| Timothy Harrington | |
|---|---|
 Harrington in 1895 | |
| MP for Dublin Harbour | |
| In office 1 December 1885 – 12 March 1910 | |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | William Abraham |
| MP for Westmeath | |
| In office 24 February 1883 – 25 November 1885 | |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Lord Mayor of Dublin | |
| In office 1901–1904 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Devereux Pile |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Hutchinson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1851 (1851) Bantry, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 10 March 1910(1910-03-10) (aged 58–59) Dublin, Ireland |
| Political party | Irish Parliamentary Party |
| Spouse |
Elizabeth O'Neill (m. 1892) |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | |
Timothy Charles Harrington (1851 – 12 March 1910) was an Irish journalist, barrister, nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
Biography
He was born in Castletownbere, County Cork in 1851; son of Denis Harrington and his wife, Eileen (née O'Sullivan). He was educated at the Catholic University of Ireland and Trinity College Dublin.
As a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, he represented Westmeath from February 1883 to November 1885. In 1885 he was elected for the new constituency of Dublin Harbour, which he represented until his death in 1910. He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin three times from 1901 to 1904.
He owned two newspapers, United Ireland and the Kerry Sentinel and was a member of the so-called Bantry band of prominent nationalist politicians from the Bantry vicinity. They were also more pejoratively known as the Pope's brass band. Tim Healy was another prominent member of this unofficial group.
In 1884, Harrington published a pamphlet, "Maamtrasna Massacres - Impeachment of the Trials" in which he dismantled the Crown Prosecution's case against the eight men accused of the murders of the Joyce family on 17 August 1882. He provided evidence that Crown Prosecutor George Bolton had deliberately suppressed evidence that would have acquitted Myles Joyce, who was hanged, and four men who were sentenced to twenty years of penal servitude.
Harrington was secretary and chief organiser of the Irish National League (INL), a supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell and was largely responsible for devising the agrarian Plan of Campaign in 1886. He became a Parnellite Nationalist when the party split in 1891 continuing as secretary of the INL. In 1897 he proclaimed himself an Independent Nationalist and sided with William O'Brien's United Irish League from its early days. He was briefly considered as a possible alternative to John Redmond as leader of the re-united Irish Parliamentary Party in 1900 when he stood in the general election that year as a Nationalist again.
Thereafter he became excluded from Redmond's closed circle of confidants, he retained sympathy with O'Brien, and represented the interests of the tenant farmers at the 1902 Land Conference negotiations which led to the enactment of the unprecedented Wyndham Land Purchase (Ireland) Act 1903.
Harrington is celebrated by a statue erected in 2001 at the east end of Castletownbere near the Millbrook bar.
On Saturday, 7 September 1901, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Harrington kicked off at the official ceremony to open Bohemian FC's new home, Dalymount Park.
References
- Maume, Patrick. "Harrington, Timothy Charles". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- "Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020" (PDF). Dublin City Council. June 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- Harrington, Timothy - Maamtrasna Massacre - Impeachment of the Trials - https://archive.org/stream/maamtrasnamassac00harr/maamtrasnamassac00harr_djvu.txt
- Miller, David W. (1973). Church, State and Nation in Ireland, 1898–1921: Land for the People. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 86. ISBN 0-7171-0645-4.
Sources
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Vol. II 1886–1918, edited by M. Stenton & S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1978)
- Who's Who of "The Long Gestation" Irish Nationalist Life 1891–1918, Patrick Maume, Gill & Macmillan (1999) ISBN 0-7171-2744-3
External links
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Timothy Harrington
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byTimothy Daniel Sullivan Henry Joseph Gill |
Member of Parliament for Westmeath 1883–1885 With: Timothy Daniel Sullivan |
Constituency divided |
| New constituency | Member of Parliament for Dublin Harbour 1885–1910 |
Succeeded byWilliam Abraham |
| Civic offices | ||
| Preceded byThomas Devereux Pile | Lord Mayor of Dublin 1901–1904 |
Succeeded byJoseph Hutchinson |
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