List of members of Dáil Éireann who died in office

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 fluNotes from Adam's "Independence" auction catalogue , accessed 22 August 2010. 1st Terence MacSwiney Cork Mid 25 October 1920 41 Hunger strike in prison during the Irish War of Independence 2nd Frank Lawless Dublin County 16 April 1922 51 Carriage accident 2nd Joseph McGuinness Longford–Westmeath 31 May 1922 47 3rd Cathal Brugha Waterford–Tipperary East 7 July 1922 47 Killed in action during the Irish Civil War 3rd Harry Boland Mayo South–Roscommon South 1 August 1922 35 Killed in action during the Irish Civil War 3rd Arthur Griffith Cavan 12 August 1922 51 Cerebral hemorrhage, heart failure 3rd Michael Collins Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West 22 August 1922 31 Assassinated – shot by the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War 3rd James Devins Sligo–Mayo East 20 September 1922 48 Executed by Pro-Treaty forces during the Irish Civil War 3rd Seán Hales Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West 7 December 1922 42 Assassinated – shot by the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War 3rd Joseph MacDonagh Tipperary Mid, North and South 25 December 1922 39 Burst appendix during a hunger strike against the Anglo-Irish Treaty 3rd Francis Ferran Sligo–Mayo East 10 June 1923 Died in prison 4th Philip Cosgrave Dublin South 22 October 1923 38 Nephritis 4th Michael Derham Dublin County 20 November 1923 33 4th Thomas O'Mahony Cork East 20 July 1924 4th Darrell Figgis Dublin County 27 October 1925 43 SuicideIrish Times, 7 November 1925 4th James Ledden Limerick 19 January 1927 5th Kevin O'Higgins Dublin County 10 July 1927 35 Assassinated – shot by the IRA 5th Constance Markievicz Dublin South 15 July 1927 59 Complications from an appendicitis operation 6th Samuel Holt Leitrim–Sligo 18 April 1929 48 Fever 6th James Killane Longford–Westmeath 26 April 1930 55 6th Bryan Cooper Dublin County 5 July 1930 46 6th Hugh Colohan Kildare 15 April 1931 60–61 6th Peter de Loughry Carlow–Kilkenny 23 October 1931 47–48 6th William Aird Leix–Offaly 31 October 1931 38–39 7th John Daly Cork East 23 February 1932 64 7th William Redmond Waterford 17 April 1932 45 7th Frank Carney Donegal 19 October 1932 36 7th Thomas Finlay Dublin County 22 November 1932 39 Typhoid fever 8th James Craig Dublin University 12 July 1933 71 8th Martin McDonogh Galway 24 November 1934 75–76 8th Batt O'Connor Dublin County 7 February 1935 64 8th Patrick Hogan Galway 14 July 1936 45 Car accident 8th Sir Osmond Esmonde Wexford 22 July 1936 40 8th James Burke Cork West 10 September 1936 62–63 9th Eamon Rice Monaghan 7 November 1937 64 10th James Beckett Dublin South 19 December 1938 63 10th Seán Tubridy Galway West 15 July 1939 41–42 10th Denis Gorey Kilkenny 20 February 1940 65 10th Séamus Moore Wicklow 14 June 1940 10th Brook Brasier Cork South-East 30 August 1940 61 10th John Munnelly Mayo North 18 October 1941 10th Thomas Dowdall Cork Borough 7 April 1942 69–70 10th Thomas Kelly Dublin South 20 April 1942 73 10th Frank Carty Sligo 10 September 1942 45 10th Hugo Flinn Cork Borough 28 January 1943 63 10th Jeremiah Hurley Cork South-East 2 February 1943 51–52 12th Patrick Burke Clare 7 February 1945 65 12th Frederick Crowley Kerry South 5 May 1945 54 12th Richard Corish Wexford 19 July 1945 58 12th William O'Donnell Tipperary 4 February 1947 12th Patrick Fogarty Dublin County 2 May 1947 12th Michael Morrissey Waterford 10 May 1947 12th James Hughes Carlow–Kildare 1 January 1948 52–53 12th Martin Roddy Sligo 8 January 1948 64 13th Neal Blaney Donegal East 30 October 1948 58 Cancer 13th Timothy J. Murphy Cork West 29 April 1949 55 13th Brian Brady Donegal West 10 September 1949 46 13th Joseph Mongan Galway West 12 March 1951 71 14th Daniel Bourke Limerick East 13 April 1952 65–66 14th Bridget Redmond Waterford 3 May 1952 47 14th P. J. Ruttledge Mayo North 8 May 1952 60 14th A. P. Byrne Dublin North-West 26 July 1952 39 14th Thomas Brennan Wicklow 22 January 1953 66–67 14th Seán Keane Cork East 