Marty Walsh

Martin Joseph Walsh (born April 10, 1967) is an American politician and former union official. He has been the 29th United States Secretary of Labor since March 23, 2021. A Democrat, he previously served as the 54th mayor of Boston from 2014, until resigning in 2021 after being confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as secretary of labor in the Cabinet of President Joe Biden. Before his mayoralty, he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the thirteenth Suffolk district from 1997 until 2014.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Walsh_(politician)_

Family

• Walsh was born in Dorchester, Boston, to John Walsh, an Irish American originally from Callowfeenish, a townland near Carna, County Galway, and Mary (née O'Malley), from Rosmuc. The couple emigrated to the United States in the 1950s[5] and gave birth to Marty in 1967.
• One brother, John.
• Walsh resides in the Lower Mills neighborhood of Dorchester with his long-time girlfriend Lorrie Higgins. She has a child by a former partner.

References

• https://www.martywalsh.org/meet-marty/
• Obituary for John Walsh (July 20, 1927 - June 2, 2010) Dorchester, Massachusetts. link
• ”Boston mayor credits Irish aunts with his victory: US-born Marty J Walsh says he is proud of his Irish heritage.” Sat, Nov 23, 2013, 01:00. link Boston’s mayor-elect used to visit Connemara every year. On each trip back, he visits the grave of his grandparents at the Atlantic-sprayed cemetery on Mweenish, the island a few miles out by road from Carna.
• “ Martin Walsh’s childhood marked by cancer fight. - He was the little boy on Taft Street in a desperate way. But Walsh persevered.“ By Michael Levenson Globe Staff,October 20, 2013, 12:00 a.m link
• “Boston mayor with Connemara roots promises to visit next Spring - Rosmuc and Carna parishes celebrate Marty Walsh’s success.” The Irish Times. Thu, Nov 7, 2013, 01:00 link
• ”Boston’s Man of the People: Marty Walsh.” Irish America. By Michael Quinlin, Contributor. February / March 2014.link