Maurice Healy
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The other MPs pictured are: Patrick Guiney (North Cork), James Gilhooly (West Cork), D. D. Sheehan (Mid Cork), and Eugene Crean (South-east Cork).
At the December 1910 general election Maurice Healy was returned for (Cork city).
His elder brother, Tim Healy, was also an All-for-Ireland League MP, first for North Louth and later for North-east Cork.
Maurice Healy (3 January 1859 - 9 November 1923) was an Irish Nationalist MP in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
He was one of twins born to Maurice and Eliza Healy in 1859. His mother died during the birth. As he grew up he became very close to his elder brother Tim, they even married sisters. It is said that the nurse placed Maurice in the young Tim's arms and said, "This little boy has no mother now and you will have to be a mother to him." The orphaned children were effectively raised by their maternal grandmother, Jane Sullivan.
He trained and practiced as a solicitor and was returned to parliament four times, first as a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, finally from 1910 as supporter and member of William O'Brien's All-for-Ireland Party. Although more retiring and stolid than his better known elder brother, he was considered the more intelligent and often acted as a counter-balance to his brother's emotionality.
His uncle, Timothy Daniel Sullivan was also a Member of Parliament, as was his oldest brother, Thomas J. Healy and father-in-law A. M. Sullivan. His son, also called Maurice (1888 - 1943), was both a successful lawyer, and a broadcaster for the BBC during the early years of World War II.
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[edit] Sources
- Paul Bew, Healy, Timothy Michael (1855–1931) In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
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| Preceded by John Deasy |
Member of Parliament for Cork City 1885 – 1900 |
Succeeded by William O'Brien |
| Preceded by William O'Brien |
Member of Parliament for Cork City 1909 – 1910 |
Succeeded by William O'Brien |
| Preceded by William O'Brien |
Member of Parliament for North-east Cork March - December 1910 |
Succeeded by Moreton Frewen |
| Preceded by Augustine Roche |
Member of Parliament for Cork City 1910 – 1918 |
Succeeded by Liam de Roiste and J. J. Walsh |
