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List of attorneys general

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Attorneys general of the Irish Free State

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No. Name Term of office Exec. Council
Composition
Subsequent judicial or political career
1 Hugh Kennedy
(TD for Dublin South)
31 January 1922[a] 5 June 1924 SF (PT) (minority)
CnG (minority)
Chief Justice 1924–1936
2 John O'Byrne 7 June 1924 9 January 1926 CnG (minority) High Court judge 1926–1940
Supreme Court judge 1940–1954
3 John A. Costello 9 January 1926 9 March 1932 CnG (minority) Taoiseach 1948–1951, 1954–1957
4 Conor Maguire
(TD for the National University)
10 March 1932 2 November 1936 President of the High Court 1936–1946
Chief Justice 1946–1961
5 James Geoghegan
(TD for Longford–Westmeath)
2 November 1936 22 December 1936 Supreme Court judge 1936–1949
6 Patrick Lynch 22 December 1936 29 December 1937 Continued as AG of Ireland

Attorneys general of Ireland

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No. Name Term of office Subsequent judicial or political career
Patrick Lynch 29 December 1937 1 March 1940 Was last AG of the Irish Free State
Retired aged 74
7 Kevin Haugh 2 March 1940 10 October 1942 High Court judge 1942–1961
Supreme Court judge 1961–1969
8 Kevin Dixon 10 October 1942 30 April 1946 High Court judge 1946–1959
9 Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh 30 April 1946 18 February 1948 Chief Justice of Ireland
10 Cecil Lavery
(Senator on the Cultural and Educational Panel)
19 February 1948 21 April 1950 Supreme Court judge 1950–1966
11 Charles Casey 21 April 1950 12 June 1951 High Court judge 1951–1952
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh 14 June 1951 11 July 1953 Supreme Court judge 1953–1973
Chief Justice 1961–1973
European Court of Justice judge 1973–1974
President of Ireland 1974–1976
12 Thomas Teevan 11 July 1953 30 January 1954 High Court judge 1954–1971
13 Aindrias Ó Caoimh 30 January 1954 2 June 1954
14 Patrick McGilligan
(TD for Dublin North-Central)
2 June 1954 20 March 1957
Aindrias Ó Caoimh 20 March 1957 15 March 1965 President of the High Court 1966–1974
European Court of Justice judge 1975–1985
15 Colm Condon 16 March 1965 14 March 1973
16 Declan Costello
(TD for Dublin South-West)
15 March 1973 19 May 1977 Judge of the High Court 1977–1998
President of the High Court 1995–1998
17 John Kelly
(TD for Dublin South)
20 May 1977 5 July 1977 Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism 1981–1982
18 Anthony J. Hederman 6 July 1977 29 June 1981 Supreme Court judge 1981–1993
19 Peter Sutherland 30 June 1981 9 March 1982
20 Patrick Connolly 10 March 1982 16 August 1982
21 John L. Murray 17 August 1982 14 December 1982
Peter Sutherland 15 December 1982 12 December 1984 European Commissioner for Competition 1985–1989
Director-General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1993–1994
Director-General of the World Trade Organization 1995
Chairman of Goldman Sachs 1995–2015
UN Special Representative for International Migration 2006–2017
22 John Rogers 13 December 1984 10 March 1987
John L. Murray 11 March 1987 25 September 1991 European Court of Justice judge 1992–1999
Supreme Court judge 1999–2015
Chief Justice 2004–2011
23 Harry Whelehan 26 September 1991 11 November 1994 President of the High Court 15–17 November 1994
24 Eoghan Fitzsimons 11 November 1994 15 December 1994
25 Dermot Gleeson 15 December 1994 26 June 1997
26 David Byrne 26 June 1997 17 July 1999 European Commissioner for Consumer Protection 1999–2004
27 Michael McDowell 17 July 1999 6 June 2002 Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 2002–2007
Tánaiste 2006–2007
Senator for National University of Ireland since 2016
28 Rory Brady 7 June 2002 14 June 2007
29 Paul Gallagher 14 June 2007 9 March 2011
30 Máire Whelan 9 March 2011 14 June 2017 Court of Appeal judge 2017–
31 Séamus Woulfe 14 June 2017 27 June 2020 Supreme Court judge 2020–
Paul Gallagher 27 June 2020 17 December 2022
32 Rossa Fanning 17 December 2022 Incumbent
  1. ^ "Article at University College Dublin archives department". Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2008.


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