Patrick Joseph McGoldrick (12 August 1865 – 26 April 1939) was an Irish politician. He was elected unopposed as a

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( ; ; ) is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The History of Sinn Féin, original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffit ...

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(TD) to the

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at the

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for the Donegal constituency. He supported the

Anglo-Irish Treaty The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty (), commonly known in Ireland as The Treaty and officially the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain an ...

and voted in favour of it. He was elected unopposed as a pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TD at the 1922 general election. He was elected as a

Cumann na nGaedheal Cumann na nGaedheal (; ) was a political party in the Irish Free State, which formed the government from 1923 to 1932. It was named after the original Cumann na nGaedheal organisation which merged with the Dungannon Clubs and the National Co ...

TD at the 1923 general election. He lost his seat at the June 1927 general election, and was also an unsuccessful candidate at the September 1927 general election.

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1865 births 1939 deaths Early Sinn Féin TDs Cumann na nGaedheal TDs Members of the 2nd Dáil Members of the 3rd Dáil Members of the 4th Dáil Politicians from County Donegal People of the Irish Civil War (Pro-Treaty side) {{SinnFéin-politician-stub