Donal Moynihan (Cork politician)

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Donal Moynihan (born 2 October 1941) is an Irish Fianna Fáil party politician who sits in Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála for Cork North West.

Donal Moynihan was born in Ballymakeera, County Cork in 1941. He was educated at Ballyvourney Vocational School, and worked as a farmer before entering politics on a full-time basis. He is married to Catherine Twomey with whom he has nine children. Moyniahn first became involved in politics when he was co-opted onto Cork County Council in 1970, taking over his father's seat which the elder Moynihan had held since 1928. Donal Moynihan was first elected to Dáil Éireann in November 1982. He retained his seat until the 1989 general election, when he lost out to his running mate, Laurence Kelly.

Moynihan regained his seat in 1992, unseating Kelly in the process and has been re-elected in the 1997 and 2002 elections. In Dáil Éireann, he is a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Heritage and the Irish Language, and is also a member of the Joint House Services Committee. In 2006 Moynihan was selected unopposed to contest the next general election in the re-drawn Cork North West constituency along with sitting Fianna Fáil TDs Michael Moynihan and Batt O'Keeffe. In a three-seat constituency such as this one it has been predicted in the media that one, if not two, of these existing TDs may lose their seats.

Preceded by Thomas Meaney	Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Cork North West 1982–1989	Succeeded by Laurence Kelly
Preceded by Laurence Kelly	Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Cork North West 1992–	Succeeded by Current Incumbent