# Timothy Daniel Sullivan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Timothy_Daniel_Sullivan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Timothy_Daniel_Sullivan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Daniel_Sullivan > Source revision: 1345805351 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Irish nationalist, journalist, politician and poet (1827–1914)}} {{Other people|Timothy Sullivan}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Timothy Daniel Sullivan00.jpg | office = [Lord Mayor of Dublin](/source/Lord_Mayor_of_Dublin) | term_start = 4 July 1886 | term_end = 15 July 1888 | predecessor = [John O'Connor](/source/John_O'Connor_(Irish_Parliamentary_Party_politician)) | successor = [Thomas Sexton](/source/Thomas_Sexton_(Irish_politician)) | office1 = [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [West Donegal](/source/West_Donegal_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | term_start1 = 7 July 1892 | term_end1 = 25 October 1900 | predecessor1 = [James Joseph Dalton](/source/James_Joseph_Dalton) | successor1 = [James Boyle](/source/James_Boyle_(Irish_Parliamentary_Party_politician)) | office2 = [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Dublin College Green](/source/Dublin_College_Green) | term_start2 = 1 December 1885 | term_end2 = 5 July 1892 | predecessor2 = New office | successor2 = [Joseph Edward Kenny](/source/Joseph_Edward_Kenny) | office3 = [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Westmeath](/source/Westmeath_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | term_start3 = 1 April 1880 | term_end3 = 25 November 1885 | predecessor3 = {{ubl|[Patrick James Smyth](/source/Patrick_James_Smyth)|[Lord Robert Montagu](/source/Lord_Robert_Montagu)}} | successor3 = Office abolished | birth_name = Timothy Daniel Sullivan | birth_date = {{birth date|1827|5|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [Bantry](/source/Bantry), [County Cork](/source/County_Cork), Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|1914|3|14|1827|5|29|df=y}} | death_place = [Dublin](/source/Dublin), Ireland | party = [Irish Parliamentary Party](/source/Irish_Parliamentary_Party) | spouse = {{marriage|Catherine Healy|1856|1899}} | children = 3 | relations = {{Ubl|[Alexander Martin Sullivan](/source/Alexander_Martin_Sullivan) (brother)|[Donal Sullivan](/source/Donal_Sullivan) (brother)|[Kevin O'Higgins](/source/Kevin_O'Higgins) (grandson)|[Tom O'Higgins](/source/Tom_O'Higgins) (great-grandson)|[Michael O'Higgins](/source/Michael_O'Higgins) (brother-in-law)|[Tim Healy](/source/Tim_Healy_(politician)) (brother-in-law)}} | alma_mater = [Trinity College Dublin](/source/Trinity_College_Dublin) }} '''Timothy Daniel Sullivan''' (29 May 1827 – 31 March 1914) was an Irish [nationalist](/source/Irish_nationalism), journalist, politician and poet who wrote the Irish national hymn "[God Save Ireland](/source/God_Save_Ireland)", in 1867. He served as [Lord Mayor of Dublin](/source/Lord_Mayor_of_Dublin) from 1886 to 1888 and a [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) from 1880 to 1900. ==Politician== Sullivan was a member of the [Home Rule League](/source/Home_Rule_League), supporting [Charles Stewart Parnell](/source/Charles_Stewart_Parnell) in the [1880 general election](/source/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland), being "convinced that without self-government there could never be peace, prosperity or contentment in Ireland". He joined the [Irish Parliamentary Party](/source/Irish_Parliamentary_Party) when it was established in 1882. When the party split in 1891, he became an [Anti-Parnellite](/source/Irish_National_Federation) until the Nationalist factions were reunited in 1900. Sullivan represented a number of constituencies in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom) of the [United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland](/source/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland). He was elected as an [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [Westmeath](/source/Westmeath_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in 1880 and served until 1885. In 1885, he was elected to the newly created constituency of [Dublin College Green](/source/Dublin_College_Green). He joined the anti-Parnellite [Irish National Federation](/source/Irish_National_Federation) in 1891, and was defeated by a [Parnellite](/source/Irish_National_League) in the [1892 general election](/source/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland). Four days later he was returned unopposed for [West Donegal](/source/West_Donegal_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) which he represented until he retired in 1900. He was [Lord Mayor of Dublin](/source/Lord_Mayor_of_Dublin) in 1886 and 1887.