Timothy Daniel Sullivan

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Timothy Daniel Sullivan (born May 29, 1827 in Bantry , † March 31, 1914 ) was an Irish politician , journalist and author .

Life

Politician

Sullivan was elected to the House of Commons for the Westmeath constituency in the 1880 general election to the British House of Commons . He represented the constituency until 1885, after which he represented the newly established constituency of Dublin College Green . In the election to the House of Commons in 1892 he lost the constituency to Joseph E. Kenny , but was able to move into the House of Commons without a candidate for the constituency of West Donegal . He remained a member of that constituency until his retirement in 1900.

In addition to his work as a member of Parliament Sullivan held from January 1, 1886 to December 31, 1887 for a total of two consecutive terms in the office of Lord Mayor of Dublin . On January 1, 1888, he was replaced by Thomas Sexton .

Party affiliation

Sullivan was a member of the Home Rule League , for which he moved into the House of Commons in 1880, which was absorbed into the Irish Parliamentary Party in 1882 . After a dispute within the Irish Parliamentary Party over its chairman Charles Stewart Parnell , Sullivan moved to the secessionist Irish National Federation . In 1900 both parties reunited to form the Irish Parliamentary Party.

Author and journalist

Sullivan was editor of the Irish national magazine The Nation . Based on an article on the Irish National League , he was sentenced to prison in December 1887 for violating the Protection of Person and Property Act 1881 .

He wrote the song God Save Ireland , which had the character of a national anthem at the time of the Irish Republic from 1919 to 1922 and the Irish Free State between 1922 and 1926 .

literature

  • Sullivan, TD (1905) Recollections of Troubled Times in Irish Politics . Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker; MH Gills & Son, Ltd.
  • Who's Who of British members of parliament: Vol. II 1886 \ u20131918 , edited by M. Stenton & S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1978)
  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801 \ u20131922 , edited by BM Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of the Lord Mayors of Dublin (PDF; 42 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Sullivan, Timothy Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish nationalist, journalist, politician, Member of the House of Commons and author
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Bantry
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1914