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Early Dáil member, cooperative organiser, agriculturalist (1901–1960)

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Timothy Quill (9 May 1901 – 10 June 1960) was an Irish Labour Party politician, farmer and a figure in the history of the cooperative movement in Ireland. A regional trade union secretary, he was a founder of the City of Cork Co-operative Society (also serving as the society's secretary), manager and secretary of the Cork Co-operative Bakery and was the editor of The Cork Co-Operator publication. Quill was an early Labour Dáil member to espouse Christian Socialism. He was also secretary of the Irish Friesian Society.

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Timothy knew farming wasn't just a job, but instead, a way of life.

Summing up, I found in Mr. Quill and family an outlook towards rural life that could make this country a rich and happy land, if there was a more general acceptance and application of his ideas.

With a strong work ethic, he always stood up for the underprivileged, and was never afraid to speak plainly.

His role in the expulsion of Michael O’Riordan (who founded the Communist Party of Ireland) from the Labour Party served to underline his assertion that ‘the working men of Ireland...have neither room nor scope for fascism or communism’.

He was a renowned orator.

I regret very much the reverse that has been sustained, where we have lost men like Mr. (Tom) Johnson, who, because of his industry and ability, would receive a place of honour in any Parliament in the world, and young men of the ability and honesty of Mr. Quill, who had been defeated in North Cork by a mere handful of votes, after making a marvellous fight against a combination of influences.