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membership and subscriptions. Arrangements for
the annual dinner to be held on izth December
next were discussed and the next meeting was fixed
for Wednesday, 2nd December, 1959.
SOLICITORS' APPRENTICES' DEBATING
SOCIETY OF IRELAND
THE following are the names of the officers and
committee for the session 1959-60 :—
Auditor, M. J. Hogan; Treasurer, J. J. Dennison;
Correspondence Secretary, Miss M. G. Hanna;
Record Secretary, D. Bouchier-Hayes ; Committee,
J. N. M. Lavelle, Miss H. M. Kirwan, Miss M.
Timoney.
The following are the awards for the session
1958-59:—
Oratory :
Incorporated Law Society's Gold Medal,
Michael J. Hogan ; Society's Silver Medal, John B.
M. Doyle; Society's Special Certificate, Denis
Murnaghan.
'Legal Debate :
President's Gold Medal, Dermot
Bouchier-Hayes ;
Society's Silver Medal, Maire
Berkery.
Impromptu Speeches :
Vice-Presidents' Gold Medal,
Dermot Bouchier-Hayes; Vice-Presidents' Silver
Medal, Grace Hanna.
Irish Debates:
Society's Gold Medal, Richard R.
Pierse ; Society's Silver Medal, James J. Dennison.
First-Year Speakers :
Society's Silver Medal, John
N. M. Lavelle. .
Auditorial "Replica:
Ex-Auditor, Richard M.
Neville.
EXAMINATION RESULTS
AT examinations held on i8th day of September
under the Solicitors Act, 1954, the following passed :
Irish Examinations
First 'Examination in Irish :
Brian A. Carroll, Colm
J. Doyle, James N. Dudley, Francis P. Gleeson,
Patrick T. Listen, Bryan M. E. McMahon, Thomas
G. Neville, William F. O'Driscoll, Michael V. J.
O'Mahony, Niall O'Neill, John R. Sweeney, James
G. Tynan, Edmond M. Veale.
15 Candidates attended ;
13 passed.
Second Examination in Irish :
Michael J. P. Alien,
Michael E. Binchy, Patrick J. Farrell, Patrick J. J.
MacGrath, William J. McGuire, John C. O'Donnell.
6 Candidates attended ;
6 passed.
Book-Keeping Examination
•.--At the Book-keeping Examination for apprentices
to Solicitors held on the~4th day of September, the
following passed the examination : Colin A. Chap
man, Patrick J. Madigan, Peter J. McMahon,
Thomas F. O'Connell, John A. O'Dwyer, Donald
M. Pratt, Diarmuid P. Teevan.
10 Candidates attended ; 7 passed.
First Law
At the First Law Examination for apprentices to
Solicitors held on the ist and 2nd days of September,
the following passed the examination :
Passed with Merit:
i.—Maire Nic Shiomoin ;
2.—Thomas K. Smith; 3.—Anthony C. Gore-
Grimes ; 4.—Ailin A. Gibbons ;
5.—Desmond J.
O'Malley.
Passed:
Bruce F. Blake, Fintan M. Eaiiey, Edward
R. A. Glover, Lewis J. Goldberg, Helen M. Kirwan,
Denis M. McDowell, Patrick J. O'Shea, David A.
Potterton.
3 2 Candidates attended ; 13 passed.
The Centenary Prize was awarded to Thomas K.
Smith.
Final
At the Final Examination for apprentices to
Solicitors held on ist, 2nd and 3rd days of September,
the following passed the whole examination :
Laurence F. Branigan, B.C.L. ; James J. Devine,
LL.B. ; Mary Monica O'Callaghan, B.C.L.
12 Candidates attended ; 3 passed.
The following passed in Part i or Part 2 Final
Examination :
PART i : Kenneth L. Armstrong (A) ; Thomas J.
Ballagh, B.A. (A) ;
Thomas J. Furlong (A) ;
Edward M. Masterson (A) ;
Dermod Morrissey-
Murphy (A) ; Diarmuid P. Teevan, B.A. ; Daire
Walsh.
PART 2 : Richard J. Black, B.C.L. (B) ; Maire T.
Donnellan (B) ;
Robert A. Downes ;
Fergus L.
Fahy (B) ; David R. Felton (B) ; John G. Fish (B) ;
Adrian F. J. Fitzgerald, B.C.L. (B) ; Michael F. S.
King; Henry Murphy, B.A. ;
Maire McHale,
B.A. ; Patrick G. McMahon, B.C.L. (B) ;
James
Joseph O'Connor ; Jeremiah A. Reidy.
"A" denotes having already passed Part 2.
"B" denotes having already passed Part i.
Scholarships 1959
The Findlater Scholarship was awarded to John
Keller Temple Lang who served his apprenticeship
with Mr. Desmond J. Mayne, 6 Dawson Street,
Dublin.
The Overend Scholarship on the results of the
First Law Examination was awarded to Maurice R.
Curran who is apprenticed to Mr. William D.
McEvoy, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.
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