Career
Initially a Liberal, he was the Home Rule League Member of Parliament for Cavan (United Kingdom Parliament constituency), elected for 1874 and 1880 holding his seat until the constituency was abolished in 1885. In January, 1878 he was elected to the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland. In March 1878 he was appointed to the Select Committee on the Irish Land Acting 1870.
In contrast to many fellow Home rulers, his opposition to the Irish Coercion Acts was reported as lacklustre.
He was the youngest of the four sons of Thomas Fay (b 1791) of Faybrook, Cootehill, County Cavan. In later life Fay had a residence at Granite Lodge, Kingstown.
In September 1895 he went missing, having been last seen alive at Cootehill fair. The following month he was found drowned beside the River Annalee.
lieutenant is believed that he lost his way travelling home in the dark.
