Daniel McCarthy (22 January 1883 – 2 March 1957) was an Irish politician.

[1] He was a member of the Irish Volunteers and took part in the 1916 Easter Rising at the South Dublin Union, where he was severely wounded.

He was interned by the British government in September 1918 and sent to Durham Prison, from where he escaped.

[3] He subsequently went on to support the Anglo-Irish Treaty, becoming a member of Cumann na nGaedheal when the party was founded.

McCarthy joined the government of W. T. Cosgrave as Parliamentary Secretary to the President (Chief Whip) in 1922, being the first person to hold that post.