John Benignus O'Quigley (died 29 May 1969)[1][2] was an Irish barrister and Fine Gael politician from Castlebar, County Mayo.
[4] He practised law in Dublin and on the Western Circuit.
[2] From 1962 to 1965, O'Quigley was junior counsel, initially instructed by Richie Ryan,[6] and later under Seán MacBride, on the legal team of plaintiff Gladys Ryan in Ryan v Attorney General, a water fluoridation controversy case wherein the Supreme Court found the Constitution of Ireland safeguarded the unenumerated right to bodily integrity.
[4] He became leader of the Fine Gael group in the Seanad.
[4] He was ill for some time before his death,[4] and died in Lourdes.