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The Chairman, addressing the meeting, said :—
“ L
adies
and
G
entlemen
:
“ Since our last General Meeting, we have
suffered the loss of many members through death.
The following are no longer amongst us :—Mr.
Joseph G. Groarke, Moate, Co. Westmeath ; Mr.
Peter J. O’Flaherty, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford;
Mr. John J. Bolger, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford;
Mr. Samuel Bolton, Dublin ; Mr. H. S. McClelland,
Dublin; Mr. Russell McWilliam, Monaghan;
Mr. Patrick J. Morrissey, Dungarvan; Mr. Francis
J. Little, Dublin; Mr. William F. D ’Arcy, Tip
perary ; Mr. Charles Corcoran, Dublin ; Mr.
Andrew Robb, Londonderry; Mr. William M.
Wright, Belfast; Mr. William J. J. Orr, Belfast;
Mr. Mathew A. Farrell, Longford; Mr. Arthur J.
Beatty, Dublin; Mr. T. A. Riordan, Mallow ;
Mr. Michael J. Heverin, Roscommon; Mr. John
I. M. Carrig, Ballina ; Mr. Patrick F. Ryan, Dublin ;
Mr. Leopold J . Jameson, Dublin; Mr. Michael A.
Corrigan, Dublin.
“ From that list I must single out the names of
Mr. John J. Bolger and Mr. Michael A. Corrigan
for special mention. Mr. Bolger was a member of
the Council from 1942 to 1951 and he was Vice-
President for the year 1946-1947. It was due solely
to ill-health that he was obliged tp resign from the
Council in 1951, and I have little doubt that, if his
life had been spared, he would still be a member of
the Council and very probably holding for this
year the office o f President. Mr. Bolger was a
regular attender at Council Meetings and though
he did not speak with great frequency, when he
did speak, and because o f his sincerity and his
sanity, he was always listened to with the greatest
respect.
“ Mr. Michael Corrigan was Chief State Solicitor
from 1924 to 1950, when he retired on reaching
the age limit. He was the first Chief State Solicitor,
and during the long period in which he occupied
that office, he was always held in the warmest
esteem by all his professional colleagues. No
pratictioner more respected the best traditions of
the profession and the strict moral code demanded
o f all solicitors. He was first and foremost a
solicitor and, after that, a State official. Nothing
can prove that more eloquently than by the mention
ing of his long membership of the board of directors
o f the Solicitors’ Benevolent Association.
“ This is in the nature o f an
ad interim
meeting,
because, as you know, our working year ends on
the 26th November, and, accordingly, I do not
propose to detain you for long by recounting the
various activities and work of the Council during
the past six months. That I will defer till the next
meeting, when it is possible that there may be matters
of the utmost importance to bring to the notice of
the profession.
The Centenary Record
“ I may say that the past six months have been
rather uneventful, certainly in comparison with the
previous year, when, as you will recollect, we had
occasion to celebrate the Centenary o f our Charter.
That year was a great one, and those few days
especially, just about a year ago, when we forgot
the drudgery of our day to day work and having
given thanks to God, celebrated with joy, under
the brilliant Presidency of Mr. Arthur Cox. I hark
back, because the Council thought that the Centenary
should be commemorated in some permanent form,
and, accordingly, a volume was prepared and is
now available to our members and others who may
be interested. Although, perhaps, it is not exactly
becoming for me to praise it, I have no hesitation
in recommending it to every member o f the Society.
It is, as you may imagine, largely the work of our
excellent Secretary. It is very well illustrated; it
recalls vividly and fully those days of jubilation,
and it contains articles of more than ephemeral
value. I think, at 10/iod. post free, it is priced very
moderately. I should add that it contains the name
o f every solicitor who took part in the celebrations,
together with those of our distinguished guests.
Annual Dinner for Members
“ Whilst on the subject of entertainment, I must
mention that, during the past year, as a result of
the great success of our Centenary Banquet, and,
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