James Daly (c. 1716 – 1769) was an Irish Member of Parliament.
He was son of Denis Daly of Carrownakelly, County Galway, and grandson of Denis Daly, a judge of the Irish Court of Common Pleas.
[1] In 1741 he was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Athenry, and then in 1768 for the borough of Galway.
[1] Through his son Denis, he was a grandfather of James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal and Rt.
Robert Daly, a leading Irish evangelical who became Bishop of Cashel and Waterford, and was noted for his hostility to Roman Catholics.