List of Irish by-elections

This is a list of all by-elections (Irish: fothoghcháin) 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 130 by-elections since 1923, to fill 132 vacancies. 92 of these were caused by the death of a sitting Teachta Dála (TD). There have been six by-elections 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 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.

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	27 October 1923	4th Dáil		Hayes, MichaelMichael Hayes	CnaG	Hayes was elected in two constituencies and opted to represent the NUI[1]
	Patrick McGilligan	CnaG	NUI	3 November 1923	4th Dáil		MacNeill, EoinEoin MacNeill	CnaG	MacNeill was elected in two constituencies and opted to represent Clare.[2]
	James O'Mara[n 2]	CnaG	Dublin South	12 March 1924	4th Dáil		Cosgrave, PhilipPhilip Cosgrave	CnaG	Death of Philip Cosgrave
	Batt O'Connor	CnaG	Dublin County	19 March 1924	4th Dáil		Derham, MichaelMichael Derham	CnaG	Death of Michael Derham
	Richard O'Connell	CnaG	Limerick	28 May 1924	4th Dáil		Hayes, RichardRichard Hayes	CnaG	Resignation of Richard Hayes
	Noonan, MichaelMichael Noonan[n 2]	CnaG	Cork East	18 November 1924	4th Dáil		Thomas O'Mahony	CnaG	Death of Thomas O'Mahony
	Lemass, SeánSeán Lemass	Rep	Dublin South	18 November 1924	4th Dáil		Kennedy, HughHugh Kennedy	CnaG	Appointment of Hugh Kennedy as Chief Justice
	Madden, JohnJohn Madden	Rep	Mayo North	18 November 1924	4th Dáil		Coyle, HenryHenry Coyle	CnaG	Disqualification of Henry Coyle
	Egan, MichaelMichael Egan	CnaG	Cork Borough	19 November 1924	4th Dáil		Alfred O'Rahilly	CnaG	Resignation of Alfred O'Rahilly
	Denis McCullough[n 2]	CnaG	Donegal	20 November 1924	4th Dáil		Ward, Peter J.Peter J. Ward	CnaG	Resignation of Peter J. Ward
	Bolger, ThomasThomas Bolger[n 2]	CnaG	Carlow–Kilkenny	11 March 1925	4th Dáil		Gibbons, SeánSeán Gibbons	CnaG	Resignation of Seán Gibbons
	John Joe O'Reilly	CnaG	Cavan	11 March 1925	4th Dáil		Milroy, SeánSeán Milroy	CnaG	Resignation of Seán Milroy
	Leonard, PatrickPatrick Leonard	CnaG	Dublin North[n 3]	11 March 1925	4th Dáil		Cahill, FrancisFrancis Cahill	CnaG	Resignation of Francis Cahill on 30 October 1924
	Traynor, OscarOscar Traynor	Rep	Dublin North[n 3]	11 March 1925	4th Dáil		Seán McGarry	CnaG	Resignation of Seán McGarry on 30 October 1924
	Hennessy, ThomasThomas Hennessy	CnaG	Dublin South	11 March 1925	4th Dáil		Daniel McCarthy	CnaG	Resignation of Daniel McCarthy
	Holt, SamuelSamuel Holt	Rep	Leitrim–Sligo[n 3]	11 March 1925	4th Dáil		Carter, ThomasThomas Carter	CnaG	Resignation of Thomas Carter on 30 October 1924
	Roddy, MartinMartin Roddy	CnaG	Leitrim–Sligo[n 3]	11 March 1925	4th Dáil		Alexander McCabe	CnaG	Resignation of Alexander McCabe
	Tierney, MichaelMichael Tierney	CnaG	Mayo North	11 March 1925	4th Dáil		Macgrath, JosephJoseph McGrath	CnaG	Resignation of Joseph McGrath on 29 October 1924
	Conlon, MartinMartin Conlon	CnaG	Roscommon	11 March 1925	4th Dáil		Finlay, HenryHenry Finlay	CnaG	Resignation of Henry Finlay
