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Anglo-Irish Treaty Dáil vote

Dáil Éireann voted on 7 January 1922 to approve the Anglo-Irish Treaty which had been signed in London on 6 December 1921. The vote was 64 in favour, 57 against, with the Ceann Comhairle and 3 other TDs not voting. The contentious debate lasted from 14 December 1921 until the day of the vote; the outcome split the Sinn Féin party and led to the Irish Civil War from June 1922 to May 1923.

Background

Main articles: Anglo-Irish Treaty and Second Dáil

The Second Dáil was formed by the Sinn Féin candidates elected in June 1921 in simultaneous elections to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and the House of Commons of Northern Ireland. Unionist and Nationalist Party members elected were invited to the Dáil but did not recognise it as legitimate. 124 of 128 members returned for Southern constituencies, and 6 of 52 for Northern constituencies, were from Sinn Féin. 125 different Sinn Féin candidates were elected, including five returned for both a Northern and a Southern constituency. The election happened shortly before a truce on 12 July 1921 marked the end of fighting in Irish War of Independence between the Irish Republican Army, loyal to the Dáil, and security forces of the United Kingdom. In September confidential negotiations began between the British government and plenipotentiaries authorised by the Dáil ministry. In the early hours of 6 December 1922, both teams of negotiators signed "Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland", commonly called the Anglo-Irish Treaty. It envisaged the creation of an "Irish Free State", a political compromise between Irish nationalism and British unionism. When the details of the Treaty were published, Sinn Féin supporters were divided between moderates, who saw it as an honourable stepping stone towards ultimate full independence, and diehards, who saw it as a betrayal of the party's Republican principles. The Dáil reassembled on 14 December to debate ratification of the Treaty.

Votes

Of the 125 Teachtaí Dála (TDs), 121 voted on 7 January: 64 in favour of the Treaty and 57 against. In accordance with standing orders, Ceann Comhairle Eoin MacNeill (elected for both Londonderry and National University of Ireland) had only a casting vote, which was not required. MacNeill ruled that the four other TDs who had been elected for two constituencies would each cast only one vote; of the four, Michael Collins, Arthur Griffith, and Seán Milroy voted for the Treaty, and Éamon de Valera against. Three TDs eligible to vote did not do so:

• Frank Drohan resigned his seat on 5 January 1922, because he was personally anti-Treaty while his local Sinn Féin Comhairle Ceanntair was pro-Treaty.
• Laurence Ginnell (anti-Treaty) was absent
• Thomas Kelly (pro-Treaty) was ill

The following table lists all members of the Dáil on 5 January 1922; how they voted in the Treaty ratification; what party they stood for in the subsequent general elections of 1922, 1923, and June 1927, and whether they were elected; and any part they played in the Civil War of 1922–23.

