Jasper Travers Wolfe (3 August 1872 – 27 August 1952) was an Irish

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politician who served as a

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(TD) for Cork West from 1927 to 1933. He was born into a

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family the son of William J. Wolfe. He was educated at Bishop's School,

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and was admitted as a

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in 1893. He obtained first place in his final exams and was awarded the Findlater Scholarship. He was a member of Skibbereen Urban District Council for a number of years. He was crown prosecutor in

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for a period and for the West Riding of

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from 1916 to 1923. He was the first Cork man to hold the Presidency of the Incorporated

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. Wolfe was elected to

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on his first attempt, at the June 1927 general election, and took his seat in the short-lived 5th Dáil. He was re-elected at the September 1927 general election and again at the 1932 general election, but did not contest the 1933 general election. Wolfe was a solicitor who also owned the Cork County Eagle and Munster Advertiser newspaper. This was a successor to the '' Skibbereen Eagle'', which in an editorial in 1897 had famously warned the Tsar of Russia about expansionist aims towards China, declaring that the Skibbereen Eagle had "got its eye on the Tsar". A book about Wolfe titled ''Jasper Wolfe of Skibbereen'' was written by Jasper Ungoed-Thomas, grandson of Jasper Wolfe, and tells the story of his life, set against the backdrop of the partition of Ireland and the emergent new political order. In 1894 Wolfe founded Wolfe & Co. Solicitors, which is still operating in Market Street, Skibbereen, County Cork. He died at his residence, "Norton", Skibbereen, and is buried in Aughadown Cemetery.

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*''Willie Kingston: From Victorian Boyhood to the Troubles: A Skibbereen Memoir'', Skibbereen Historical Journal Vol 1 2005, extracts edited by his niece Daisy Swanton and Jasper Ungoed-Thomas, grandson of Jasper Wolfe, and Vol 2. *Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, ''A Biographical Dictionary of Cork'', 2006, Four Courts Press {{DEFAULTSORT:Wolfe, Jasper 1872 births 1952 deaths Independent TDs Members of the 5th Dáil Members of the 6th Dáil Members of the 7th Dáil Politicians from County Cork People from Skibbereen