Tim Healy (politician)
Tim Healy | |
|---|---|
Healy, c. 1915 | |
| Governor-General of the Irish Free State | |
| In office 6 December 1922 – 31 January 1928 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | James McNeill |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 1880–1918 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 May 1855 Bantry, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 26 March 1931 (aged 75) Chapelizod, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Spouse | Erina Sullivan (m. 1882, d. 1927) |
| Profession | Politician |
Timothy Michael Healy, KC (17 May 1855 – 26 March 1931) was an Irish nationalist politician, journalist, author, barrister and a controversial Irish Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. His political career began in the 1880s under Charles Stewart Parnell's leadership of the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) and continued into the 1920s, when (on 5 December 1922) he was appointed as the first governor-general of the Irish Free State.