John Cullinan
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I have added inline citations as requested. In my opinion this makes the article look rather cluttered and I had the balance right the first time. It is really just a matter of opinion how many inline citations there should be when, as in this case, it is obvious that all of the facts about Cullinan's life were taken from one or other of the obituaries referenced. All three of these obituaries are online at http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/, so everything can be readily checked. I hope you will now release this article as there is yet more work to be done on it in the form of putting in the links from the existing numerous references to this person already contained in Wikipedia. Frankly I do not see myself bothering to place articles on Wikipedia in future if it is going to take so much trouble. In doing your refereeing task I think you need to give more consideration to the work you are creating for contributors and the constraints on their time. Wikipedia ought to be grateful for getting this contribution as it is a long-standing gap which it might be many years before anyone else takes the time to fill.
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John Cullinan (1858?[1] – 17 December 1920) was Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament for Tipperary South, 1900-18.[2]
He was born at Bansha [3] and educated at Thurles Lay College.[4] From his early manhood, he became a prominent figure in the nationalist movement in Tipperary, and played a leading part in the Land League and Plan of Campaign movements.[5] These involvements led to him serving five terms of imprisonment, in which he was sentenced to four terms varying from one month to twelve months, and on another occasion was jailed as a ‘suspect’.[6] He was one of those indicted with John Dillon and William O’Brien in connection with the non-payment of rent campaign on the Smith-Barry estate in 1889-90.[7] He narrowly escaped death in Tullamore jail in 1891 from an attack of fever.[8] For many years he was Chairman of the Tipperary Board of Poor Law Guardians.[9] He was also a member of South Tipperary County Council[10] from its establishment in 1899,[11] and a noted player of hurling and Gaelic football.[12] In 1913 he married Rita, daughter of Thomas O’Meara of Cahir.[13]
He was selected as Nationalist parliamentary candidate for South Tipperary for the general election of 1900 at a convention at Cahir on 26 September 1900,[14] and subsequently was elected unopposed. He continued to hold the seat unopposed through successive general elections until December 1918, when he was defeated by the Sinn Fein candidate Patrick James Moloney by 8,744 votes to 2,701.[15]
He died at a nursing home[16] in Dublin[17] on Friday 17 December 1920, and was buried in Tipperary.[18]
Notes
- ^ There is some doubt about his date of birth. Online Hansard 1803-2005 currently states ‘1858’. But the Irish Independent 18/12/1920 gives 1838, and the Freemans Journal 18/12/1920 gives 1852.
- ^ Walker (1978)
- ^ Irish Independent 18/12/1920
- ^ Irish Independent 18/12/1920, Freemans Journal 18/12/1920
- ^ Irish Independent 18/12/1920, Freemans Journal 18/12/1920
- ^ Freemans Journal 18/12/1920
- ^ Freemans Journal 18/12/1920
- ^ Irish Independent 18/12/1920
- ^ Irish Independent 18/12/1920
- ^ Irish Independent 18/12/1920, Nenagh Guardian 25/12/1925
- ^ Nenagh Guardian 25/12/1920
- ^ Freemans Journal 18/12/1920
- ^ Freemans Journal, 18/12/1920
- ^ Freemans Journal, 18 December 1920
- ^ Walker (1978)
- ^ Nenagh Guardian 25/12/1920
- ^ Irish Independent 18/12/1920, Freemans Journal 18/12/1920, Nenagh Guardian 25/12/1920
- ^ Nenagh Guardian 25/12/1920
References
- "Freemans Journal". 18 December 1920.
- "Irish Independent". 18 December 1920.
- "Nenagh Guardian". 25 December 1920.
- Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.