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Patrick Reynolds (1 March 1887 – 14 February 1932) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal politician.

A merchant and farmer, he was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) at the September 1927 general election for the Leitrim–Sligo constituency.

He was nominated as a candidate for the 1932 general election, but during the campaign he was shot and killed on 14 February 1932 by a former Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) officer, Joseph Leddy. Garda Detective Patrick McGeehan who was trying to shield Reynolds was fatally wounded. The election in Leitrim–Sligo was then postponed, and when it was held his widow Mary Reynolds won a seat, serving in the Dáil for 25 years.

Leddy had helped the IRA during the Irish War of Independence and had received a pension on Reynolds' recommendation; the two were friends and drinking companions, but had recently fallen out over the small size of Leddy's pension, and Leddy had begun to support a rival politician. Leddy was tried in Dublin and received a one-year sentence for manslaughter, the jury citing provocation. Mary Reynolds received IR£1,000 in a civil lawsuit.

His son Patrick J. Reynolds, who took over and expanded the family business, was a long-serving member of Leitrim County Council, and also a Fine Gael TD and senator, serving as Cathaoirleach of the Seanad from 1983 to 1987. Pat Joe's son Gerry Reynolds was also a TD and senator.

See also

• Families in the Oireachtas

References

1. "Patrick T. Reynolds". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
2. ^ Coleman, Marie. "Reynolds, Patrick". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
3. "Patrick T. Reynolds". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
4. "Election Candidate Shot Dead". The Irish Times. 15 February 1932. p. 9.
5. "Obituary: Pat Joe Reynolds". Sunday Independent. 4 January 2004. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
6. McNamara, Maedhbh; Mooney, Paschal (2000). Women in Parliament: Ireland 1918–2000. Wolfhound Press, Dublin. p. 91. ISBN 0-86327-759-4.
7. McGloin, Eugene (10 July 2017). "Killing of local TD in election recalled in new book". Sligo Today. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

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