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Leaders of the Opposition
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Party | Deputy Leader | Taoiseach[a] | Dáil (elected) | ||
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Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) TD for Clare and Down |
10 January 1922 |
9 September 1922 |
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) |
Arthur Griffith | 2 (1921) | ||
| Michael Collins | |||||||||
| W. T. Cosgrave | |||||||||
| 2 | 
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Thomas Johnson (1872–1963) TD for Dublin County |
9 September 1922 |
19 September 1923 |
Labour Party | 3 (1922) | |||
| 3 | 
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Denis Gorey (1874–1940) TD for Carlow–Kilkenny |
19 September 1923 |
May 1927 |
Farmers' Party | 4 (1923) | |||
| (2) |
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Thomas Johnson (1872–1963) TD for Dublin County |
23 February 1926 |
12 August 1927 |
Labour Party | ||||
| 5 (Jun.1927) | |||||||||
| (1) | 
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Éamon de Valera (1882–1975) TD for Clare |
12 August 1927 |
9 March 1932 |
Fianna Fáil | Seán T. O'Kelly | |||
| 6 (Sep.1927) | |||||||||
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W. T. Cosgrave (1880–1965) TD for Cork Borough |
9 March 1932 |
11 January 1944 |
Cumann na nGaedheal | Éamon de Valera | 7 (1932) | ||
Leaders of minor parties in opposition
[edit]| Dáil (election) |
Term | Notes | Second Largest Opposition Party Leader |
Third Largest Opposition Party Leader |
Fourth Largest Opposition Party Leader |
Fifth Largest Opposition Party Leader |
Sixth Largest Opposition Party Leader |
Seventh Largest Opposition Party Leader |
Eighth Largest Opposition Party Leader | |||||||
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| 3 (1922) | 9 Sep. 1922 – 19 Sep. 1923 |
Denis Gorey (Farmers' Party) |
 Michael Hennessy (Businessmen's Party) | |||||||||||||
| 4 (1923) | 19 Sep. 1923 – 25 Jan. 1926 |
Thomas Johnson (Labour) |
Collective leadership (Businessmen's Party) | |||||||||||||
| 25 Jan. 1926 – 23 Feb. 1926 |
 William Magennis (Clann Éireann) |
Collective leadership (Businessmen's Party) | ||||||||||||||
| 23 Feb. 1926 – Sep. 1926 |
William Magennis (Clann Éireann) |
Collective leadership (Businessmen's Party) | ||||||||||||||
| Sep. 1926 – May 1927 |
 William Redmond (National League) | |||||||||||||||
| May 1927 – 23 Jun. 1927 |
Patrick Baxter (Farmers' Party) |
William Magennis (Clann Éireann) |
Collective leadership (Businessmen's Party) |
William Redmond (National League) | ||||||||||||
 Michael Heffernan (Farmers' Party) | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 (Jun.1927) | 23 Jun. 1927 – 12 Aug. 1927 |
William Redmond (National League) | ||||||||||||||
| 12 Aug. 1927 – 11 Oct. 1927 |
Thomas Johnson (Labour) |
Michael Heffernan (Farmers' Party) |
William Redmond (National League) | |||||||||||||
| 6 (Sep.1927) | 11 Oct. 1927 – Jul. 1931 |
 Thomas J. O'Connell (Labour) | ||||||||||||||
| Jul. 1931 – 9 Mar. 1932 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 (1932) | 9 Mar. 1932 – 19 Jul. 1932 |
Collective leadership (Farmers' Party) | ||||||||||||||
| 9 Mar. 1932 – 8 Feb. 1933 |
 William Norton (Labour) | |||||||||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ The position of Taoiseach was created on the 29 December 1937. Prior to this, Arthur Griffith and W.T. Cosgrave served as President of Dáil Éireann. Michael Collins and W.T. Cosgrave served as Chairman of the Provisional Government. W.T. Cosgrave and Éamon de Valera served as President of the Executive Council (See Irish heads of government since 1919).