Timothy Sullivan
Also known as: Timothy Sullivan (Rockterah)
family confidence: 0 — not family / context
Of Coulagh, in the parish of Kilcatherine. "Rockterah" is treated as a townland epithet (a Beara naming convention to distinguish same-named tenants), not a middle name. To verify against an 1851 OSI townland list.
Facts
Each fact shows how sure the archive is of it (0–100) and the sources it rests on.
- Death:
- 1846-12, Coulagh 901846-12-31 — The Times, p.8'He died on Tuesday last' in a letter printed on 31 Dec 1846, so the Tuesday is 15 or 22 Dec 1846. The month is near-certain; the day cannot be fixed. Place: he 'lived at Coulagh'; dying at home there is an inference (75).
- Residence:
- Coulagh
| Date | Fact | Conf. | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1846-12 | name · printed 'Timothy Sullivan (Rockterah)'; the epithet is probably a family or townland by-name (Coulagh) Spelling checked against the page scan on 4 Oct 2026. What the epithet means is an inference (50). | 95 | 1846-12-31 — The Times, p.8 |
| 1846-12 | description · 'the father of four children' (Coulagh) As printed. | 95 | 1846-12-31 — The Times, p.8 |
| 1846-12 | event · 'made several ineffectual appeals for employment'; 'provided with a ticket for employment' on 'Tuesday week last', too late (Barony of Bere) As printed. The public works in the barony had stopped on 10 Dec 1846 and stayed stopped 'until Monday last'. | 95 | 1846-12-31 — The Times, p.8 |
| 1846-12 | event · declared to his neighbours 'that he had not tasted a morsel of food for four days' (Coulagh) As printed. | 95 | 1846-12-31 — The Times, p.8 |
| 1846-12 | burial · buried, then disinterred for a post-mortem on 'last Sunday night'; Dr. Armstrong found 'starvation was the immediate cause' (Berehaven (Castletownbere)) As printed. Sergeant Murphy reported the death to head constable Wade, who wrote to the coroner. | 95 | 1846-12-31 — The Times, p.8 |
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Appears with
- Humphry Curtin1 shared source
- Dr. Armstrong (Berehaven, 1846)1 shared source
Sources linking to this person
<25 — Namesake / flag / context — 1
- 1846-12-31 — The Times, p.8role: subject · identity 100 family confidence on this source: 0 · as printed: Timothy Sullivan (Rockterah)
Identity: The named subject of the report.