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Conor Maguire (judge)

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Conor Maguire
3rd Chief Justice of Ireland
In office
1 June 1946 – 11 June 1961
Nominated byGovernment of Ireland
Appointed bySeán T. O'Kelly
Preceded byTimothy Sullivan
Succeeded byCearbhall Ó Dálaigh
Judge of the Supreme Court
In office
4 May 1946 – 11 June 1961
Nominated byGovernment of Ireland
Appointed bySeán T. O'Kelly
President of the High Court
In office
11 March 1936 – 4 May 1946
Nominated byGovernment of Ireland
Appointed byDomhnall Ua Buachalla
Preceded byTimothy Sullivan
Succeeded byGeorge Gavan Duffy
Judge of the High Court
In office
11 March 1936 – 4 May 1946
Nominated byGovernment of Ireland
Appointed byDomhnall Ua Buachalla
4th Attorney General of Ireland
In office
10 March 1932 – 2 November 1932
PresidentÉamon de Valera
Preceded byJohn A. Costello
Succeeded byJames Geoghegan
Teachta Dála
In office
February 1932 – 8 March 1936
ConstituencyNational University
Personal details
Born(1889-12-16)16 December 1889
Claremorris, County Mayo, Ireland
Died26 September 1971(1971-09-26) (aged 81)
Sandymount, Dublin, Ireland
Resting placeShanganagh Cemetery, Shankill, Dublin, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
Spouse
Nora Whelan
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(m. 1917)​
Children3
EducationClongowes Wood College
Alma mater

Conor Alexander Maguire (16 December 1889 – 26 September 1971) was an Irish politician, lawyer and judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 1946 to 1961, a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1946 to 1961, President of the High Court, a Judge of the High Court from 1936 to 1946 and Attorney General of Ireland from March 1932 to November 1932. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the National University of Ireland constituency from 1932 to 1936.

Maguire was born in Claremorris, County Mayo, in 1889.[1] He was educated at Clongowes Wood College and University College Dublin (UCD). At UCD, he was a founding member of the Legal and Economic Society (now known as the University College Dublin Law Society) in 1911.

He then returned to County Mayo, where he practised as a barrister and was instrumental in establishing Ireland's first working Republican Courts, which usurped the existing courts, and created a forum to try offenders, resolve grievances and adjudicate on land issues.[2]

He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for the National University constituency at the 1932 general election and was re-elected at the 1933 general election.[3] He was appointed as Attorney General of the Irish Free State in March 1932.[4] In November 1936, he resigned as Attorney General and as a TD on his appointment as President of the High Court and a Judge of the High Court.[5] In 1946, he was appointed as Chief Justice of Ireland, that is the president of the Supreme Court of Ireland, where he served until 1961.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Coleman, Marie. "Maguire, Conor Alexander". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Document NO. W.S. 708" (PDF). Bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Conor Maguire". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Conor Maguire". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 11 September 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
  5. ^ "Attorney-General's Judicial Appointment – Dáil Éireann (8th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 4 November 1936. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
Legal offices
Preceded by Attorney General of Ireland
1932–1936 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Justice of Ireland
1946–1961 		Succeeded by
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