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considered by the Council.
In one case the appli
cation was granted ;
in the other it was refused.
One
application
from a
law clerk
to
the
Chief Justice for exemption from the Preliminary
examination was
considered.
It was decided
to oppose the application.
EXAMINATION RESULTS
Preliminary Examination
AT
the Preliminary Examination for
intending
apprentices to solicitors held on the yth and 8th
days of October, the following passed the exam
ination and their names are arranged in order of
merit:—
i. Edwin Russell McCloughan.
2. Patrick
J. Cody.
3. Mary Moore. 4. Sedn Cormac Rynne.
5. James Derrick Robinson. 6. Gabriel A. Toolan.
7. Marie Elizabeth Wright.
Thirteen candidates entered ;
seven passed ;
six were postponed.
The Council
awarded
a Gold Medal
to
Edwin Russell McCloughan, and a Special Certi
ficate to Patrick J. Cody.
Irish Examinations
AT examinations held on the ist and 2nd days of
October under
the Legal Practitioners'
(Quali
fication) Act, 1929, the following passed the exam
inations :—
First Examination in Irish
Susanna Bowler, Geoffrey
J.
P. Brooks,
Fionnbar Francis Callanan, William Corrigan, Francis
J. P. Dillon, Edna Cyril Gearty, William Francis
Harpur, Kenneth Burgess Henderson, Ivan W. P.
Kelly, Edwin Russell McCloughan, Mary Moore,
Thomas Joseph Mullaney, Nora Murphy, John
Anthony
O'Meara,
Labhras
Conchubhar
O'Raghallaigh,
John Anthony Phelan, Patrick
J. G. Powell, Brian Price, Colm Price, Mary
Elizabeth Reihill, Mairead Ruttledge, Sean Cormac
Rynne, Gabriel A. Toolan, Zerrick Woolfson.
Twenty-nine candidates entered;
twenty-four
passed, three were postponed, two did not attend.
Second Examination in Irish
Thomas R. R. King, Stephen J. McDonagh,
Jeremiah J. O'Connor, John Galway Ronan,
Thomas Shields, Richard Francis Blair White.
Nine candidates entered;
six passed;
two
were postponed, one did not attend.
Intermediate Examination
AT the Intermediate Examination for apprentices
to solicitors held on 6th October, the following
passed the examination :—
Passed with Merit
i. Andrew Francis Ryan.
2. Mary Philomena
Gallagher. 3. Edmund S. Doyle. 4. Richard Ryan.
Passed
Thomas L. Callan, Kevin J. Callanan, Kenneth
Clear, Patrick Conway, Edward M. Greene, Joseph
Griffin, Comhghall U. MacGuill, Sean Magee, Daniel
M. F. Molloy, Patrick U. Murphy, William S.
O'Brien, Ronald H. C. O'Doherty, Michael K.
O'Driscoll, Patrick Quinn, John Patrick Sheehey,
James Tuohy, James P. Woods.
Thirty-one candidates entered;
twenty-one
passed ; nine were postponed, one did not attend.
Final Examination
AT
the Final Examination
for apprentices
to
solicitors held on the 4th and 5th days of October,
the following passed the examination and their
names are arranged in order of merit:—
i. John E. Keenan. 2. Thomas H. Bacon, B.A.,
N.U.I. 3. Edward O'Driscoll. 4. Barry G. Donnelly.
5. Frances M. G. Callan, B.A., N.U.I.
6. George
J. Colley. 7. Patrick J. Brennan. 8. Oliver Anthony
Macklin.
9. John Edmund Doyle.
10. Desmond
Gerard Houston, n. John R. Noonan. 12. William
Desmond McEvoy.
13. Paul Desmond Kearns.
14. Martin Haran.
15. Thomas Kevin O'Connor.
16. James C. Brennan.
Twenty-six candidates entered; sixteen passed ;
ten were postponed.
The Council has awarded Silver Medals to
John E. Keenan and Thomas H. Bacon, and a
Special Certificate to Edward O'Driscoll.
SCHOLARSHIPS, 1948
THE Findlater Scholarship was awarded to Eamon
P. Carroll who obtained ist place in the Final
Examination
in October, 1947, and served his
apprenticeship with Mr. Brendan M. Glynn,
Solicitor, Ballinasloe.
The Overend Final Examination Scholarship
(Real Property and Conveyancing) was awarded
to John E. Keenan who obtained ist place in the
Final Examination in October, 1948, and served
his apprenticeship with Mr.
John | J. Keenan,
Solicitor, Monaghan.
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