Raphael Keyes Explained

Office:Senator
Term Start:2 January 1934
Term End:29 May 1936
Office1:Teachta Dála
Term Start1:July 1937
Term End1:January 1933
Constituency1:Cork West
Party:Fianna Fáil
Birth Place:Cork, Ireland

Raphael Patrick Keyes was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

He was born in Cork, and was a cinema proprietor when elected to the Oireachtas. During the Irish War of Independence he was captain of the Bantry company of the fifth battalion of Irish Republican Army (IRA) in West Cork.

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork West constituency at the 1932 general election.[1] He was lost his seat at the 1933 general election but was elected to the Seanad at a by-election on 2 January 1934.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Raphael Keyes. Oireachtas Members Database. 22 January 2009.
  2. Web site: Raphael Keyes. ElectionsIreland.org. 22 January 2009.