Timothy Daniel
Sullivan 1827-1914
Born
in Bantry, County Cork. He was the older brother of A. M. Sullivan and
became editor of the Nation in 1876. He was a Nationalist MP from
1880-1887. In 1887 he was imprisoned. He wrote a number of songs including
God Save Ireland and The Song of the Canadian Backwoods (Ireland, Boys,
Hooray). Other works include Dunboy, Blanaid, Green Leaves – A Volume of
Irish Verse, Lays of the Land League, Prison Poems; or Lays of Tullamore
and Recollections of Troubled Times in Irish
Politics.
He is buried in Dublin. The top photograph shows the grave before it was tidied
up by the National Graves Association.
Further information, location and directions to the grave are
to be found in "The End - An Illustrated Guide to the Graves of Irish Writers".
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