Patrick O’Driscoll with an address in Codrum, Macroom, Co. Cork was found guilty following a week-long trial in November.
The abuse began shortly after the O’Driscoll family moved to Cork in 2008.
Ellen O’Driscoll, who’s now 24, waived her right to anonymity so her father could be named.
The court heard she was raped on a weekly basis right up until April 2009 and that it only ended because she decided to move out of the family home.
Patrick O’Driscoll, who’s 42, denied the charges but was found guilty of 61 counts of rape.
Mr. Justice Butler described the evidence given by Ellen as “harrowing”.
She broke down several times in the witness box as she told the jurors of how he used to abuse her when her mother was out shopping, or when she was looking after her younger brothers and sisters.
She said he used to threaten to kill her and himself if she told anyone.
In her victim impact statement, she said her entire family has taken her father’s side and she said she didn’t blame her siblings for doing so, but would never forgive her mother.
He was handed a ten year sentence today with the final year suspended.
