Timothy Crowley | |
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| Born | 31 July 1847 Elton, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | 19 October 1921 (aged 74) Glin, County Limerick, Ireland |
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Ellen Ryan (m. 1887) |
| Children | Tadhg Crowley, John Crowley, Peter Crowley, 6 others |
| Relatives | Peter O'Neill Crowley, Edmond Heelan[citation needed] |
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Timothy Crowley (31 July 1847[1] – 19 October 1921[2]) was an Irish revolutionary who was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB).[3] He was involved in the Fenian Rising of 1867,[4] and was the secretary of the IRB in Hospital, County Limerick.[3] He was the patriarch of the prominent Irish republican Crowley family of Ballylanders, and the father of the longest hunger strikers in history, John Crowley and Peter Crowley,[5][6] and the Fianna Fáil Politician Tadhg Crowley.
- ^ "Baptismal Record of Timothy Crowley in Knockainey Parish Records". Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI. July 1847. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Death Certificate of Timothy Crowley" (PDF). 9 January 1922.
- ^ a b "Witness Statement of Tadhg Crowley for the Bureau of Military History" (PDF). Bureau of Military History. 3 October 1950. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ Kenny, Conor; Cronin, Clare (2020). The Nine Survivors. Cork: Orla Kelly Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 9781912328864.
- ^ Dwyer, Ryle (13 August 2019). "Death of MacSwiney had enormous significance as prisoners hunger strike drew global coverage". irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ Russell, Alan (1987). The Guinness Book of Records 1988. Jim Pattison. ISBN 978-0-85112-868-9.