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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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