The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs.

The Dáil adjourned on 26 May 1943 and on 31 May President Douglas Hyde called a general election for 17 June at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera.

Exceptionally, the outgoing Dáil was not dissolved until 26 June, after the election.

[2][3] The act, which would have been unconstitutional if not for the state of emergency in effect during World War II, was intended to increase national security by minimising the interval during which no Dáil was in existence.

On 30 June 1938, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Donnchadh Ó Briain for the position, and was elected without a vote.