{{cite web|url=https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2020-09/lord-mayors-of-dublin-1665-2021.pdf|title=Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2021 |work=Dublin City Council|date=June 2020|access-date=9 March 2024}} ==Publicist== He owned and edited a number of publications ([''The Nation''](/source/The_Nation_(Irish_newspaper)), ''Dublin Weekly News'' and ''Young Ireland''). In December 1887, he published reports of meetings by the [Irish National League](/source/Irish_National_League). As a result, he was convicted and imprisoned for two months under the [Crimes Act](/source/Irish_Coercion_Act). As well as writing the Irish national hymn "[God Save Ireland](/source/God_Save_Ireland)", he wrote the adopted anthem of the [All-for-Ireland League](/source/All-for-Ireland_League): "[''All for Ireland! One for all!''](/source/All-for-Ireland_League) and popular pieces such as ''[Dear Old Ireland](/source/Dear_Old_Ireland)'', "Song from the Backwoods" and "Michael Dwyer".Dunboy, and Other Poems, Dublin, 1861 ==Family== He was married to Catherine (Kate) Healy who was the sister of Tim Healy, the first Governor General of the Irish Free State in 1922.{{cite web|url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/sullivan-timothy-daniel-a8386|title=Sullivan, Timothy Daniel|work=[Dictionary of Irish Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_Irish_Biography)|last=Cronin|first=Maura|access-date=28 March 2026}} A number of his descendants were people of outstanding distinction. His son [Timothy](/source/Timothy_Sullivan_(Irish_judge)) was [Chief Justice of Ireland](/source/Chief_Justice_of_Ireland) from 1936 to 1946. His daughter Frances was an Irish-language activist in {{lang|ga|Craobh an Chéitinnigh}}, the Keating branch of the [Gaelic League](/source/Gaelic_League) (Conradh na Gaeilge) and a lecturer in Irish. His daughter Anne (who had sixteen children) was the mother of politician [Kevin O'Higgins](/source/Kevin_O'Higgins), one of the dominant political figures of the 1920s. Sullivan's great-grandson [Tom O'Higgins](/source/Tom_O'Higgins) served as [Chief Justice of Ireland](/source/Chief_Justice_of_Ireland) from 1974 to 1985.{{cite book|last=De Vere White|first=Terence|title=Kevin O'Higgins|publisher=Methuen and Co.|location=London|year=1948}} His brother, [Alexander Martin Sullivan](/source/Alexander_Martin_Sullivan), author of ''New Ireland'' and a fervent constitutional and cultural nationalist, was the owner and editor of ''The Nation'' after Gavan Duffy, and prior to Timothy Daniel Sullivan.{{cite book|last1=Sullivan|first1=Timothy Daniel|title=A.M. Sullivan: A Memoir|date=1885|publisher=90 Middle Abbey Street|location=Dublin|pages=10–15}} ==References== {{Reflist|refs= McCarthy, Justin; Egan, Maurice Francis; Hyde, Douglas; Gregory, Lady; Roche, James Jeffrey; Welsh, Charles (Eds.)(1904). In ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=tVIrAQAAIAAJ&dq=Timothy+Daniel+Sullivan&pg=PA3333 ''Irish Literature, Vol. IX'']''. Philadelphia: John D. Morris & Co. p. 3333. Google Book Search. Retrieved on 30 March 2011.}} ==Further reading== * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-timothy-sullivan | Timothy Sullivan }} * [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Dublin/Rotunda/Belvidere_Place/29832/ 1911 census return.] * ''Who's Who of British members of parliament: Vol. II 1886–1918'', edited by M. Stenton & S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1978) * {{cite book|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922|editor-first=Brian M.|editor-last=Walker|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|year=1978}} ==Notes== * Sullivan, T.D. (1905) ''[https://archive.org/details/recollectionstr00sullgoog Recollections of Troubled Times in Irish Politics]''. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers & Walker; M.H. Gills & Son, Ltd. Retrieved on 30 March 2011. ==External links== * {{Hansard-contribs | mr-timothy-sullivan | Timothy Daniel Sullivan }} * {{Gutenberg author | id=39886}} * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Timothy Daniel Sullivan |sopt=t}} * ''[https://archive.org/stream/dunboyother00osul/dunboyother00osul_djvu.txt Dunboy, and Other Poems]'' by Timothy Daniel O'Sullivan. Fowler, Dublin. 1861 * ''[https://archive.org/details/irishnationalpoe00sull Irish National Poems]'', Timothy Daniel O'Sullivan (Ed.) Gill & Sons, Dublin, 1911 {{s-start}} {{s-par|uk}} {{s-bef|before = [Patrick James Smyth](/source/Patrick_James_Smyth)
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