Raphael Keyes

Raphael Patrick Keyes was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.

Raphael Keyes
Senator
In office 2 January 1934 – 29 May 1936
Teachta Dála
In office July 1937 – January 1933
Constituency	Cork West
Personal details
Born	Cork, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil

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]