Patrick Joseph O'Dowd (1 March 1892 – 19 June 1968) was an Irish politician and medical practitioner.

[3] His first wife, Evangela (Eva) Igoe, had strong Irish republican sympathies and was a member of Cumann na mBan.

In 1937, he resigned from the Fianna Fáil political party over a disagreement with its leader Éamon de Valera.

O'Dowd spoke frequently in the Dáil, mainly on issues of public health, Roscommon land allocation, and affairs of his constituents.

[4] O'Dowd played contract bridge representing Ireland on several occasions at the "Home Internationals" in the 1940s and 1950s.