Fintan Patrick Walsh was born
Patrick Tuohy at Pātūtahi, Poverty Bay, on 13 August 1894, one of eleven children of farming parents Andrew Tuohy and his wife, Hannah O'Sullivan, both born in Ireland. He was raised a Catholic but reportedly discarded his faith when he became an adult. Walsh was president of the
New Zealand Federation of Labour between 1953 and 1963. In 1953, Walsh was awarded the
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. He died in
Wellington on 16 May 1963. Though he never married he was survived by a daughter. == See also ==