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politicians who supported Tim Healy MP. Healy was the most outspoken member of the

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majority in the

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. In the years following the revelation of the O'Shea scandal in 1890 he became estranged from the movement, setting up his own personal organisation as

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(MP) for North Louth in 1892, together with five fellow MPs, under the name "People's Rights Association". It was dubbed the 'clerical' party due to Healy's closeness to his clerical ally

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. The parliamentary election results in Ireland at the 1895 general election show eight Healyite Nationalist MPs returned to the

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. These, apart from Tim Healy, included

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, Arthur O'Connor and

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. At the next general election, in

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, Healyites stood in sixteen constituencies. Six were elected: John Campbell (South Armagh), John Hammond (Carlow County),

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(South Wexford),

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(South Meath), Tim Healy (North Louth) and Patrick Kennedy (North Westmeath).Miller, David: p. 51 One of those who failed to be elected was

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, a close associate of Healy. Finally, at the general election of 1906, this number fell to one, Tim Healy himself, who later associated himself with the

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References

* Callanan, Frank. ''T. M. Healy''. Cork:

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, 1996, pp. 422–441. * Walker, Brian M. (ed.). ''Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922''. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy Press, 1978, pp. 151–162. {{ISBN, 0-901714-12-7 Political parties in pre-partition Ireland Defunct political parties in the United Kingdom Irish nationalist parties 1890s in Ireland 1900s in Ireland 1890s in Irish politics 1900s in Irish politics