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Vol. XII, No. .6.]
December, 1918.
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L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Half-yearly General Meeting.
THE Half-yearly General Meeting of the
Society was held in the Solicitors' Buildings,
Four Courts, on Tuesday, November 26th.
The chair was occupied by Mr. William V.
Seddall, President of
the Society.
The
following members were present :—
Sir A. F. Baker, Sir W. Fry, A. E. Bradley,
P. J. Brady, E. H. Burne, J. H. Callan,
J. W. Dyas, E. N. Edwards, W. H. Fry,
C. G. Gamble, W. S. Hayes, James Henry,
J. E. MacDermott, C. St. G. Open, A. D.
Orr, T. G. Quirke, J. W. Richards, Patrick
Rooney, Peter Seales, W. J. Shannon, W. T.
Sheridan, A. W. Stirling, Basil Thompson,
J. H. Walsh, R. G. Warren, R. B. White,
D. B. Dunne, H. D. Draper, W. J. Brett,
D. A. Quaid, H. C. Neilson, W. J. M. Coulter,
J. V. Fahy, Sir Wm. Fry, F. S. de V. White,
Q. W. Kennedy, Samuel Kerr, Edward
Condell, C. Corcoran, S. M. Bell, J. W.
Davis, J. K. Woods, R. W. MacNeice,
H. Malley, Daniel O'Grady, C.
J. Law,
G. A. G. Byrne, R. N. Keller, B. M. O'Grady,
G. H. Parkes, J. R. Peart, F. E. Bermingham,
Plunkett Kenney, Sir A. F. Baker, R. C.
Joy, C. J. Rutherfoord, L. F. Kenny, Elliott
McNeill, B. R. W. Doran, J. G. Lidwell,
A. Woodcock, C. H. Hardman, 0. E. Barber,
M. Dawson, G. E. White, C. G. Thompson,
W. O'Reilly, W. M. Reid.
The Secretary (Mr. W. G. Wakely) read
the notice convening the meeting, also the
minutes of the Half-yearly General Meeting
held last May, which latter were signed by
the President, who also signed the audited
accounts.
The Secretary read the report of
the
Scrutineers of the ballot for election of Council
for year ending 26th November, 1919, which
stated that the following had been returned
unopposed as Provincial Delegates :—Thomas
M. Greer, for Ulster ; Thomas H. Kenny, for
Munster ; Michael Buggy, for Leinster ; and
Henry J. Concanon, for Connaught; and
that
the
following, having received
the
number of votes placed after their names,
had been elected as the thirty-one Ordinary
Members of the Council:—Patrick J. Brady,
273 W. J. Shannon, 256 ;
J. W. Richards-
256
W. S. Hayes, 252; W. V. SeddaU,
249
C. St. G. Orpen, 244; A. E. Bradley,
239
J. Henry, 238; J. E. MacDermott,
237
T. G. Quirke, 235; R. G. Warren,
235
James Moore, 227 ;
E. H. Burne;
226
A. H. S. Orpen, 225; J. H. Walsh,
220
R. B. White, 217 ; C. Gamble, 208 ;
B. Thompson, 202; H. Shannon,
201 ;
M. Hearn, 199 ;
W. H. Fry, 197 ;
E. N;
Edwards, 190 ;
A. D. Orr, 171 ;
P. Seales.
168; W. T. Sheridan, 167; J. H. Callan,
163 ;
P. Rooney, 161 ;
T. F. Monks, 143 ,
L. C. P. Smith, 134;
J. W. Dyas, 132 ;
A. W. Stirling, 130 ;
and the following to
form a supplemental list to fill vacancies :—
R. N. Keller, 126 ;
P. J. Meehan, 121, and
J. G. Oulton, 86.
THE PRESIDENT, moving the adoption
of the Report of the Council, referred to the
shadow of war which hung over the country
at the period of the previous meeting of the
Society.
Thank God that cloud had rolled away,
and they met that day under the bright
sunshine of a victorious peace. They had
reason to rejoice in the victory of our Empire
and our Allies, and it must be no small
gratification to them all as Irishmen that one
of those who were among the most honoured
heroes of the war, the man who commanded
the " contemptible," but glorious, British
Army, who, with a handful of British and