Tim Healy (politician)
Timothy " Tim " Michael Healy (Irish Tadhg Ó hÉalaighthe ) ( born May 17, 1855 in Bantry, County Cork, Ireland, † May 26 1931 in Chapelizod, County Dublin) was an Irish politician.
Biography
Tim Healy began his political career as secretary of the Urban Community of Newcastle the British Home Rule Association, which was founded in 1870 by attorney Isaac Butt in Manchester. In 1878 he was in London journalist for the daily newspaper "The Nation" and wrote a weekly column for this via the interaction of the Nationalist Party under Charles Stewart Parnell in the House.
After his release from prison for his participation in violent actions of the Irish Land League, he was in 1880 elected as representatives of the Nationalist Party for Members of the House, in which he represented the constituency of Wexford. He quickly made a name for himself as a speaker and for his knowledge of the most extensive legislative procedure by Parliament. He has been protected to a anerkennten expert on the question of Ireland and namesake of the so-called " Healy " clause in the Land Act of 1881, by the tenants of farms before increasing the rent by the landowners.
This made him popular not only in Southern Ireland, but also led to vote gains his party in the Protestant province of Ulster. 1886 broke with Parnell. However, it was the Irish Nationalist Party joined, although he was also a strong supporter of the offerings of Irish Home Rule.
After his disappointment with the objectives of the Liberals and the Irish nationalists after the Easter Rising in 1916 he was sent to 1917 supporters founded by Arthur Griffith in 1905 Sinn Féin. However, this led to the end of his membership in the House in 1918 after he had given up for reelection in favor of a Sinn Féin candidate.
He was statesman Because of his reputation as an elder appointed 1922 proposal by both the UK and Ireland for the first Governor-General of the Irish Free State. This office he held until his retirement in 1927. Was succeeded by James McNeill.