Walter L. Cole

Walter L. Cole
Cole (right) with Arthur Griffith (left)
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1922 – August 1923
ConstituencyCavan
Personal details
Born(1866-05-15)15 May 1866
Liverpool, England
Died26 April 1943(1943-04-26) (aged 76)
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political party
Spouses
  • Anna Harrison (1894–1921)
  • Mary Redden (1928–1943)
Children5
Residence(s)Mountjoy Square, Dublin
EducationSt Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool
Alma materUniversity of London

Walter Leonard Cole (15 May 1866 – 26 April 1943) was an Irish merchant and politician in the early twentieth century. Prior to the foundation of the Irish Free State, he was an alderman for a period.[1] An active republican, he was a founding director of the Sinn Féin Printing & Publishing Company. He also led the Sinn Féin grouping in Dublin Corporation in the early 1900s.[2]

  1. ^ "Civilians arrested By Military in Dublin" (Fee required). The Irish Times. 18 September 1920. Retrieved 6 September 2008.
  2. ^ Kelly, M. J. (2006). The Fenian Ideal and Irish Nationalism, 1882-1916. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 149. ISBN 9781843832041.