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José Antonio Reynafé (1796-1837) was an Argentine politician and military man of Irish roots, who served as acting Governor of Córdoba, Argentina. In 1837 he was executed along with his brothers for the murder of Facundo Quiroga.

He was born in Villa Tulumba, Córdoba, the son of Guillermo Queenfaith, born in Ireland, and Claudia Hidalgo Torres, belonging to an old Cordovan family.

References

1. Los Gavier: sus entronques con linajes cordobeses : Figueroa, González Hermida, Díaz Oliva, Allende, Moyano, Olmedo, Tagle, Carlos Gavier Olmedo, 1996, ISBN 9789879552032
2. El desierto y "un general de papel-- ": Córdoba y la campaña de 1833, José Vicente Ferreira Soaje, 1979
3. Cómo se mata a un caudillo: papeles de Barranca Yaco, Martín Carrasco Quintana, 2004, ISBN 9789871038015
4. Córdoba histórica, Rodolfo de Ferrari Rueda, 1943

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