Eamon Donnelly

Eamon Donnelly (19 July 1877 – 29 December 1944) was an Irish politician.

He was born in Middletown, County Armagh, the son of Francis Donnelly, a mason, and Catherine Donnelly (née Haggin). He was a member of the Irish Volunteers. Donnelly organized a 40-man unit of the Irish Volunteers for security at the 1918 South Armagh by-election. In 1921 he joined Éamon de Valera's anti-treaty forces and worked to end partition until his death.

In February 1923 Donnelly was interned by the Irish Free State military and released in August. Rearrested and again interned he joined the 1923 Irish hunger strikes, undergoing a forty-one day hunger strike. Upon his release Donnelly was appointed Chief Organiser of Sinn Féin.

While living in Newry, Donnelly was elected as an abstentionist Independent Republican member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for the Armagh constituency at the 1925 general election. Shortly after his election, he was served with an order excluding him from Northern Ireland. No official reason was given for the granting of this order.

In 1926, he became a founder member of Fianna Fáil. He did not contest the 1937 general election. He also served as Director of Elections for Fianna Fáil.