McCarthy Downing
Timothy McCarthy Downing was an Irish Liberal Party and Home Rule League politician. He was Liberal Member of Parliament for County Cork from 1868 to 1874, and then a Home Rule League MP for the same constituency until his death in 1879.
McCarthy Downing was a solicitor, and Prospect House, Skibbereen was the family house, which later became the Bishop Residence. He is buried in Old Caheragh Graveyard, Skibbereen.
