Joseph Roddy (1897 – 3 October 1965) was an Irish Fine Gael politician.[1]
Roddy was born in 1897 at Kilmacowen, County Sligo, one of at least four sons and two daughters of Patrick Roddy, a farmer, and Jane Roddy (née O'Hara). He was educated at the local national school and at Summerhill College, Sligo town.[2] He never married.
His brother Martin Roddy served as a Fine Gael TD from 1925 to 1948.[2] From 1948 he was a director of Champion Publications, which owned The Sligo Champion.[2] He also farmed the family lands at Breeogue, County Sligo.
Roddy was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency at the 1948 general election. He retained his seat until losing it at the 1957 general election.,[3] but was elected to the 9th Seanad by the Industrial and Commercial Panel serving until 1961.
He was a member of Sligo County Council from 1948 until his death in 1965,[3] and served as its chairman from 1950 to 1951 and 1955 to 1965.
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