Name	Constituency	Vote	Party 1922	Success 1922	Civil War	Party 1923	Success 1923	Party 1927	Success 1927	Notes	Refs
Frank Drohan	Waterford–Tipperary East	Did not vote (resigned)	—			—		—
Laurence Ginnell	Longford–Westmeath	Did not vote (absent)	Anti	Yes		—	Yes No	—	Yes No
Thomas Kelly	Dublin South	Did not vote (ill)	Pro	Yes		—	Yes No	—	Yes No	Fianna Fáil TD in the 1930s
Eoin MacNeill	Londonderry
Eoin MacNeill	National University of Ireland	Did not vote (Ceann Comhairle)	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes	CnaG	No
Robert Barton	Kildare–Wicklow	For	Anti	Yes		—	Yes No	—	Yes No
Piaras Béaslaí	Kerry–Limerick West	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes	—	Yes No
Ernest Blythe	Monaghan	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes	CnaG	Yes	In the 1940 associated with Ailtirí na hAiséirghe
Patrick Brennan	Clare	For	Pro	Yes		—		—		Resigned Dáil seat 11 December 1922
Francis Bulfin	Leix–Offaly	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes	CnaG	No
Séamus Burke	Tipperary Mid, North and South	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes	CnaG	Yes
Christopher Byrne	Kildare–Wicklow	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes	Ind	No	Fianna Fáil TD 1943
Thomas Carter	Leitrim–Roscommon North	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Michael Collins	Armagh
Michael Collins	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West	For	Pro	Yes	Killed 22 August 1922	—		—
Richard Corish	Wexford	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Philip Cosgrave	Dublin North East	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
W. T. Cosgrave	Carlow–Kilkenny	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
James Crowley	Kerry–Limerick West	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Liam de Róiste	Cork Borough	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
James Dolan	Leitrim–Roscommon North	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Michael Derham	Dublin County	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Eamonn Duggan	Louth–Meath	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Séamus Dwyer	Dublin County	For	—	Yes No	Killed 20 December 1922	—		—
Desmond FitzGerald	Dublin County	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Peter Galligan	Cavan	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
George Gavan Duffy	Dublin County	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Arthur Griffith	Cavan	For	—	Yes No		—		—		Died 12 August 1922
Arthur Griffith	Fermanagh and Tyrone
Seán Hales	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West	For	Pro	Yes	Killed 6 December 1922	—		—
Michael Hayes	National University of Ireland	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Richard Hayes	Limerick City–Limerick East	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
William Hayes	Limerick City–Limerick East	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Seán Hayes	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Patrick Hogan	Galway	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Peter Hughes	Louth–Meath	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Andrew Lavin	Leitrim–Roscommon North	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Frank Lawless	Dublin County	For	—			—		—		Died 16 April 1922
Sean Liddy	Clare	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Fionán Lynch	Kerry–Limerick West	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Joseph Lynch	Leix–Offaly	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Joseph MacBride	Mayo North and West	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Alexander McCabe	Sligo–Mayo East	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Patrick McCartan	Leix–Offaly	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Daniel McCarthy	Dublin South	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Seán Mac Eoin	Longford–Westmeath	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Seán McGarry	Dublin Mid	For	Pro	Yes	His son died 10 December 1922 when his house was firebombed	—	Yes No	—	Yes No
Joseph McGinley	Donegal	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Patrick McGoldrick	Donegal	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Joseph McGrath	Dublin North East	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Joseph McGuinness	Longford–Westmeath	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No	Died 31 May 1922
Justin McKenna	Louth–Meath	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Seán Milroy	Cavan	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Seán Milroy	Fermanagh and Tyrone
Richard Mulcahy	Dublin North East	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
James Murphy	Louth–Meath	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
George Nicolls	Galway	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Thomas O'Donnell	Sligo–Mayo East	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Eoin O'Duffy	Monaghan	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No	Resigned Dáil seat 11 December 1922
Kevin O'Higgins	Leix–Offaly	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Patrick O'Keeffe	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Pádraic Ó Máille	Galway	For	Pro	Yes	Wounded 6 December 1922	—	Yes No	—	Yes No
Daniel O'Rourke	Mayo South–Roscommon South	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Gearóid O'Sullivan	Carlow–Kilkenny	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Lorcan Robbins	Longford–Westmeath	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
William Sears	Mayo South–Roscommon South	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Michael Staines	Dublin North East	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Joseph Sweeney	Donegal	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
James Walsh	Cork Borough	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Peter Ward	Donegal	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Joseph Whelehan	Galway	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Vincent White	Waterford–Tipperary East	For	Pro	Yes		CnaG	Yes No	—	Yes No
