Timothy O'Sullivan (Fianna Fáil politician)

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| office = Senator

| term_start = 22 July 1954

| term_end = 5 November 1969

| constituency = Agricultural Panel

| office1 = Teachta Dála

| term_start1 = July 1937

| term_end1 = May 1954

| constituency1 = Cork West

| nationality = Irish

| party = Fianna Fáil

| birth_date = {{birth date|1899|7|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bantry, County Cork, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1971|3|3|1899|7|26|df=y}}

| death_place = County Cork, Ireland

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| spouse = {{marriage|Catherine Daly|1926}}

| children = 12

| relatives = Peggy Farrell (niece)

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Timothy-O'Sullivan.D.1937-07-21/|title=Timothy O'Sullivan|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=19 July 2012}}{{cite web|last1=Ethos|first1=NQC |title=Statement of Ted O'Sullivan|url=https://durrushistory.com/statement-of-ted-osullivan-gortycloona-bantry-co-cork-to-bureau-of-military-history/|website=History of Durrus|date=4 August 2014|access-date=26 April 2020}}

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. He was re-elected for Cork West at the next five general elections, until he retired from the Dáil at the 1954 general election.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=8623|title=Timothy O'Sullivan|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=19 July 2012}}

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.

His niece Peggy Farrell was a senator from 1969 to 1973.{{cite book|title=Women in Parliament, Ireland 1918–2000|year=2000 |author=McNamara, Maedhbh|author2=Mooney, Paschal |publisher=Wolfhound Press|location=Dublin|isbn=0-86327-759-4|page=186}}