John Joe O'Reilly (politician)

John Joe O'Reilly
John Joe O'Reilly
Teachta Dála
	In office; March 1925 – July 1937
Constituency	Cavan
Personal details
Born	24 April 1881; County Leitrim, Ireland
Died	28 December 1967 (aged 86); County Leitrim, Ireland
Political party	Cumann na nGaedheal; Fine Gael;

John Joseph O'Reilly (24 April 1881 – 28 December 1967) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal and later Fine Gael politician and physician.^[1] He was born in Carrigallen, County Leitrim and practised as a GP in Tullyvin, County Cavan.

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) at the March 1925 by-election for the Cavan constituency.^[2] He was re-elected at each subsequent election until the 1937 general election when he lost his seat to John James Cole, an independent Unionist.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "John J. O'Reilly". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b "John Joseph O'Reilly". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 February 2009.

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