Timmy Hourihane: From glamour of London to life on the streets

Timmy Hourihane grew up near Kilcrohane before moving to the UK where he cooked for the likes of Elton John and Lionel Richie. He was fatally assaulted in Cork on October 13, 2019

The scene at Mardyke Walk, Cork, where Timmy Hourihane was assaulted in 2019.  Picture: Dan Linehan

Slain chef Timothy Hourihane once gave the shoes off his feet to a man who was homeless, standing on the street in wet socks with nowhere to sleep that night.  

Known as Timmy, he led a glamorous and comfortable middle-class life in London and the UK for some years, cooking for Elton John and Lionel Richie at private parties and living in a nice house with his wife and son. That was years before he was beaten to death in Cork City.