Walter Furlong Explained

Walter Furlong
Office:Teachta Dála
Term Start:May 1944
Term End:February 1948
Constituency:Cork Borough
Party:Fianna Fáil
Otherparty:Cork Civic Party
Birth Date:1 September 1893
Birth Place:Cork, Ireland
Death Place:Cork, Ireland
Branch:Irish Republican Army
Battles:Irish 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.[1] [2]

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.[3] He was re-elected to the council for Fianna Fáil in 1945[4] and served as Lord Mayor of Cork in 1951.[5] He lost his council seat at the 1960 local election, running for the Cork Civic Party.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walter Furlong. Oireachtas Members Database. 15 February 2009.
  2. Web site: Walter Furlong. ElectionsIreland.org. 15 February 2009.
  3. Book: Quinlivan . Aodh . Philip Monahan: A Man Apart : the Life and Times of Ireland's First Local Authority Manager . 2006 . Institute of Public Administration . 978-1-904541-35-6 . 161–162 . 7 January 2020 . en.
  4. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society . 1972 . 124–133: 130 . Local Elections in Cork City (1929-1967) . 15 September 2018 . John . Moran.
  5. Web site: Previous Mayors of Cork. Cork City Council. 11 December 2022.
  6. News: Ratepayers Elect Their First Alderman In Cork City; Long Connection Severed . Evening Echo . 20256 . 2 July 1960 . Cork . 1.