Cornelius Desmond (1898 – 31 October 1974) was an Irish politician and trade union official.
He was a Labour Party member of Seanad Éireann from 1961 to 1965 and Lord Mayor of Cork from 1965 to 1966.
He was an unsuccessful candidate in a Dáil Éireann by-election on 2 August 1956 for the Cork Borough constituency.
[2] His son, Barry Desmond, went on to have a prominent career as a Labour Party politician, serving as a cabinet minister, MEP, and member of the European Court of Auditors.
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