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THE INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
GAZETTE
DECEMBER 1979
VOL. 73
NO. 10
Officers of the Incorporated Law
Society of Ireland 1979/80
The President
MR. WALTER BEATTY, Solicitor, has been elected
President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland for
the year 1979/80.
Mr. Beatty was educated at Xavier's School, Donny-
brook, and obtained a B.A. Degree in University College,
Dublin, in 1953. He was admitted in Easter Term 1955
and has been practising since with the firm of Vincent and
Beatty. He was auditor of the Solicitors' Apprentices'
Debating Society in 1953/54. He was first elected to the
Council in 1967 and was appointed a notary public in
1969.
The Vice Presidents
MRS. MOYA QUINLAN, the newly elected Senior Vice-
President, is the only daughter of the late Joseph Dixon.
Educated at the Dominican College, Sion Hill, Blaci-
rock, and at University College, Dublin, Mrs. Quinlan
was admitted in Easter Term 1946. Mrs. Quinlan is
Principal of the firm of Joseph H. Dixon & Co. She has
been a member of the Council since 1969, has served on
the Society's Public Relations and Registrar's Com-
mittees and is a former Chairman of the Premises Com-
mittee. Mrs. Quinlan is President of the Dublin Solicitors'
Bar Association.
MR. MICHAEL P. HOULIHAN has been elected
Junior Vice-President for the year 1979/80. Mr.
Houlihan is Principal of the firm of Ignatius M. Houlihan
& Sons, 10/11 Bindon Street, Ennis, Co. Clare, and is
the eldest son of Ignatius M. Houlihan and Oona Treacy-
Houlihan, both solicitors.
Educated at Ennis C.B.S., Cistercian College,
Roscrea, and U.C.D., Mr. Houlihan was admitted in 1963
and has been a member of the Council since the year
1970. He is a former Chairman of the Society's
Privileges, Professional Purposes, and Insurance Com-
mittees, and was the Society's representative on the
Superior Court Rules Committee. Mr. Houlihan is
currently President of the County Clare Law Association.