Liam Ó Buachalla (10 April 1899 – 15 October 1970) was a Fianna Fáil politician from Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland.
[2] He worked as a cooper at Guinness Brewery in Dublin, but studied in the evenings, taking a Bachelor of Commerce and a higher diploma in education from University College Dublin (UCD), and then a master's degree in economics from University College Galway.
[1] A professor of Economics at UCG, Ó Buachalla was nominated by the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera to the 3rd Seanad in 1939, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel Maurice Moore.
[2] He lectured through Irish in Commerce and Economics from his appointment as part of the programme for the Gaelicization of Third Level under the 1929 Act.
His wife Máire Ní Scolaí was a notable singer of songs in Irish both seannós and common style and also an actress.