	Norton, WilliamWilliam Norton	Lab	Dublin County	18 February 1926	4th Dáil		Figgis, DarrellDarrell Figgis	Ind	Death of Darrell Figgis
	Dwyer, JamesJames Dwyer	CnaG	Leix–Offaly	18 February 1926	4th Dáil		Seán McGuinness	Rep	Disqualification of Seán McGuinness
	Gearóid O'Sullivan	CnaG	Dublin County	24 August 1927	5th Dáil		Kevin O'Higgins	CnaG	Assassination of Kevin O'Higgins
	Hennessy, ThomasThomas Hennessy	CnaG	Dublin South	24 August 1927	5th Dáil		Markievicz, ConstanceConstance Markievicz	FF	Death of Constance Markievicz
	Gorey, DenisDenis Gorey	CnaG	Carlow–Kilkenny	3 November 1927	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	3 April 1928	6th Dáil		Larkin, JamesJames Larkin	IWL	Disqualification of James Larkin due to bankruptcy
	Thomas F. O'Higgins	CnaG	Dublin North	14 March 1929	6th Dáil		Byrne, AlfieAlfie Byrne	Ind	Election of Alfie Byrne to Seanad Éireann
	Seán Mac Eoin	CnaG	Leitrim–Sligo	7 June 1929	6th Dáil		Holt, SamuelSamuel Holt	FF	Death of Samuel Holt
	Geoghegan, JamesJames Geoghegan	FF	Longford–Westmeath	13 June 1930	6th Dáil		Killane, JamesJames Killane	FF	Death of James Killane
	Finlay, ThomasThomas Finlay	CnaG	Dublin County	9 December 1930	6th Dáil		Cooper, BryanBryan Cooper	CnaG	Death of Bryan Cooper
	Harris, ThomasThomas Harris	FF	Kildare	29 June 1931	6th Dáil		Colohan, HughHugh Colohan	Lab	Death of Hugh Colohan
	Rowlette, RobertRobert Rowlette[n 2]	Ind	University of Dublin	13 October 1933	8th Dáil		Craig, JamesJames Craig	Ind	Death of James Craig
	Lavery, CecilCecil Lavery	FG	Dublin County	17 June 1935	8th Dáil		Batt O'Connor	FG	Death of Batt O'Connor
	Corbett, EamonEamon Corbett	FF	Galway	19 June 1935	8th Dáil		Martin McDonogh	FG	Death of Martin McDonogh
	Neilan, MartinMartin Neilan[n 2]	FF	Galway	13 August 1936	8th Dáil		Hogan, PatrickPatrick Hogan	FG	Death of Patrick Hogan
	Allen, DenisDenis Allen	FF	Wexford	17 August 1936	8th Dáil		Esmonde, OsmondOsmond Esmonde	FG	Death of Osmond Esmonde
	Maccann, JohnJohn McCann	FF	Dublin South	6 June 1939	10th Dáil		Beckett, JamesJames Beckett	FG	Death of James Beckett
	Keane, John J.John J. Keane[n 2]	FF	Galway West	30 May 1940	10th Dáil		Tubridy, SeánSeán Tubridy	FF	Death of Seán Tubridy
	Donal O'Donoghue[n 2]	FF	Kerry South	10 November 1944	12th Dáil		Lynch, FionánFionán Lynch	FG	Appointment of Fionán Lynch as a Judge
	Shanahan, PatrickPatrick Shanahan[n 2]	FF	Clare	4 December 1945	12th Dáil		Burke, PatrickPatrick Burke	FG	Death of Patrick Burke
	de Valera, VivionVivion de Valera	FF	Dublin North–West	4 December 1945	12th Dáil		Seán T. O'Kelly	FF	Election of Seán T. O'Kelly as President
	Crowley, HonorHonor Crowley	FF	Kerry South	4 December 1945	12th Dáil		Crowley, FrederickFrederick Crowley	FF	Death of Frederick Crowley
	Commons, BernardBernard Commons	CnaT	Mayo South	4 December 1945	12th Dáil		Clery, MicheálMicheál Clery	FF	Appointment of Micheál Clery as County Registrar of Dublin
	Corish, BrendanBrendan Corish	Lab	Wexford	4 December 1945	12th Dáil		Corish, RichardRichard Corish	Lab	Death of Richard Corish