Edward Aylward	Carlow–Kilkenny	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Harry Boland	Mayo South–Roscommon South	Against	Anti	Yes	Died of wounds 31 July 1922	—		—
Cathal Brugha	Waterford–Tipperary East	Against	Anti	Yes	Killed 7 July 1922	—		—
Patrick Cahill	Kerry–Limerick West	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Frank Carty	Sligo–Mayo East	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Robert Erskine Childers	Kildare–Wicklow	Against	—	Yes No	Executed 24 November 1922	—		—
Kathleen Clarke	Dublin Mid	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Michael Colivet	Limerick City–Limerick East	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Con Collins	Kerry–Limerick West	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Daniel Corkery	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
John Crowley	Mayo North and West	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Bryan Cusack	Galway	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Eamon Dee	Waterford–Tipperary East	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Éamon de Valera	Clare	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Éamon de Valera	Down
Thomas Derrig	Mayo North and West	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
James Devins	Sligo–Mayo East	Against	Anti	Yes	Killed 20 September 1922	—		—
Séamus Doyle	Wexford	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Ada English	National University of Ireland	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Seán Etchingham	Wexford	Against	—	Yes No	Died in prison 23 April 1923	—	Yes No	—	Yes No
Frank Fahy	Galway	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Francis Ferran	Sligo–Mayo East	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Séamus Fitzgerald	Cork East and North East	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Thomas Hunter	Cork East and North East	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
David Kent	Cork East and North East	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
James Lennon	Carlow–Kilkenny	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Seán MacEntee	Monaghan	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Joseph MacDonagh	Tipperary Mid, North and South	Against	Anti	Yes	Died on hunger strike 25 December 1922	—		—
Mary MacSwiney	Cork Borough	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No	Signed the 1938 transfer of authority to the IRA Army Council
Seán MacSwiney	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Tom Maguire	Mayo South–Roscommon South	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No	Signed the 1938 transfer of authority to the IRA Army Council; supported the Provisional IRA in the 1969 split and the Continuity IRA in the 1986 split.
Constance Markiewicz	Dublin South	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Liam Mellows	Galway	Against	—	Yes No	Executed 6 December 1922	—		—
P. J. Moloney	Tipperary Mid, North and South	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Seán Moylan	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Seán Nolan	Cork Mid, North, South, South East and West	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Patrick O'Byrne	Tipperary Mid, North and South	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Daniel O'Callaghan	Cork Borough	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Kathleen O'Callaghan	Limerick City–Limerick East	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Art O'Connor	Kildare–Wicklow	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Joseph O'Doherty	Donegal	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Thomas O'Donoghue	Kerry–Limerick West	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Samuel O'Flaherty	Donegal	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Brian O'Higgins	Clare	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No	Signed the 1938 transfer of authority to the IRA Army Council
John J. O'Kelly	Louth–Meath	Against	Anti	Yes		SF	No	—		Signed the 1938 transfer of authority to the IRA Army Council
Seán T. O'Kelly	Dublin Mid	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Seán O'Mahony	Fermanagh and Tyrone	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Cathal Ó Murchadha	Dublin South	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No	Signed the 1938 transfer of authority to the IRA Army Council
Margaret Pearse	Dublin County	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
George Noble Plunkett	Leitrim–Roscommon North	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Séamus Robinson	Waterford–Tipperary East	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No	Signed the 1938 transfer of authority to the IRA Army Council
Edmund Roche	Kerry–Limerick West	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
P. J. Ruttledge	Mayo North and West	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
James Ryan	Wexford	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Philip Shanahan	Dublin Mid	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
Austin Stack	Kerry–Limerick West	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No
William Stockley	National University of Ireland	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No	Signed the 1938 transfer of authority to the IRA Army Council
Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Kildare–Wicklow	Against	Anti	No		R	No	—	Yes No

Notes

See also

• Irish War of Independence
• Irish elections, 1921
• Second Dáil
• Irish general election, 1922
• Irish Civil War
• Irish Free State

References

• "The result of the poll". Treaty debates. Dáil Éireann debates. Vol. T. Oireachtas. 7 January 1922. pp. No.15 p.3 cc.345–6. Retrieved 23 April 2011. {{cite book}}: Invalid |no-pp=Y (help)

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