PaddyPaddy Belton	FG	Dublin North–East	01963-05-30 30 May 1963	017 !17th Dáil	Belton, JackJack Belton	FG	Death of Jack Belton
Galvin, SheilaSheila Galvin^{[n 2]}	FF	Cork Borough	01964-02-19 19 February 1964	017 !17th Dáil	Galvin, JohnJohn Galvin	FF	Death of John Galvin
Boylan, TerenceTerence Boylan	FF	Kildare	01964-02-19 19 February 1964	017 !17th Dáil	Norton, WilliamWilliam Norton	Lab	Death of William Norton
Burke, JoanJoan Burke	FG	Roscommon	01964-07-08 8 July 1964	017 !17th Dáil	Burke, JamesJames Burke	FG	Death of James Burke
Donnellan, JohnJohn Donnellan	FG	Galway East	01964-12-03 3 December 1964	017 !17th Dáil	Donnellan, MichaelMichael Donnellan	CnaT	Death of Michael Donnellan
Desmond, EileenEileen Desmond	Lab	Cork Mid	01965-03-10 10 March 1965	017 !17th Dáil	Desmond, DanDan Desmond	Lab	Death of Dan Desmond
Oleary, JohnJohn O'Leary	FF	Kerry South	01966-12-07 7 December 1966	018 !18th Dáil	Crowley, HonorHonor Crowley	FF	Death of Honor Crowley
Browne, FadFad Browne	FF	Waterford	01966-12-07 7 December 1966	018 !18th Dáil	Lynch, ThaddeusThaddeus Lynch	FG	Death of Thaddeus Lynch
French, SeánSeán French	FF	Cork Borough	01967-11-09 9 November 1967	018 !18th Dáil	Casey, SeanSeán Casey	Lab	Death of Seán Casey
Collins, GerryGerry Collins	FF	Limerick West	01967-11-09 9 November 1967	018 !18th Dáil	Collins, JamesJames Collins	FF	Death of James Collins
Barrett, SylvesterSylvester Barrett	FF	Clare	01968-03-14 14 March 1968	018 !18th Dáil	Murphy, WilliamWilliam Murphy	FG	Death of William Murphy
Timmins, GodfreyGodfrey Timmins	FG	Wicklow	01968-03-14 14 March 1968	018 !18th Dáil	Everett, JamesJames Everett	Lab	Death of James Everett
Omalley, Desmond !Desmond O'Malley	FF	Limerick East	01968-05-22 22 May 1968	018 !18th Dáil	Omalley, Donogh !Donogh O'Malley	FF	Death of Donogh O'Malley
Sherwin, SeánSeán Sherwin^{[n 2]}	FF	Dublin South–West	01970-03-04 4 March 1970	019 !19th Dáil	Dunne, SeánSeán Dunne	Lab	Death of Seán Dunne
Malone, PatrickPatrick Malone	FG	Kildare	01970-04-14 14 April 1970	019 !19th Dáil	Sweetman, GerardGerard Sweetman	FG	Death of Gerard Sweetman
Cooney, PatrickPatrick Cooney	FG	Longford–Westmeath	01970-04-14 14 April 1970	019 !19th Dáil	Lenihan, PatrickPatrick Lenihan	FF	Death of Patrick Lenihan
Delap, PatrickPatrick Delap^{[n 2]}	FF	Donegal–Leitrim	01970-12-02 2 December 1970	019 !19th Dáil	Odonnell, PatrickPatrick O'Donnell	FG	Death of Patrick O'Donnell
Macmahon, Larry !Larry McMahon	FG	Dublin County South	01970-12-02 2 December 1970	019 !19th Dáil	Boland, KevinKevin Boland	FF	Resignaton of Kevin Boland
Fitzgerald, GeneGene Fitzgerald	FF	Cork Mid	01972-08-02 2 August 1972	019 !19th Dáil	Forde, PaddyPaddy Forde	FF	Death of Paddy Forde
Toal, BrendanBrendan Toal^{[n 2]}	FG	Monaghan	01973-11-27 27 November 1973	020 !20th Dáil	Childers, Erskine H.Erskine H. Childers	FF	Election of Erskine H. Childers as President
Brosnan, SeánSeán Brosnan	FF	Cork North East	01974-11-13 13 November 1974	020 !20th Dáil	Ahern, LiamLiam Ahern	FF	Death of Liam Ahern
Kitt, Michael P.Michael P. Kitt	FF	Galway North East	01975-03-04 4 March 1975	020 !20th Dáil	Kitt, Michael F.Michael F. Kitt	FF	Death of Michael F. Kitt