	Macgrath, PatrickPatrick McGrath	FF	Cork Borough	14 June 1946	12th Dáil		Dwyer, WilliamWilliam Dwyer	Ind	Resignation of William Dwyer
	Seán MacBride	CnaP	Dublin County	29 October 1947	12th Dáil		Fogarty, PatrickPatrick Fogarty	FF	Death of Patrick Fogarty
	Kinane, PatrickPatrick Kinane	CnaP	Tipperary	29 October 1947	12th Dáil		William O'Donnell	CnaT	Death of William O'Donnell
	Ormonde, JohnJohn Ormonde	FF	Waterford	29 October 1947	12th Dáil		Morrissey, MichaelMichael Morrissey	FF	Death of Michael Morrissey
	Blaney, NeilNeil Blaney	FF	Donegal East	7 December 1948	13th Dáil		Blaney, NealNeal Blaney	FF	Death of Neal Blaney
	Murphy, William J.William J. Murphy[n 2]	Lab	Cork West	15 June 1949	13th Dáil		Murphy, Timothy J.Timothy J. Murphy	Lab	Death of Timothy J. Murphy
	Odonnell, PatrickPatrick O'Donnell	FG	Donegal West	16 November 1949	13th Dáil		Brady, BrianBrian Brady	FF	Death of Brian Brady
	Carew, JohnJohn Carew	FG	Limerick East	26 June 1952	14th Dáil		Bourke, DanielDaniel Bourke	FF	Death of Daniel Bourke
	Calleary, PhelimPhelim Calleary	FF	Mayo North	26 June 1952	14th Dáil		Ruttledge, P. J.P. J. Ruttledge	FF	Death of P. J. Ruttledge
	Kenneally, WilliamWilliam Kenneally	FF	Waterford	26 June 1952	14th Dáil		Redmond, BridgetBridget Redmond	FG	Death of Bridget Redmond
	Byrne, ThomasThomas Byrne	Ind	Dublin North–West	12 November 1952	14th Dáil		Byrne, Alfred P.Alfred P. Byrne	Ind	Death of Alfred P. Byrne
	Barry, RichardRichard Barry	FG	Cork East	18 June 1953	14th Dáil		Keane, SeánSeán Keane	Lab	Death of Seán Keane
	Deering, MarkMark Deering	FG	Wicklow	18 June 1953	14th Dáil		Brennan, ThomasThomas Brennan	FF	Death of Thomas Brennan
	Lahiffe, RobertRobert Lahiffe	FF	Galway South	21 August 1953	14th Dáil		Fahy, FrankFrank Fahy	FF	Death of Frank Fahy
	Barrett, StephenStephen Barrett	FG	Cork Borough	3 March 1954	14th Dáil		Thomas F. O'Higgins	FG	Death of Thomas F. O'Higgins
	Coburn, GeorgeGeorge Coburn	FG	Louth	3 March 1954	14th Dáil		Coburn, JamesJames Coburn	FG	Death of James Coburn
	Colbert, MichaelMichael Colbert	FF	Limerick West	13 December 1955	15th Dáil		Madden, DavidDavid Madden	FG	Death of David Madden
	Kathleen O'Connor[n 2]	CnaP	Kerry North	29 February 1956	15th Dáil		Connor, JohnnyJohnny Connor	CnaP	Death of Johnny Connor
	Byrne, PatrickPatrick Byrne	Ind	Dublin North–East	30 April 1956	15th Dáil		Byrne, AlfieAlfie Byrne	Ind	Death of Alfie Byrne
	Egan, KieranKieran Egan	FF	Leix–Offaly	30 April 1956	15th Dáil		Davin, WilliamWilliam Davin	Lab	Death of William Davin
	Galvin, JohnJohn Galvin	FF	Cork Borough	2 August 1956	15th Dáil		Macgrath, PatrickPatrick McGrath	FF	Death of Patrick McGrath
	Medlar, MartinMartin Medlar	FF	Carlow–Kilkenny	14 November 1956	15th Dáil		Walsh, ThomasThomas Walsh	FF	Death of Thomas Walsh
	Lemass, Jnr, NoelNoel Lemass, Jnr	FF	Dublin South–West	14 November 1956	15th Dáil		Doyle, PeadarPeadar Doyle	FG	Death of Peadar Doyle
