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GAZETTE
DECEMBER 1995
Appreciation to Judge John
and his wife Eileen
Cassidy
The Cassidy family
It is with great sadness, but also with a
real sense of privilege, that I have
responded to this invitation to write an
appreciation of the late Judge
John
Bernard Cassidy
and of his wife, the
former Senator
Eileen Cassidy.
Although their death in a motor
accident in October was sudden and
shocking, it lacked the element of
tragedy because their lives had been so
fulfilled and fruitful.
I had known the late Judge Cassidy
almost all his (and my) professional
life. He was, of course, the foremost
exponent of the law relating to
intoxicating liquor in Ireland and I
came to know him first as friendly
adversary and later "as ally and mentor
in this field. When
John Cassidy
pronounced on the Licensing Law, he
spoke, as it were, ex cathedra; no
problem was incapable of resolution
once he applied his learning and
expertise to the matter.
It was during the course of these
exercises on behalf of our clients, that I
became acquainted also with his
family, (one of whom,
Pamela,
later
became my apprentice).
His wife
Eileen
was appointed by
former Taoiseach,
Jack Lynch,
as one
i of his nominees to the Senate, in which
capacity she served for some years,
I with distinction.
It was to the satisfaction of all who had
had the pleasure of working with
John
Cassidy
and who had met his wife,
when his career culminated in his
appointment to the Circuit Court Bench
some nine years ago.
Judge Cassidy was a man of quiet,
i courteous charm. He inspired
enormous confidence, and affection, in
his clients and his wife was in every
way his intellectual equal.
| As I came to know them better,
however, it became clear to me that
their greatest achievement, and the one
in which they took the most joy and
| satisfaction, was in their wonderful
family. Each of their children has
attained a maturity which is uniquely
his or hers alone and they have
nevertheless remained a family, united
and mutually supportive to a very high
degree.
In extending sympathy, then, to the
family, on the death of their parents, I
can confidently say that they have all
fulfiled their parents aspirations for
them, and I believe that in that
| knowledge they will find their comfort
in the years to come.
Judge Thelma King
Three of the Cassidy children are
solicitors, Pamela and Isobel work in
Clifford Chance in London. Frank is a
senior Solicitor in the Chief State
solicitors office. Constance is a very
active member of the bar.
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