Portal:Law/Biography/Week 03 2006
Hugh Kennedy (1879-1934) was the first Attorney-General of the Republic of Ireland, and later the first Chief Justice of the Irish Free State. As a member of the Irish Free State Constitution Commission, he was also one of the constitutional architects of the Irish Free State.
Kennedy was born in Dublin, Ireland, which, along with England, Scotland and Wales, was then one of the constituent parts of the United Kingdom. He studied at the University College Dublin and King's Inns, Dublin, and was called to the Irish Bar in 1902. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1920 and became a Bencher of King's Inns until 1922.