James Doolan is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
[1] He was elected to the Administrative Panel of the 14th Seanad at a by-election in April 1980, following the election of Liam Burke to the Dáil.
[1] He was an unsuccessful Fianna Fáil candidate for the Connacht–Ulster constituency at the 1979 European Parliament election.
[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1993 and 1997 Seanad elections.
[3] He is a former professor at University College Galway.