John Friel (1 August 1889 â 1 October 1963) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and merchant. He was elected to Dáil ÃÂireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal East constituency at the 1937 general election. He was re-elected at each subsequent election until he lost his seat at the 1951 general election.