Patrick Byrne (Irish politician)

Patrick Joseph Byrne (2 April 1925 – 19 October 2021) was an Irish politician.

An accountant by profession, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as an Independent Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-East constituency at a by-election on 30 April 1956.

[1] The by-election was caused by the death of his father, Alfie Byrne.

In 1957 he joined Fine Gael and was re-elected at the 1957, 1961 and 1965 general elections.

[2] His father Alfie Byrne was an MP, TD, Senator and Lord Mayor of Dublin.