29 March 1953 53 14th Frank Fahy Galway South 12 July 1953 73 14th Thomas F. O'Higgins Cork Borough 1 November 1953 62 14th James Coburn Louth 5 December 1953 71 15th David Madden Limerick West 31 July 1955 74–75 15th Johnny Connor Kerry North 11 December 1955 56 Road accident 15th William Davin Leix–Offaly 1 March 1956 66 15th Alfie Byrne Dublin North-East 13 March 1956 73 15th Patrick McGrath Cork Borough 20 June 1956 15th Thomas Walsh Carlow–Kilkenny 14 July 1956 54 Road accident 15th Peadar Doyle Dublin South-West 4 August 1956 16th Colm Gallagher Dublin North-Central 26 June 1957 16th Patrick Beegan Galway South 2 February 1958 62 16th Bernard Butler Dublin South-West 13 March 1959 72 16th James Griffin Meath 22 March 1959 59 16th Joseph Hughes Carlow–Kilkenny 20 January 1960 54 16th Stephen Flynn Sligo–Leitrim 24 November 1960 16th Denis Allen Wexford 29 March 1961 65 16th Francis Humphreys Carlow–Kilkenny 19 April 1961 69 17th Jack Belton Dublin North-East 23 February 1963 17th John Galvin Cork Borough 11 October 1963 56 17th William Norton Kildare 4 December 1963 63 17th James Burke Roscommon 12 May 1964 17th Michael Donnellan Galway East 27 September 1964 63–64 17th Dan Desmond Cork Mid 9 December 1964 51 Heart attack caused by tuberculosis 18th Honor Crowley Kerry South 18 October 1966 62 18th Thaddeus Lynch Waterford 25 October 1966 64–65 18th Seán Casey Cork Borough 29 April 1967 44 18th James Collins Limerick West 1 September 1967 66 18th William Murphy Clare 16 November 1967 75 18th James Everett Wicklow 18 December 1967 77 18th Donogh O'Malley Limerick East 10 March 1968 47 18th James Kennedy Wexford 13 September 1968 59 18th Don Davern Tipperary South 2 November 1968 33 18th Patrick Hogan Clare 24 January 1969 83 19th Seán Dunne Dublin South-West 25 June 1969 50 19th Gerard Sweetman Kildare 28 January 1970 61 Road accident 19th Patrick Lenihan Longford–Westmeath 11 March 1970 67 19th Patrick O'Donnell Donegal–Leitrim 4 October 1970 63 19th Paddy Forde Cork Mid 13 May 1972 49 19th Patrick Hogan Tipperary South 5 October 1972 65 20th Liam Ahern Cork North-East 13 July 1974 58 20th Michael F. Kitt Galway North-East 24 December 1974 60 20th Johnny Geoghegan Galway West 5 January 1975 61 20th Henry Kenny Mayo West 25 September 1975 62 Cancer 20th Liam Cunningham Donegal North-East 29 February 1976 61 20th Noel Lemass Dublin South-West 13 April 1976 47 21st Seán Brosnan Cork North-East 18 April 1979 62 21st Patrick Kerrigan Cork City 4 July 1979 51 21st Joseph Brennan (serving as Ceann Comhairle) Donegal 13 July 1980 67 22nd Kieran Doherty Cavan–Monaghan 2 August 1981 25 Hunger strike in prison during the Troubles 23rd Johnny Callanan Galway East 15 June 1982 72 23rd Bill Loughnane Clare 18 October 1982 67 24th Clement Coughlan Donegal South-West 1 February 1983 40 Road accident 24th George Colley Dublin Central 17 September 1983 57 Heart disease 24th Bernard Cowen Laois–Offaly 24 January 1984 51 24th Cathal Coughlan Donegal South-West 21 June 1986 48 25th Frank Cluskey Dublin South-Central 7 May 1989 59 Cancer 27th Gerry O'Sullivan Cork North-Central 5 August 1994 58 27th Johnny Fox Wicklow 17 March 1995 46 27th Brian Lenihan Snr Dublin West 1 November 1995 64 27th Neil Blaney Donegal North-East 8 November 1995 73 Cancer 28th Jim Kemmy Limerick East 25 September 1997 61 Multiple myeloma 28th Hugh Coveney Cork South-Central 14 March 1998 62 Fall from a cliff 28th Pat Upton Dublin South-Central 22 February 1999 54 Heart attack 28th Michael Ferris Tipperary South 20 March 2000 68 28th Theresa Ahearn Tipperary South 20 September 2000 49 Cancer 30th Séamus Brennan Dublin South 9 July 2008 60 Cancer 30th Tony Gregory Dublin Central 2 January 2009 61 Cancer 31st Brian Lenihan Jnr Dublin West 10 June 2011 52 Pancreatic cancer 31st Shane McEntee Meath East 21 December 2012 56 Suicide 31st Nicky McFadden Longford–Westmeath 25 March 2014 51 Motor neurone disease

See also List of members of Seanad Éireann who died in office List of Dáil by-elections

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