In office
September 1927 – June 1943
Constituency
In office
8 September 1943 – 30 May 1944
Constituency
Personal details
Born
1889
County Mayo, Ireland
Died
4 December 1957(1957-12-04) (aged 67–68)
Political party
Richard Walsh (1889 – 4 December 1957) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. In 1913 Richard Walsh and Michael Kilroy were the main organizers of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) in south and western Mayo.[1] He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo South constituency at the September 1927 general election.[2] He was re-elected at each subsequent election until he lost his Dáil seat at the 1943 general election, he was, however, elected to the 4th Seanad for the Administrative Panel in 1943 Seanad election.
He regained his Dáil seat at the 1944 general election and remained a member of the lower house until his retirement in 1951.[3]
Dáil
Election
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
4th
1923
Tom Maguire
(Rep)
Michael Kilroy
(Rep)
William Sears
(CnaG)
Joseph MacBride
(CnaG)
Martin Nally
(CnaG)
5th
1927 (Jun)
Thomas J. O'Connell
(Lab)
Michael Kilroy
(FF)
Eugene Mullen
(FF)
James FitzGerald-Kenney
(CnaG)
6th
1927 (Sep)
Richard Walsh
(FF)
7th
1932
Edward Moane
(FF)
8th
1933
9th
1937
Micheál Clery
(FF)
Martin Nally
(FG)
10th
1938
Mícheál Ó Móráin
(FF)
11th
1943
Joseph Blowick
(CnaT)
Dominick Cafferky
(CnaT)
12th
1944
Richard Walsh
(FF)
1945 by-election
Bernard Commons
(CnaT)
13th
1948
4 seats
1948–1969
14th
1951
Seán Flanagan
(FF)
Dominick Cafferky
(CnaT)
15th
1954
Henry Kenny
(FG)
16th
1957
17th
1961
18th
1965
Michael Lyons
(FG)
19th
1969
Constituency abolished. See Mayo East and Mayo West