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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
[DECEMBER, 1918
A letter was read from the Southern Law
Association submitting the names of the
following members of that Association to be
Extra-ordinary Members of the Council :—
Mr. Walter Thornhill (President), Mr. W. H.
Corker, Mr. B. C. Galvin, Mr. C. Jermyn,
and Mr. A. Julian.
The ten members nominated were declared
duly elected.
Apprentices' Debating Society.
The list of subjects for debates during the
1918-19 Session submitted by the Debating
Society was approved. The Council' permit
ted the meetings to be held on Wednesday
evenings in the Solicitors' Buildings.
Apportionment of Land Purchase Annuities.
The attention of the Council was directed
by a Provincial Delegate to the inconvenience
caused amongst country practitioners by de
lays in the issue of Land Commission appor
tionment orders, and it was resolved that a
letter be addressed to the Irish Land Com
mission on the subject.
Applications by Law Clerks.
Reports from the Court of Examiners were
submitted upon two applications by law
clerks for leave to be bound as apprentices
to Solicitors, under Section 16. The Council
granted one of the applications and refused
the other.
Council Meetings.
Meetings of the Council are fixed to be held
upon the following dates :—
January 15th and 29th.
February 12th and 26th.
The President.
Mr. ROBERT G. WARREN, who was elected
President of the Society upon 4th December,
was admitted to the profession in the year
1889. He is a Graduate of Dublin University,
has been a member of the Council since the
year 1908, taking an active part in its work,
and holds the appointment of Crown Solicitor
for County Wicklow. He practises under
the style of Messrs. Lambert & Warren, at
9 Eustace Street, Dublin.
The newly elected President has for many
years enjoyed considerable public popularity
through the prominent part taken by him in
advancing the Rugby game of football in
Ireland. He was Captain of the first Irish
Team to beat England in 1887, and played
for Ireland continuously between the years
1885-1890, and he still acts as Secretary of
the International Rugby Union Board for
Great Britain and Ireland.
Obituary.
MR. MARTIN T. BREENE, Solicitor, died
upon the 2nd November, 1918, at Dublin.
Mr. Breene served his apprenticeship with
Mr. Henry D. Keane, Waterford; was
admitted
in Hilary Sittings,
1917,
and
practised at Waterford.
MR. THOMAS A. MCLERNON, Solicitor, died
upon the 4th November, 1918, at Belfast.
Mr. McLernon served his apprenticeship
with Mr. James Brown, Magherafelt; was
admitted
in Hilary Sittings,
1896,
and
practised at Belfast.
MR. JAMES DOWLING, Solicitor, died upon
the 5th November, 1918, at his residence,
Kildare.
Mr. Dowling served his apprenticeship
with Mr. Edward F. McHugh, 50 Lower
Sackville Street, Dublin ;
was admitted in
Hilary Sittings,
1905,
and practised at
Kildare.
MR. CYRIL CLARE McC. STRONGE, Solicitor,
died upon the 9th November, 1918, at
Londonderry.
Mr. Stronge served his apprenticeship with
Mr.
John R. Moorhead, Belfast ;
was
admitted
in Hilary Sittings,
1906,
and
practised at Ballyshannon up to 1908, in
which year he was appointed Lecturer in
Modern Languages at the McCrea Magee
College, Londonderry.