“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

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Early Dáil member, cooperative organiser, agriculturalist 1901–1960

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