Lorcan Robbins[1] (also called Laurence[2] and/or Robins[3]) (born 16 May 1884 – 9 January 1939)[4][2] was an Irish Sinn Féin activist and politician.
He was the son of Laurence Dalton Robins, a farmer from Tullaghnageeragh near Moate in County Westmeath, who worked undercover for Sinn Féin under the alias "Richard Dalton".
[5] He was nominated as a Sinn Féin candidate in the Longford–Westmeath constituency at the 1921 general election.
Arthur Griffith suggested that, if elected, he be excused attendance at the Dáil in order to continue working for the Department of Finance; Michael Collins overruled Griffith.
[5] Robbins and the other Sinn Féin candidates were returned unopposed as TDs to the Second Dáil.