Bantry
Co. Cork
Ireland
Richard Sullivan was a son of Daniel Sullivan & Catherine Baylor
He grew up in Bantry and was educated at St Xavier's College and the Catholic University (B.A., 1862), where he was a brilliant student of English literature. He was drawn to journalism and worked on the Dublin Nation and Weekly News, both owned and edited by his elder brother Alexander Martin Sullivan, who himself later became a prominent nationalist politician. Late in 1865 ill health forced Richard to migrate to a warmer climate. He arrived in Sydney, and got work with the Freeman's Journal, the organ of the colony's Irish Catholics. In December 1866 he became editor and part-proprietor.
In early 1869 he clashed with some of his compatriots and fellow proprietors after sponsoring criticism of their cautious approach to the St Patrick's Day celebrations.
He sold his share in the paper and sailed for San Francisco, where in 1870 he became editor of the Irish Catholic Monitor and was also admitted to the Bar.
He was not married, and died of pneumonia on 17 January 1880.
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