Irish politician and businessman (1810–1884
Peter Paul McSwiney (c. 1810 – 27 February 1884) was an Irish politician and businessman. 
He was born in Cork city, son of John McSwiney, part of the prosperous catholic middle class in Cork. In 1852 McSwiney formed a partnership with draper George Delaney to open a store on Sackville Street, Dublin.
He was elected to Dublin Corporation in 1860, and served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1864 to 1865, and again from 1875 to 1876.
McSwiney proposed the placing of a statue of Daniel O'Connell (a distant relative) in Sackville Street, and on 8 August 1864 he laid the foundation stone.
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