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Irish Fianna Fáil politician (1893–1973)

Walter Furlong
Teachta Dála
In office
May 1944 – February 1948
ConstituencyCork Borough
Personal details
Born(1893-09-01)1 September 1893
Cork, Ireland
Died11 December 1973(1973-12-11) (aged 80)
Cork, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
Other political
affiliations
Cork Civic Party
Military service
Branch/serviceIrish Republican Army
Battles/warsIrish War of Independence

Walter Furlong (1 September 1893 – 11 December 1973) was an Irish politician from Cork city, most successful as a member of Fianna Fáil.

According to his death notice Furlong was in "G" Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Cork Brigade, Irish Republican Army, and had been interned on Bere Island, released on the signing of the 1921 truce.

He ran for Fianna Fáil in Cork Borough in the general elections of 1943, 1944, 1948, and 1951, being elected only in 1944, to the 12th Dáil, and losing his seat to Jack Lynch in 1948.

Furlong was a member of Cork City Council in the 1930s, and was fined 20 shillings in 1935 for harassing the city manager in relation to a constituent's claim for a corporation house. He was re-elected to the council for Fianna Fáil in 1945 and served as Lord Mayor of Cork in 1951. He lost his council seat at the 1960 local election, running for the Cork Civic Party.

References

  1. "Walter Furlong". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  2. "Walter Furlong". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  3. Quinlivan, Aodh (2006). Philip Monahan: A Man Apart : the Life and Times of Ireland's First Local Authority Manager. Institute of Public Administration. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-1-904541-35-6. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. Moran, John (1972). "Local Elections in Cork City (1929-1967)" (PDF). Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society: 124–133: 130. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  5. "Previous Mayors of Cork". Cork City Council. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  6. "Ratepayers Elect Their First Alderman In Cork City; Long Connection Severed". Evening Echo. No. 20256. Cork. 2 July 1960. p. 1.
Civic offices
Preceded bySeán McCarthy Lord Mayor of Cork
1951–1952
Succeeded byPatrick McGrath
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Cork Borough constituency
This table is transcluded from Cork Borough (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
2nd 1921 Liam de Róiste
(SF)
Mary MacSwiney
(SF)
Donal O'Callaghan
(SF)
J. J. Walsh
(SF)
4 seats
1921–1923
3rd 1922 Liam de Róiste
(PT-SF)
Mary MacSwiney
(AT-SF)
Robert Day
(Lab)
J. J. Walsh
(PT-SF)
4th 1923 Richard Beamish
(Ind)
Mary MacSwiney
(Rep)
Andrew O'Shaughnessy
(Ind)
J. J. Walsh
(CnaG)
Alfred O'Rahilly
(CnaG)
1924 by-election Michael Egan
(CnaG)
5th 1927 (Jun) John Horgan
(NL)
Seán French
(FF)
Richard Anthony
(Lab)
Barry Egan
(CnaG)
6th 1927 (Sep) W. T. Cosgrave
(CnaG)
Hugo Flinn
(FF)
7th 1932 Thomas Dowdall
(FF)
Richard Anthony
(Ind)
William Desmond
(CnaG)
8th 1933
9th 1937 W. T. Cosgrave
(FG)
4 seats
1937–1948
10th 1938 James Hickey
(Lab)
11th 1943 Frank Daly
(FF)
Richard Anthony
(Ind)
Séamus Fitzgerald
(FF)
12th 1944 William Dwyer
(Ind)
Walter Furlong
(FF)
1946 by-election Patrick McGrath
(FF)
13th 1948 Michael Sheehan
(Ind)
James Hickey
(NLP)
Jack Lynch
(FF)
Thomas F. O'Higgins
(FG)
14th 1951 Seán McCarthy
(FF)
James Hickey
(Lab)
1954 by-election Stephen Barrett
(FG)
15th 1954 Anthony Barry
(FG)
Seán Casey
(Lab)
1956 by-election John Galvin
(FF)
16th 1957 Gus Healy
(FF)
17th 1961 Anthony Barry
(FG)
1964 by-election Sheila Galvin
(FF)
18th 1965 Gus Healy
(FF)
Pearse Wyse
(FF)
1967 by-election Seán French
(FF)
19th 1969 Constituency abolished. See Cork City North-West and Cork City South-East
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