	Sherwin, FrankFrank Sherwin	Ind	Dublin North–Central	14 November 1957	16th Dáil		Gallagher, ColmColm Gallagher	FF	Death of Colm Gallagher
	Millar, AnthonyAnthony Millar	FF	Galway South	30 May 1958	16th Dáil		Beegan, PatrickPatrick Beegan	FF	Death of Patrick Beegan
	Cummins, PatrickPatrick Cummins	FF	Dublin South–Central	25 June 1958	16th Dáil		Murphy, JackJack Murphy	Ind	Resignation of Jack Murphy
	Oceallaigh, SeanSeán Ó Ceallaigh	FF	Clare	22 July 1959	16th Dáil		de Valera, ÉamonÉamon de Valera	FF	Election of Éamon de Valera as President
	Ryan, RichieRichie Ryan	FG	Dublin South–West	22 July 1959	16th Dáil		Butler, BernardBernard Butler	FF	Death of Bernard Butler
	Johnston, HenryHenry Johnston[n 2]	FF	Meath	22 July 1959	16th Dáil		Griffin, JamesJames Griffin	FF	Death of James Griffin
	Teehan, PatrickPatrick Teehan[n 2]	FF	Carlow–Kilkenny	23 June 1960	16th Dáil		Hughes, JosephJoseph Hughes	FG	Death of Joseph Hughes
	Joseph McLoughlin	FG	Sligo–Leitrim	1 March 1961	16th Dáil		Flynn, StephenStephen Flynn	FF	Death of Stephen Flynn
	Belton, PaddyPaddy Belton	FG	Dublin North–East	30 May 1963	17th Dáil		Belton, JackJack Belton	FG	Death of Jack Belton
	Galvin, SheilaSheila Galvin[n 2]	FF	Cork Borough	19 February 1964	17th Dáil		Galvin, JohnJohn Galvin	FF	Death of John Galvin
	Boylan, TerenceTerence Boylan	FF	Kildare	19 February 1964	17th Dáil		Norton, WilliamWilliam Norton	Lab	Death of William Norton
	Burke, JoanJoan Burke	FG	Roscommon	8 July 1964	17th Dáil		Burke, JamesJames Burke	FG	Death of James Burke
	Donnellan, JohnJohn Donnellan	FG	Galway East	3 December 1964	17th Dáil		Donnellan, MichaelMichael Donnellan	CnaT	Death of Michael Donnellan
	Desmond, EileenEileen Desmond	Lab	Cork Mid	10 March 1965	17th Dáil		Desmond, DanDan Desmond	Lab	Death of Dan Desmond
	Oleary, JohnJohn O'Leary	FF	Kerry South	7 December 1966	18th Dáil		Crowley, HonorHonor Crowley	FF	Death of Honor Crowley
	Browne, FadFad Browne	FF	Waterford	7 December 1966	18th Dáil		Lynch, ThaddeusThaddeus Lynch	FG	Death of Thaddeus Lynch
	French, SeánSeán French	FF	Cork Borough	9 November 1967	18th Dáil		Seán Casey	Lab	Death of Seán Casey
	Collins, GerryGerry Collins	FF	Limerick West	9 November 1967	18th Dáil		Collins, JamesJames Collins	FF	Death of James Collins
	Barrett, SylvesterSylvester Barrett	FF	Clare	14 March 1968	18th Dáil		Murphy, WilliamWilliam Murphy	FG	Death of William Murphy
	Timmins, GodfreyGodfrey Timmins	FG	Wicklow	14 March 1968	18th Dáil		Everett, JamesJames Everett	Lab	Death of James Everett
	Desmond O'Malley	FF	Limerick East	22 May 1968	18th Dáil		Donogh O'Malley	FF	Death of Donogh O'Malley
	Sherwin, SeánSeán Sherwin[n 2]	FF	Dublin South–West	4 March 1970	19th Dáil		Dunne, SeánSeán Dunne	Lab	Death of Seán Dunne
	Malone, PatrickPatrick Malone	FG	Kildare	14 April 1970	19th Dáil		Sweetman, GerardGerard Sweetman	FG	Death of Gerard Sweetman
	Cooney, PatrickPatrick Cooney	FG	Longford–Westmeath	14 April 1970	19th Dáil		Lenihan, PatrickPatrick Lenihan	FF	Death of Patrick Lenihan