Geoghegan-Quinn, MáireMáire Geoghegan-Quinn	FF	Galway West	01975-03-04 4 March 1975	020 !20th Dáil	Geoghegan, JohnnyJohnny Geoghegan	FF	Death of Johnny Geoghegan
Kenny, EndaEnda Kenny	FG	Mayo West	01975-11-12 12 November 1975	020 !20th Dáil	Kenny, HenryHenry Kenny	FG	Death of Henry Kenny
Keaveney, PaddyPaddy Keaveney^{[n 2]}	IFF	Donegal North East	01976-06-10 10 June 1976	020 !20th Dáil	Cunningham, LiamLiam Cunningham	FF	Death of Liam Cunningham
Halligan, BrendanBrendan Halligan^{[n 2]}	Lab	Dublin South–West	01976-06-10 10 June 1976	020 !20th Dáil	Lemass, Jnr, NoelNoel Lemass, Jnr	FF	Death of Noel Lemass, Jnr
Burke, LiamLiam Burke	FG	Cork City	01979-11-07 7 November 1979	021 !21st Dáil	Kerrigan, PatrickPatrick Kerrigan	Lab	Death of Patrick Kerrigan
Barry, MyraMyra Barry	FG	Cork North East	01979-11-07 7 November 1979	021 !21st Dáil	Brosnan, SeánSeán Brosnan	FF	Death of Seán Brosnan
Coughlan, ClementClement Coughlan	FF	Donegal	01980-11-06 6 November 1980	021 !21st Dáil	Brennan, JosephJoseph Brennan	FF	Death of Joseph Brennan
Skelly, LiamLiam Skelly	FG	Dublin West	01982-05-25 25 May 1982	023 !23rd Dáil	Burke, RichardRichard Burke	FG	Resignation of Burke on appointment as EU Commissioner
Treacy, NoelNoel Treacy	FF	Galway East	01982-07-20 20 July 1982	023 !23rd Dáil	Callanan, JohnnyJohnny Callanan	FF	Death of Johnny Callanan
Coughlan, CathalCathal Coughlan^{[n 2]}	FF	Donegal South–West	01983-05-13 13 May 1983	024 !24th Dáil	Coughlan, ClementClement Coughlan	FF	Death of Clement Coughlan
Leonard, TomTom Leonard	FF	Dublin Central	01983-11-23 23 November 1983	024 !24th Dáil	Colley, GeorgeGeorge Colley	FF	Death of George Colley
Cowen, BrianBrian Cowen	FF	Laois–Offaly	01984-06-14 14 June 1984	024 !24th Dáil	Cowen, BernardBernard Cowen	FF	Death of Bernard Cowen
Byrne, EricEric Byrne	DL	Dublin South–Central	01994-06-09 9 June 1994	027 !27th Dáil	Oconnell, JohnJohn O'Connell	FF	Resignation of John O'Connell
Ring, MichaelMichael Ring	FG	Mayo West	01994-06-09 9 June 1994	027 !27th Dáil	Flynn, PádraigPádraig Flynn	FF	Resignation of Pádraig Flynn on appointment as EU Commissioner
Lynch, KathleenKathleen Lynch	DL	Cork North–Central	01994-11-10 10 November 1994	027 !27th Dáil	Osullivan, GerryGerry O'Sullivan	Lab	Death of Gerry O'Sullivan
Coveney, HughHugh Coveney	FG	Cork South–Central	01994-11-10 10 November 1994	027 !27th Dáil	Cox, PatPat Cox	PD	Resignation of Pat Cox after election as MEP
Fox, MildredMildred Fox	Ind	Wicklow	01995-06-29 29 June 1995	027 !27th Dáil	Fox, JohnnyJohnny Fox	Ind	Death of Johnny Fox
Keaveney, CeciliaCecilia Keaveney	FF	Donegal North–East	01996-04-02 2 April 1996	027 !27th Dáil	Blaney, NeilNeil Blaney	IFF	Death of Neil Blaney
Lenihan, BrianBrian Lenihan, Jnr	FF	Dublin West	01996-04-02 2 April 1996	027 !27th Dáil	Lenihan, BrianBrian Lenihan, Snr	FF	Death of Brian Lenihan, Snr
Osullivan, JanJan O'Sullivan	Lab	Limerick East	01998-03-11 11 March 1998	028 !28th Dáil	Kemmy, JimJim Kemmy	Lab	Death of Jim Kemmy
Ryan, SeánSeán Ryan	Lab	Dublin North	01998-03-11 11 March 1998	028 !28th Dáil	Burke, RayRay Burke	FF	Resignation of Ray Burke
