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A signed inscription by the Irish nationalist politician Timothy Daniel Sullivan, author of the song ‘God Save Ireland’.
Sullivan was a member of the Home Rule League, supporting Charles Stewart Parnell in the 1880 general election, being “convinced that without self-government there could never be peace, prosperity or contentment in Ireland”. He joined the Irish Parliamentary Party when it was established in 1882. When the party split in 1891, he became an Anti-Parnellite until the Nationalist factions were reunited in 1900.
Sullivan represented a number of constituencies in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was elected from Westmeath in 1880 and served until 1885. He then became the first MP from Dublin College Green, until he was defeated by a Pro-Parnellite in the 1892 general election. Four days later he was returned unopposed for West Donegal which he represented until he retired in 1900.[1]
He was Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1886 and 1887.[1]
