Patrick J. Ruttledge (1892 – 8 May 1952) was an Irish politician.Born in Ballina, Co. Mayo, he was educated at St Muredach's College there and later St Enda's Rathfarnham, run by Padraig Pearse. After studying at Trinity College, Dublin, he qualified as a solicitor in 1918 and built up a practice in his home town.During the Irish War of Independence he was active in the I.R.A. He was a close friend of Sean MacDermott, with whom he lived for some time.