Timothy Daniel Sullivan (1827 - 1914)

Born 29 May 1827 in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Healy) Sullivan — married 16 Jul 1856 in Bantry, County Cork, Ireland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 31 Mar 1914 at age 86 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Timothy Sullivan is Notable.

Timothy Daniel Sullivan born 29 May 1827, ^[1] son of Daniel and Catherine (Baylor) Sullivan. ^[2]

Timothy married on 6 July 1856 to Catherine (Kate) Healy who was the aunt of Tim Healy, first Governor General of the Irish Free State.

Their 17 children were:^[3]

1. Catherine Mary Erina (known as Erina Kate) born 17 Apr 1857
2. Daniel Xavier born 6 Dec 1858
3. Alexander Maurice born 21 Oct 1860
4. Anne
5. Elizabeth born 20 Apr 1866
6. Frances born 11 Dec 1867
7. Josephine
8. Mary
9. Catherine Mary born 21 Aug 1869
10. Timothy baptised 17 June 1872, died 30 Aug 1872
11. John Joseph baptised 24 June 1873
12. another Timothy born 25 Aug and baptised 1 Sep 1874
13. Niall born 24 Nov 1876, died 3 Dec 1876
14. Christopher born 20 Dec 1877, died 21 Dec 1877
15. another Christopher
16. Thomas
17. Alice Margaret (Sister Mary Dara) born 3 Sep 1881

At least two of Timothy and Kate's children went on to marry extremely close relatives:^[3]

• their daughter Erina Kate married her double first cousin Tim Healy; and
• their son Timothy married Erina Kate and Tim's daughter Maev Mary Healy, who was both her husband's niece (through her mother) and her husband's double first cousin once removed (through her father) - not surprisingly, this marriage was by special dispensation.^[4] They had no issue.

Timothy D. Sullivan 73 yrs, journalist, widower, Frances 33 yrs, Kate 31 yrs, Timothy 26 yrs, Josephine 20 yrs, Alice 19 yrs, grandson John Higgins, resided in 1901 in house 1 in Belvidere Place (Rotunda, Dublin). ^[5]

Timothy D. Sullivan 83 yrs, journalist, widower, Frances 43 yrs, Kate 40 yrs, Timothy 36 yrs, Josephine 30 yrs, resided in 1911 in house 1 in Belvidere Place (Rotunda, Dublin). ^[6]

T D Sullivan was a Politician, Poet and Journalist. He wrote the Irish National hymn "God Save Ireland". He 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.

T D 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.

He was Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1886 and 1887.

He was the author of many historical works such as "Bantry, Berehaven & the O'Sullvan Sept" and "Recollections of Troubled Times in Irish Politics".

Legacy

T. D. Sullivan was part of dynasty of lawyers and politicians stretching over the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.

Both his son Timothy Sullivan jr. (from 1936 to 1946) and his greatgrandson Tom O'Higgins (from 1974 to 1985) served as Chief Justice of Ireland, the latter having previously had a long career in electoral politics.

Other politicians among T. D. Sullivan's relatives included the following:^[7]

• Timothy Daniel Sullivan (1827-1914): Home Rule/Irish Parliamentary Party MP Westmeath 1880–1885, Dublin College Green 1885–1892, West Donegal 1892–1900
  • his brother Alexander Martin Sullivan (1829-1884): Lib/Irish Parliamentary Party MP County Louth 1874–1880, County Meath 1880–1882
  • his nephew Timothy Michael Healy (1855-1931): Irish Parliamentary Party MP Wexford 1880–1883, Monaghan 1883–1885, South Londonderry 1885–1886, North Longford] 1886–1892, North Louth] 1892–1910 (1st Governor-General of the Irish Free State 1922–1928)
    • Tim Healy's brother Thomas Joseph Healy (1854-): Irish Parliamentary Party MP North Wexford 1892–1900
    • Tim Healy's brother Maurice Healy (1859–1923): Irish Parliamentary Party MP Cork City 1885–1900 and 1909–1910, North East Cork] 1910–1918
  • Timothy Sullivan's grandson Kevin Christopher (Higgins) O'Higgins (1892-1927): Cumann na nGaedheal TD Laois–Offaly 1918–1927
    • Kevin's brother Thomas Francis O'Higgins (1889-1953): CnaG/FG TD Dublin, Laois–Offaly, Cork 1929–1953
      • Thomas's son Thomas Francis O'Higgins (1916-2003): Fine Gael TD Laois–Offaly, 1943–1973
      • Thomas's son Michael Joseph O'Higgins T.D. (1917-2005): Fine Gael TD Dublin South-West, Wicklow 1948–1969
        • Michael's wife Brigid (Hogan) Hogan-O'Higgins T.D. (1932-2022): Fine Gael TD Galway 1957–1977
          • her father Patrick Hogan (1891-1936): Fine Gael TD Galway 1921–1936
    • Kevin's grandson Chris O'Malley: Fine Gael MEP Munster 1986–1989
      • Chris' wife Aideen Hayden (born 1959): Labour Party Senator 2011–2016

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Daniel_Sullivan
2. ↑ https://bmdnotices.com/remembrance-garden-book/viewremembranceold.aspx?remembranceid=331
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Burke's Irish Family Records, 1976, p. 1078.
4. ↑ Weekly Irish Times, 5 Apr 1913.
5. ↑ http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/Rotunda/Belvedere_Place/1330178/
6. ↑ http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Rotunda/Belvidere_Place/29832/
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Families_in_the_Oireachtas#Sullivan