Walter Furlong

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

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

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]

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.
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