Patrick Brennan (18 February 1922 – 10 June 1998) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who sat for 25 years as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency, and was briefly a senator.
He fared poorly, coming second last with 3.0% of the vote, compared to 10.7% secured by his Clann na Poblachta running mate Daniel Boland.
[2] He ran next as a Fianna Fáil candidate in Wicklow at the 1953 by-election caused by the death of his father Thomas Brennan.
[4] He topped the poll on each occasion, and by virtue of one of the largest votes at the 1957 general election, he managed to secure two seats for Fianna Fáil in the constituency, where he was joined by his running mate James O'Toole.
[2] He contested the 1973 general election as an independent candidate, but he lost his seat to Fianna Fáil's Ciarán Murphy.