6th Dáil

OverviewLegislative bodyDáil ÉireannJurisdictionIrish Free StateMeeting placeLeinster HouseTerm11 October 1927 –
29 January 1932ElectionSeptember 1927 general electionGovernmentMembers153Ceann ComhairleMichael HayesPresident of the Executive CouncilW. T. CosgraveVice-President of the Executive CouncilErnest BlytheChief WhipEamonn DugganLeader of the OppositionÉamon de ValeraSessions

The 6th Dáil was elected at the September 1927 general election on 15 September 1927 and met on 11 October 1927. The members of Dáil Éireann, the Chamber of Deputies of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. It was one of two houses of the Oireachtas, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1925 Seanad, the 1928 Seanad and the 1931 Seanad. The 6th Dáil was dissolved on 29 January 1932 by Governor-GeneralJames McNeill, at the request of the President of the Executive CouncilW. T. Cosgrave. The 6th Dáil lasted 4 years, 110 days.