Daniel O'Rourke (politician)

Daniel "Dan" O'Rourke (died 4 August 1968) was an Irish politician and teacher, based in Castlerea, County Roscommon. He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the 2nd Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Mayo South–Roscommon South constituency.^[1] He said later that his election came as a surprise to him, as he did not know he had been nominated and did not want to be.^[2] Although he opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty, he voted in favour of it, as he believed the alternative of further war was worse.^[2] He was re-elected unopposed as a pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TD at the 1922 general election.^[3] He resigned his seat on 29 November 1922. He stood as a Fianna Fáil candidate at the September 1927 general election but was not elected.

He was elected as a Fianna Fáil TD at the 1932 general election for the Roscommon constituency but lost his seat at the 1933 general election. He was re-elected at the 1937 and 1938 general elections but again lost his seat at the 1943 general election. He was re-elected at the 1944 and 1948 general elections but once again lost his seat at the 1951 general election. At the 1951 Seanad election, he was elected on the Labour Panel. He stood unsuccessfully at the 1954 and 1957 general elections.

He was President of the Gaelic Athletic Association from 1946 to 1949.

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