Attorney General of Ireland
List of Attorneys General

Attorney General of Ireland

Section Title: List of Attorneys General
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Attorneys General of the Irish Free State[edit]

No.	Name	Term of Office	Subsequent judicial or political career

1.	Hugh Kennedy	31 January 1922	5 June 1924	Chief Justice 1924–1936

2.	John O'Byrne	7 June 1924	9 January 1926	High Court judge 1926–1940 Supreme Court judge 1940–1954

3.	John A. Costello	9 January 1926	9 March 1932	Taoiseach 1948–1951, 1954–1957

4.	Conor Maguire	10 March 1932	2 November 1936	President of the High Court 1936–1946 Chief Justice 1946–1961

5.	James Geoghegan	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[edit]

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

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

10.	Cecil Lavery	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	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	15 March 1973	19 May 1977	Judge of the High Court 1977–1998 President of the High Court 1995–1998

17.	John Kelly	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

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 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	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

Patrick McGilligan, was the Attorney General of Ireland from 2 June, 1954 to 20 March, 1957, Aindrias Ó Caoimh was the Attorney General of Ireland from 20 March,1957 to 15 March, 1965, President of the High Court during, 1966–1974 and European Court of Justice judge from, 1975 to 1985.

final_sentence: Patrick McGilligan, was the Attorney General of Ireland from 2 June, 1954 to 20 March, 1957, Aindrias Ó Caoimh was the Attorney General of Ireland from 20 March,1957 to 15 March, 1965, President of the High Court during, 1966–1974 and European Court of Justice judge from, 1975 to 1985.