Laurence Connolly (1833 – 4 March 1908) was an Irish entrepreneur and politician. Connolly was born in Louth. He worked for a time in his family's fruit merchant business in Dublin, before moving to Liverpool and setting up a similar business there. He later became a property developer. He became active in Liverpool politics as a representative of the Irish Nationalist Party, becoming a member of

Liverpool City Council Liverpool City Council is the governing body for the city of Liverpool in Merseyside, England. It consists of 90 councillors, three for each of the city's 30 wards. The council is currently controlled by the Labour Party and is led by Mayor ...

. He was a personal friend of the party leader,

Charles Stewart Parnell Charles Stewart Parnell (27 June 1846 – 6 October 1891) was an Irish nationalist politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1875 to 1891, also acting as Leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882 and then Leader of the ...

, who persuaded him to run for Parliament in South Longford, for which he was elected in 1885. In 1888, he resigned his seat, citing ill-health. There are no recorded contributions by him in the House of Commons. He died in New Brighton in 1908.''The Times'', 7 March 1908

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Connolly, Laurence 1833 births 1908 deaths Irish Parliamentary Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Longford constituencies (1801–1922) UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892