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Timothy Quill was an Irish Labour Party politician, farmer and a figure in the history of the cooperative movement in Ireland. He was a founder of the City of Cork Co-operative Society , and was the editor of The Cork Co-Operator publication. He was also manager and secretary of the Cork Co-operative Bakery Society. He was an organiser for the Labour Party in Cork, a regional trade union secretary and one of a number of early Labour Dáil members to promote Christian socialism. Quill also served as a local councillor initially with Cork County Council from 1925 but served on both the County Council and Cork Corporation during the 1930s and 1940s. Wikipedia  

✵ 9. May 1901 – 10. June 1960
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Famous Timothy Quill Quotes

“Work but use your head as well as your hands, trust in God and He will never let you down.”

Timothy Quill

The Cork Examiner (1955)

“The real trouble is that money and money power now exceed their rightful use, to serve as a medium of exchange.”

Timothy Quill

The Cork Co-Operator (1939)

“The Corporation is going to spend a fortune on putting people safely underground, but no money could be found to give them proper housing overground.”

Timothy Quill

'When Cork City had 100 Air Raid Shelters... And Just One of Them Is Still Left Standing', Pat Poland, The Holly Bough (2020)
Attributed to Quill, 2020s

“While people are allowed to elect a Government or Corporation, they are deprived of any real power, as there exists a financial dictatorship that causes high rents, excessive prices and profits.”

Timothy Quill

Irish Press (1940)
By Quill:, 1940s

“Why should films not be used for Irish-Ireland purposes and for the proper appreciation of scenery and beauty?”

Timothy Quill

Irish Independent (1943)
By Quill:, 1940s

“The rising prices and scarcity of some articles of food shows that there is no control of profits.”

Timothy Quill

Irish Press (1941)
By Quill:, 1940s

“At home, sipping Russet Tea,
I marvelled more and more
That pretty pretexts such as these
Should make folks leave the store.
I comforted myself to think I'd told 'em
pretty plain;
You've cut your nose to spite your face;
you'll soon come back again."”

Timothy Quill

By Quill:, 1930s, She Left The Store

“It is now becoming recognised in all parts of the world that there can be no healthy Christian State, in any country, where poverty exists amongst the masses of the people.”

Timothy Quill

The Kerryman (1937)
By Quill:, 1930s

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