Office: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start: | March 1961 |
Term End: | June 1977 |
Constituency: | Sligo–Leitrim |
Birth Date: | 12 August 1916 |
Birth Place: | County Sligo, Ireland |
Death Place: | County Sligo, Ireland |
Party: | Fine Gael |
Relatives: | Tony McLoughlin (nephew) |
Joseph McLoughlin (12 August 1916 – 3 July 1991) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. A farmer before entering politics, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency at the 1961 by-election following the death of the Fianna Fáil TD Stephen Flynn.[1] He was re-elected at each subsequent general election until he lost his seat at the 1977 general election.[2]
His nephew Tony McLoughlin was a Fine Gael TD for Sligo–North Leitrim from 2011 to 2020.