	Delap, PatrickPatrick Delap[n 2]	FF	Donegal–Leitrim	2 December 1970	19th Dáil		Odonnell, PatrickPatrick O'Donnell	FG	Death of Patrick O'Donnell
	Larry McMahon	FG	Dublin County South	2 December 1970	19th Dáil		Boland, KevinKevin Boland	FF	Resignation of Kevin Boland
	Fitzgerald, GeneGene Fitzgerald	FF	Cork Mid	2 August 1972	19th Dáil		Forde, PaddyPaddy Forde	FF	Death of Paddy Forde
	Toal, BrendanBrendan Toal[n 2]	FG	Monaghan	27 November 1973	20th Dáil		Childers, Erskine H.Erskine H. Childers	FF	Election of Erskine H. Childers as President
	Brosnan, SeánSeán Brosnan	FF	Cork North–East	13 November 1974	20th Dáil		Ahern, LiamLiam Ahern	FF	Death of Liam Ahern
	Kitt, Michael P.Michael P. Kitt	FF	Galway North–East	4 March 1975	20th Dáil		Kitt, Michael F.Michael F. Kitt	FF	Death of Michael F. Kitt
	Geoghegan-Quinn, MáireMáire Geoghegan-Quinn	FF	Galway West	4 March 1975	20th Dáil		Geoghegan, JohnnyJohnny Geoghegan	FF	Death of Johnny Geoghegan
	Kenny, EndaEnda Kenny	FG	Mayo West	12 November 1975	20th Dáil		Kenny, HenryHenry Kenny	FG	Death of Henry Kenny
	Keaveney, PaddyPaddy Keaveney[n 2]	IFF	Donegal North–East	10 June 1976	20th Dáil		Cunningham, LiamLiam Cunningham	FF	Death of Liam Cunningham
	Halligan, BrendanBrendan Halligan[n 2]	Lab	Dublin South–West	10 June 1976	20th Dáil		Lemass, Jnr, NoelNoel Lemass, Jnr	FF	Death of Noel Lemass, Jnr
	Burke, LiamLiam Burke	FG	Cork City	7 November 1979	21st Dáil		Kerrigan, PatrickPatrick Kerrigan	Lab	Death of Patrick Kerrigan
	Barry, MyraMyra Barry	FG	Cork North–East	7 November 1979	21st Dáil		Brosnan, SeánSeán Brosnan	FF	Death of Seán Brosnan
	Coughlan, ClementClement Coughlan	FF	Donegal	6 November 1980	21st Dáil		Brennan, JosephJoseph Brennan	FF	Death of Joseph Brennan
	Skelly, LiamLiam Skelly	FG	Dublin West	25 May 1982	23rd Dáil		Burke, RichardRichard Burke	FG	Resignation of Burke on appointment as EU Commissioner
	Treacy, NoelNoel Treacy	FF	Galway East	20 July 1982	23rd Dáil		Callanan, JohnnyJohnny Callanan	FF	Death of Johnny Callanan
	Coughlan, CathalCathal Coughlan[n 2]	FF	Donegal South–West	13 May 1983	24th Dáil		Coughlan, ClementClement Coughlan	FF	Death of Clement Coughlan
	Leonard, TomTom Leonard	FF	Dublin Central	23 November 1983	24th Dáil		Colley, GeorgeGeorge Colley	FF	Death of George Colley
	Cowen, BrianBrian Cowen	FF	Laois–Offaly	14 June 1984	24th Dáil		Cowen, BernardBernard Cowen	FF	Death of Bernard Cowen
	Byrne, EricEric Byrne	DL	Dublin South–Central	9 June 1994	27th Dáil		Oconnell, JohnJohn O'Connell	FF	Resignation of John O'Connell
	Ring, MichaelMichael Ring	FG	Mayo West	9 June 1994	27th Dáil		Flynn, PádraigPádraig Flynn	FF	Resignation of Pádraig Flynn on appointment as EU Commissioner
	Lynch, KathleenKathleen Lynch	DL	Cork North–Central	10 November 1994	27th Dáil		Osullivan, GerryGerry O'Sullivan	Lab	Death of Gerry O'Sullivan
	Coveney, HughHugh Coveney	FG	Cork South–Central	10 November 1994	27th Dáil		Cox, PatPat Cox	PD	Resignation of Pat Cox after election as MEP
	Fox, MildredMildred Fox	Ind	Wicklow	29 June 1995	27th Dáil		Fox, JohnnyJohnny Fox	Ind	Death of Johnny Fox
