Mr. Healy Mr. Timothy Healy died last week at the
age of seventy-five. He came to politics through journalism; achieved eminence as a lawyer, and ended a remarkable career as the first Governor-General of the Irish Free State. His name has already . become legendary in the House of Commons. As a debater he was forceful, witty, and, above all, vitriolic. He handled with skill all those weapons in the armoury of dialectics which are commonly neglected to-day. The fears expresSed in 1922 that the dignities of high office would sit uneasily on his outspoken independence were groundless. The eternal gamin in him succumbed no more to nostalgic de la boue. His simplicity and essential goodness of heart triumphed. He ended his days in peace and honour beside the Liffey, a very great and very charming Irishman.
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