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Laurence Walsh
Senator
In office
May 1957 – September 1961
Constituency Nominated by the Taoiseach
Teachta Dála
In office
May 1951 – May 1954
In office
May 1944 – February 1948
In office
July 1937 – June 1943
Constituency Louth
Personal details
Born (1883-08-01)1 August 1883
County Louth, Ireland
Died 11 August 1962(1962-08-11) (aged 79)
County Louth, Ireland
Political party Fianna Fáil

Laurence Joseph Walsh (1 August 1883 – 11 August 1962) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. A farmer and merchant, he was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency at the 1937 general election. He was re-elected at the 1938 general election but lost his seat at the 1943 general election.

He regained his seat at the 1944 general election but was again defeated at the 1948 general election. He was once more re-elected at the 1951 general election but lost his seat again at the 1954 general election. In 1957 he was nominated by the Taoiseach to the 9th Seanad.

Walsh was also Mayor of Drogheda, and a member of the Irish Volunteers, participating in the 1916 Easter Rising. He retired from politics in 1961.

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