	Keaveney, CeciliaCecilia Keaveney	FF	Donegal North–East	2 April 1996	27th Dáil		Blaney, NeilNeil Blaney	IFF	Death of Neil Blaney
	Lenihan, BrianBrian Lenihan, Jnr	FF	Dublin West	2 April 1996	27th Dáil		Lenihan, BrianBrian Lenihan, Snr	FF	Death of Brian Lenihan, Snr
	Osullivan, JanJan O'Sullivan	Lab	Limerick East	11 March 1998	28th Dáil		Kemmy, JimJim Kemmy	Lab	Death of Jim Kemmy
	Ryan, SeánSeán Ryan	Lab	Dublin North	11 March 1998	28th Dáil		Burke, RayRay Burke	FF	Resignation of Ray Burke
	Coveney, SimonSimon Coveney	FG	Cork South–Central	23 October 1998	28th Dáil		Coveney, HughHugh Coveney	FG	Death of Hugh Coveney
	Upton, MaryMary Upton	Lab	Dublin South–Central	27 October 1999	28th Dáil		Upton, PatPat Upton	Lab	Death of Pat Upton
	Healy, SéamusSéamus Healy	Ind	Tipperary South	22 June 2000	28th Dáil		Ferris, MichaelMichael Ferris	Lab	Death of Michael Ferris
	Hayes, TomTom Hayes	FG	Tipperary South	30 June 2001	28th Dáil		Ahearn, TheresaTheresa Ahearn	FG	Death of Theresa Ahearn
	Murphy, CatherineCatherine Murphy	Ind	Kildare North	11 March 2005	29th Dáil		Maccreevy, CharlieCharlie McCreevy	FF	Resignation of Charlie McCreevy on appointment as EU Commissioner
	Macentee, ShaneShane McEntee	FG	Meath	11 March 2005	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	5 June 2009	30th Dáil		Brennan, SéamusSéamus Brennan	FF	Death of Séamus Brennan
	Osullivan, MaureenMaureen O'Sullivan	Ind	Dublin Central	5 June 2009	30th Dáil		Gregory, TonyTony Gregory	Ind	Death of Tony Gregory
	Doherty, PearsePearse Doherty	SF	Donegal South–West	25 November 2010	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	27 October 2011	31st Dáil		Lenihan, BrianBrian Lenihan, Jnr	FF	Death of Brian Lenihan, Jnr
	McEntee, HelenHelen McEntee	FG	Meath East	27 March 2013	31st Dáil		McEntee, ShaneShane McEntee	FG	Death of Shane McEntee
	Ruth Coppinger	SP	Dublin West	23 May 2014	31st Dáil		Nulty, PatrickPatrick Nulty	Ind	Resignation of Patrick Nulty
	McFadden, GabrielleGabrielle McFadden	FG	Longford–Westmeath	23 May 2014	31st Dáil		McFadden, NickyNicky McFadden	FG	Death of Nicky McFadden
	Murphy, PaulPaul Murphy	AAA	Dublin South–West	10 October 2014	31st Dáil		Hayes, BrianBrian Hayes	FG	Election of Brian Hayes to the European Parliament
	Michael Fitzmaurice	Ind	Roscommon–South Leitrim	10 October 2014	31st Dáil		Flanagan, Luke 'Ming'Luke 'Ming' Flanagan	Ind	Election of Luke 'Ming' Flanagan to the European Parliament
	Bobby Aylward	FF	Carlow–Kilkenny	22 May 2015	31st Dáil		Hogan, PhilPhil Hogan	FG	Resignation of Phil Hogan on appointment as EU Commissioner

Footnotes

1. The First Dáil and Second Dáil were revolutionary parliaments of the self-proclaimed Irish Republic, and as such by-elections were considered both unnecessary and impractical.
2. TDs who were never subsequently re-elected.
3. 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. Retrieved 28 January 2008.

Notes

1. Dáil debates Vol.5 No.1 p.5
2. Dáil debates Vol.5 No.4 p.19
3. Dáil debates Vol.21 No.1 p.3