John Edward Healy (1872–1934) was an Irish journalist and barrister and was editor of

The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...

from 1907 until 1934. The 27 years as editor is the longest for that position at the paper.The Editors
The Irish Times Healy was born on St. Patrick's day 1872, in

Drogheda Drogheda ( , ; , meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, north of Dublin. It is located on the Dublin–Belfast corridor on the east coast of Ireland, mostly in County Louth ...

County Louth County Louth ( ; ga, An Lú) is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the ...

, the son of a solicitor James Stanislaus Healy and his mother Kate Mary Appleyard was the daughter of a Church of Ireland clergyman. Educated in Drogheda Grammar School and

Trinity College Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ...

he graduated with a degree in Literature and Classics, winning prizes while at college. He taught in Rathmines and at Alexandra College. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1906 although never practiced. A journalist he wrote for the Dublin Evening Mail, and was editor of it for two years, before joining the Irish Times, during his time at the Irish Times he also served as special representative for the London Times in Ireland. A member of the

Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second l ...

, he served as editor of The Church of Ireland Gazette. Healy was a staunch Unionist,Life and Irish Times of Douglas Gageby
www.politico.ie had shots were fired at his home during the War of Independence, he defended the Unionist cause in his writings in the Irish Times as his obituary in The Times of London it was noted that, ''he was the protagonist of a losing cause''. Healy married Adeline Alton (1872–1961) in 1898 and had two sons. Ernest Alton Healy was a flight lieutenant with the RAF, and Lewis Edward Healy was a journalist. He died in 1934 at the age of 62. He is buried in Deans Grange Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Healy, John Edward 1872 births 1934 deaths Irish barristers Alumni of Trinity College Dublin The Irish Times editors People from County Louth Burials at Deans Grange Cemetery