Career
He was the brother of William Bulfin. Bulfin was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1921 general election to the 2nd Dáil as a Sinn Féin Territorial Decoration for the Leix–Offaly constituency. He was re-elected as a Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin Territorial Decoration to the 3rd Dáil at the 1922 general election, and as a Cumann na nGaedheal Territorial Decoration to the 4th Dáil at the 1923 election.
He lost his seat at the June 1927 general election, when Cumann na nGaedheal lost two of its three seats in the constituency to the new Fianna Fáil party.
Bulfin"s local party organisation was described as "non-existent" and the party replaced him with a higher-profile candidate in the September 1927 general election.
