10 Mt Joy Place Dublin Ireland
Maurice Healy of Cork married Anna Sullivan of 10 Mt. Joy Place, Dublin on 20 Jan 1887 in St. Mary Pro Cathedral, Dublin. The Witnesses were P. A. Chance and Annie Sullivan.
This Maurice was a solicitor and an MP (Member of Parliament) for Cork City. He was returned to in the House of Commons of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland four times between 1885 and
1918. He was one of the politicians from the Bantry / Beara area informally knows as the "Bantry Band".
A plaque on the Fáilte Ireland Tourist Office (former Courthouse) on Bantry Square reads:- THIS PLAQUE HAS BEEN ERECTED IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BANTRY BAND THE SULLIVANS, HEALYS, HARRINGTONS, MURPHY AND GILHOOLY, WHOSE BRILLIANT DEFENCE OF IRELAND'S CAUSE IN THE BRITISH HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT WAS ACCLAIMED BY ALL IRISHMEN. His uncle, Timothy Daniel Sullivan was also a
Member of Parliament, as were his older brothers, Thomas Joseph and Timothy Healy.
His father-in-law Alexander Martin Sullivan was an MP too.
Maurice died at his residence in Ballintemple, Cork and is buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
 Family Home in Bantry where they grew up
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