Timothy Daniel Sullivan

Timothy Daniel Sullivan
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
4 July 1886 – 15 July 1888
Preceded by John O'Connor
Succeeded by Thomas Sexton
Member of Parliament
for West Donegal
In office
7 July 1892 – 25 October 1900
Preceded by James Joseph Dalton
Succeeded by James Boyle
Member of Parliament
for Dublin College Green
In office
1 December 1885 – 5 July 1892
Preceded by New office
Succeeded by Joseph Edward Kenny
Member of Parliament
for Westmeath
In office
1 April 1880 – 25 November 1885
Preceded by Patrick James Smyth
Lord Robert Montagu
Succeeded by Office abolished
Personal details
Born Timothy Daniel Sullivan
(1827-05-29)29 May 1827
Bantry, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died 14 March 1914(1914-03-14) (aged 86)
The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality Irish
Political party Irish Parliamentary Party
Spouse(s) Mary Duffy
(m. 1850; d. 1914)
Relations
Children 3
Alma mater Trinity College Dublin

Timothy Daniel Sullivan (29 May 1827 – 31 March 1914) was an Irish nationalist, journalist, politician and poet who wrote the Irish national hymn "God Save Ireland", in 1867. He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1886 to 1888 and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1880 to 1900.[1]

Politician

Sullivan was a member of the Home Rule League, supporting Charles Stewart Parnell in the 1880 general election, being "convinced that without self-government there could never be peace, prosperity or contentment in Ireland". He joined the Irish Parliamentary Party when it was established in 1882. When the party split in 1891, he became an Anti-Parnellite until the Nationalist factions were reunited in 1900.

Sullivan represented a number of constituencies in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was elected from Westmeath in 1880 and served until 1885. He then became the first MP from Dublin College Green, until he was defeated by a Pro-Parnellite in the 1892 general election. Four days later he was returned unopposed for West Donegal which he represented until he retired in 1900.[1]

He was Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1886 and 1887.[1]

Publicist

He owned and edited a number of publications (The Nation, Dublin Weekly News and Young Ireland). In December 1887, he published reports of meetings by the National League. As a result, he was convicted and imprisoned for two months under the Crimes Act.[1]

As well as writing the Irish national hymn "God Save Ireland", he wrote the adopted anthem of the All-for-Ireland League: "All for Ireland ! One for all ! and popular pieces such as "Song from the Backwoods" and "Michael Dwyer".[2]

Family

A number of his descendants were people of outstanding distinction. His son Timothy was Chief Justice of Ireland from 1936 to 1946. His daughter Frances was an Irish-language activist in Craobh an Chéitinnigh, the Keating branch of the Gaelic League (Conradh na Gaelige) and a lecturer in Irish. His daughter Anne (who had sixteen children) was the mother of politician Kevin O'Higgins, one of the dominant political figures of the 1920s. His great-grandson Tom O'Higgins also went on to become Chief Justice of Ireland from 1974 to 1985.[3]

His brother, Alexander, author of New Ireland and a fervant constitutional and cultural nationalist, was owner and editor of The Nation after Gavan Duffy, and prior to Timothy Daniel Sullivan.[4]

Further reading

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 McCarthy, Justin; Egan, Maurice Francis; Hyde, Douglas; Gregory, Lady; Roche, James Jeffrey; Welsh, Charles (Eds.)(1904). In Irish Literature, Vol. IX. Philadelphia: John D. Morris & Co. p. 3333. Google Book Search. Retrieved on 30 March 2011.
  2. ↑ Dunboy, and Other Poems, Dublin, 1861
  3. ↑ De Vere White, Terence Kevin O'Higgins Methuen and Co. London 1948
  4. ↑ Sullivan, Timothy Daniel (1885). A.M. Sullivan: A Memoir. Dublin: 90 Middle Abbey Street. pp. 10–15.

References

Sullivan, T.D. (1905) Recollections of Troubled Times in Irish Politics. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker; M.H. Gills & Son, Ltd. Retrieved on 30 March 2011.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Patrick James Smyth
Lord Robert Montagu		 Member of Parliament for Westmeath
1880 – 1885
With: Henry Gill 1880–1883
Timothy Harrington 1883–1885		 Constituency divided
New constituency Member of Parliament for Dublin College Green
1885 – 1892		 Succeeded by
Joseph Edward Kenny
Preceded by
James Joseph Dalton		 Member of Parliament for West Donegal
1892–1900		 Succeeded by
James Boyle
Civic offices
Preceded by
John O'Connor		 Lord Mayor of Dublin
1886–1888		 Succeeded by
Thomas Sexton
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