Raphael Keyes

{{Short description|Irish politician}}

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| term_start = 2 January 1934

| term_end = 29 May 1936

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| term_start1 = July 1937

| term_end1 = January 1933

| constituency1 = Cork West

| nationality = Irish

| party = Fianna Fáil

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Raphael-P-Keyes.D.1932-03-09/|title=Raphael Keyes|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=22 January 2009}} He was lost his seat at the 1933 general election but was elected to the Seanad at a by-election on 2 January 1934.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1701|title=Raphael Keyes|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=22 January 2009}}