Joseph McGinley facts for kids

Joseph Patrick McGinley (1894–1974) was an Irish Sinn Féin, and later Fine Gael, politician and medical practitioner. He was elected unopposed as a Sinn Féin Teachta Dála (TD) to the Second Dáil at the 1921 elections for the Donegal constituency. He supported the Anglo-Irish Treaty and voted in favour of it. He was elected unopposed as a pro-Treaty Sinn Féin TD at the 1922 general election. He did not contest the 1923 general election.

In 1948 he was the Fine Gael candidate in the Donegal East by-election caused by the death of Neal Blaney. He was defeated by Blaney's son, Neil Blaney of Fianna Fáil.