Coveney, SimonSimon Coveney	FG	Cork South–Central	01998-10-23 23 October 1998	028 !28th Dáil	Coveney, HughHugh Coveney	FG	Death of Hugh Coveney
Upton, MaryMary Upton	Lab	Dublin South–Central	01999-10-27 27 October 1999	028 !28th Dáil	Upton, PatPat Upton	Lab	Death of Pat Upton
Healy, SéamusSéamus Healy	Ind	Tipperary South	02000-06-22 22 June 2000	028 !28th Dáil	Ferris, MichaelMichael Ferris	Lab	Death of Michael Ferris
Hayes, TomTom Hayes	FG	Tipperary South	02001-06-30 30 June 2001	028 !28th Dáil	Ahearn, TheresaTheresa Ahearn	FG	Death of Theresa Ahearn
Murphy, CatherineCatherine Murphy	Ind	Kildare North	02005-03-11 11 March 2005	029 !29th Dáil	Maccreevy, CharlieCharlie McCreevy	FF	Resignation of Charlie McCreevy on appointment as EU Commissioner
Macentee, ShaneShane McEntee	FG	Meath	02005-03-11 11 March 2005	029 !29th Dáil	Bruton, JohnJohn Bruton	FG	Resignation of John Bruton on appointment as EU Ambassador to the United States
Lee, GeorgeGeorge Lee^{[n 2]}	FG	Dublin South	02009-06-05 5 June 2009	030 !30th Dáil	Brennan, SéamusSéamus Brennan	FF	Death of Séamus Brennan
Osullivan, MaureenMaureen O'Sullivan	Ind	Dublin Central	02009-06-05 5 June 2009	030 !30th Dáil	Gregory, TonyTony Gregory	Ind	Death of Tony Gregory
Doherty, PearsePearse Doherty	SF	Donegal South–West	02010-11-25 25 November 2010	030 !30th Dáil	Gallagher, Pat the CopePat the Cope Gallagher	FF	Election of Pat the Cope Gallagher to the European Parliament
Nulty, PatrickPatrick Nulty	Lab	Dublin West	02011-10-27 27 October 2011	031 !31st Dáil	Lenihan, BrianBrian Lenihan, Jnr	FF	Death of Brian Lenihan, Jnr

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b The First Dáil and Second Dáil were revolutionary parliaments of the self-proclaimed Irish Republic, and as such by-elections were both unnecessary and impractical.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v TDs who were never subsequently re-elected.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d A single by-election to fill two vacancies in the same constituency.

References

Walker, Brian M, ed (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286.
"Dáil by-elections 1918–2005". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/results/general/byelectiondail.cfm. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
This page incorporates information from the Oireachtas Members Database

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Referendums	1937 · 1959 · 1968 · 1972 (May) · 1972 (Dec) · 1979 · 1983 · 1984 · 1986 · 1987 · 1992 (Jun) · 1992 (Nov) · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2001 · 2002 (Mar) · 2002 (Oct) · 2004 · 2008 · 2009 · 2011

European elections	1979 · 1984 · 1989 · 1994 · 1999 · 2004 · 2009

Local elections	1899 · 1902 · 1905 · 1908 · 1911 · 1914 · 1920 · 1925 · 1928 · 1934 · 1942 · 1945 · 1950 · 1955 · 1960 · 1967 · 1974 · 1979 · 1985 · 1991 · 1999 · 2004 · 2009

*Uncontested

List of Irish by-elections

Contents

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Footnotes

References

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