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Vol. 5
No. 8
FEBRUARY
1959
THE GAZETTE
of the
INCORPORATED LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND
President
JOHN R. HALPIN,
Vice-Presidents
JOHN J, NASH
CORNELIUS J. DALY
Secretary
ERIC A. PLUNKETT
FOR CIRCULATION AMONG MEMBERS
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL
FEBRUARY I3th, the President in the Chair. Also
present, Arthur Cox, Thomas A. O'Reilly, R. McD.
Taylor, John J. Sheil, James J. O'Connor, John
Kelly, Derrick M. Martin, Eunan McCarron,
Francis J. Lanigan.
Charles J. Downing, John
Maher, Peter E. O'Connell, W. J. Comerford, James
R. Quirke, G. G. Overend, Desmond J. Collins,
Ralph J. Walker, John J. Sheil, Niall S. Gaffney,
Dermot P. Shaw, John Carrigan, John J. Nash,
T. de Vere White.
The Council passed
the
following vote of
sympathy on the death of the late Mr. Scan
6 hUadhaigh.
That the Council hereby express their deep
regret on the death of Mr. Scan 6 hUadhaigh,
the father of the Council, after twenty-five years'
service on the Council and its various Committees,
and to place on record the affection in which he was
held by his colleagues and the esteem and respect
which he earned from
the profession by his
unremitting efforts
in their service for so many
years.
The following was among the business transacted :
Vacancies on the Council
The Secretary reported that he had received a
letter of resignation from Mr. P. R. Boyd.
The
Council requested _ the Secretary to write to Mr.
Boyd thanking him for his valuable services to the
profession since his election to the Council in
November, 1935. Mr. Boyd served as President in
the year 1948-49. Mr. Dinnen B. Gilmore, Law
Agent, Bank of Ireland, and Mr. James R. Green
were co-opted as new members of the Council
pursuant to bye-law 38. Mr. Green is a member of
the firm of Maxwell Weldon, & Co., 19 Lr. Baggot
Street, Dublin.
Scan O hUadhaigh Memorial award
The Secretary read a letter from the Comhdhail
Naisiunta na hEireann offering a money prize of
approximately £50 yearly as a memorial to the late
Scan O'hUadhaigh with the object of encouraging
the knowledge of Irish among solicitors' apprentices.
The Council accepted the offer and requested the
Secretary to write thanking the donors and appointed
a small committee to discuss details.
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