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Timothy O'Sullivan
Senator
In office
22 July 1954 – 5 November 1969
ConstituencyAgricultural Panel
Teachta Dála
In office
July 1937 – May 1954
ConstituencyCork West
Personal details
Born(1899-07-26)26 July 1899
Bantry, County Cork, Ireland
Died3 March 1971(1971-03-03) (aged 71)
County Cork, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
Spouse
Catherine Daly
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(m. 1926)​
Children12
RelativesPeggy Farrell (niece)

Timothy (Ted) O'Sullivan (26 July 1899 – 3 March 1971) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician from County Cork. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for 27 years, and a Senator for 15 years.[1][2]

O'Sullivan was elected to Dáil Éireann at his first attempt, as a Fianna Fáil candidate for the Cork West constituency at the 1937 general election.[1] He was re-elected for Cork West at the next five general elections, until he retired from the Dáil at the 1954 general election.[3]

He was then stood in the 1954 election to Seanad Éireann, on the Agricultural Panel, and was elected to the 8th Seanad. He was re-elected by the Agricultural Panel at the next three Seanad elections, before retiring from politics in 1969, after completing his term in the 11th Seanad.[3]

His niece Peggy Farrell was a senator from 1969 to 1973.[4]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Timothy O'Sullivan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  2. ^ Ethos, NQC (4 August 2014). "Statement of Ted O'Sullivan". History of Durrus. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Timothy O'Sullivan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  4. ^ McNamara, Maedhbh; Mooney, Paschal (2000). Women in Parliament, Ireland 1918–2000. Dublin: Wolfhound Press. p. 186. ISBN 0-86327-759-4.
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