6 Cavendish Row
Dublin
Ireland
Timothy Charles Harrington married Elizabeth O'Neill of 6 Cavendish Row, Dublin on 26 July 1892 in St Mary, Pro Cathedral. The Witnesses were James L. Carew and Delia Hanley. Timothy, born 1851, was a son of Denis Harrington & Eileen Sullivan, Castletownbere, Co. Cork. He attended the local National School at Brandy Hall.
Elizabeth was a daughter of widow, Elizabeth O'Neill who was born in Co. Sligo, and the late Dr Edward O'Neill.
He was an Irish journalist, barrister, nationalist politician and
Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland.
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 1901–04.
He was educated at the Catholic University of Ireland and Trinity College,
Dublin. He
owned two newspapers, United Ireland and the Kerry Sentinel. He was a member of
the so-called "Bantry Band" of prominent nationalist politicians from the Bantry
vicinity. Others in this "group" were:- Brothers Timothy Daniel Sullivan and Alexander Martin Sullivan were MP's. Their sister, Eliza, was the mother of Thomas Joseph Healy, Timothy Healy and Maurice Healy and remarkably the three of these were Members of Parliament too. James Gilhooly, Bantry was also an MP. Castletownbere born Timothy C. Harrington, his brother Edward Harrington and William Martin Murphy were MP's also, so hence the nickname of "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. Harrington was secretary and chief organisor of the Irish National
League (INL), supporter of Charles Stewart Parnell and was largely responsible
for devising the agarian Plan of Campaign in 1886. He became a pro-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) Act (1903).
He was noted as a particularly hardline nationalist. For
instance, in 1902, during Harrington's mayoralty, King Edward VII visited Dublin but Harrington
refused to even meet his sovereign lord, and turned down tempting offers by Wyndham
to support an address.
Timothy is celebrated by a statue which was erected in 2003 by the Beara Historical Society. The statue is at the east end
of Castletownbere near the Millbrook bar. It stands on the site where Timothy
Harrington's family resided after being evicted from a small holding outside
of Castletownbere. The memorial was unveiled by Nuala Harrington Jordan,
grandaughter of Timothy Harrington.
On Saturday, 7 September 1901, the then Lord Mayor of
Dublin, Tim Harrington kicked off at the official ceremony to open Bohemian
FC's new home, Dalymount Park On 26 July 1892, Timothy and Elizabeth married in St. Mary, Pro Cathedral in Dublin. The Witnesses were James L. Carew and Delia Hanley.
Children of Timothy and Elizabeth, baptised in St Mary, Pro Cathedral, Dublin were:-
Eileen Elizabeth (b. 11 Oct 1894). Sponsors: Daniel Harrington, Elizabeth Mary O'Neill
Moira Gertrude (b. 8 Nov 1895). Sponsors: Hugh O'Neill, May Harrington
Brendan Timothy (b. 25 May 1897). Sponsors: Danl N. Harrington, Maria Keller, Elizabeth O'Neill
Oona Mary Teresa (b. 26 Apr 1899). Sponsors: James Harrington, Kathleen O'Neill
Niall ( 23 Jan 1901)
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