John Walsh (1856 – 26 August 1925) was a prominent
Irish businessman, and a
nationalist politician of the
All-for-Ireland League
The All-for-Ireland League (AFIL) was an Irish, Munster-based political party (1909–1918). Founded by William O'Brien MP, it generated a new national movement to achieve agreement between the different parties concerned on the historically d ...
. He was
Member of Parliament (MP) for
County Cork South from 1910 until 1918, taking his seat in the
House of Commons of what was then the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Born in
Bandon, County Cork, he was an extensive farmer and chairman of the
Beamish and Crawford Bottling Co. Ltd. Cork., as well as head of J. P. Walsh & Co.. Was a member of the
Cork County Council (1910–1920) in his capacity as chairman of the
Bandon Rural District Council. J.P., co. Cork.
In the
December 1910 general elections he was returned as MP for the constituency of South Cork, representing
William O'Brien's All-for-Ireland League. Together with the other party members he did not contest his seat in the
1918 election.
He died at
Kilbrittain on 26 August 1925 and was buried privately.
[''A Biographical Dictionary of Cork'' Tim Cadigan & Jeremiah Falvey (2006)]
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1856 births
1925 deaths
UK MPs 1910–1918
All-for-Ireland League MPs
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Cork constituencies (1801–1922)
Members of Cork County Council
Politicians from County Cork
People from Bandon, County Cork
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