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Fifth Dáil

23 June 1927 - 12 October 1927

3rd Executive Council - (C/3)

Name Posts held
William T. Cosgrave
President (from: 23.6.27 to 11.10.27), Justice & External Affairs (from: 14.7.27 to 12.10.27), Defence* (from: 24.6.27 to 8.9.27) (*[President acted as Minister for Defence during the absence owing to the ill-health of Mr Fitzgerald])
Kevin O'Higgins
Vice-President (from: 23.6.27 to 10.7.27), Justice & External Affairs (from: 23.6.27 to 10.7.27 - killed)
Ernest Blythe Vice-President (from: 14.7.27 to 12.10.27)
John M. O'Sullivan
Justice & External Affairs (from: 23.6.27 to 12.10.27)
Desmond Fitzgerald Defence (from: 23.6.27 to 12.10.27)
Patrick McGilligan Industry & Commerce (from: 23.6.27 to 12.10.27)
Patrick Hogan Lands and Agriculture (from: 23.6.27 to 12.10.27)
Finian Lynch Fisheries (from: 23.6.27 to 12.10.27)
James J. Walsh Posts & Telegraphs (from: 23.6.27 to 12.10.27)
Richard Mulcahy
Local Government & Public Health (from: 23.6.27 to 12.10.27)

Parlimentary Secretaries

Name Posts held
Edmund J. Duggan
President, Defence (from: 24.6.27 to 25.8.27) Re-Appointed: (from: 21.9.27 to 11.10.27)
James Burke
Finance (from: 24.6.27 to 25.8.27) Re-Appointed: (from: 21.9.27 to 11.10.27)
Martin Roddy
Fisheries (from: 22.7.27 to 25.8.27) Re-Appointed: (from: 21.9.27 to 11.10.27)
James Fitzgerald-Kenney
Justice (from: 18.8.27 to 25.8.27) Re-Appointed: (from: 21.9.27 to 11.10.27)
John A. Costello, S.C Attorney General (from: 24.6.27 to 11.10.27)

Permanent Officials

Name Posts held
Diarmuid O'Hegarty
Secretary to the Executive Council (from: 16.1.22) Permanent
Michael McDunphy
Assistant Secretary to the Executive Council (from: 30.1.22) Permanent

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