The Gazette 1952-1955

PRESENTATION OF ADMISSION CERTIFICATES O n 15 th May, the President presented certificates of enrolment to newly-admitted solicitors. The President addressed them as follows :— “ Ladies and Gentlemen, “ The very great pleasure falls to my lot to-day as President to present to you your Certificates of admission to our profession. To each o f you your Certificate is at once the prize o f long and arduous toil and the key to a new career. To-day should mean as much to each o f you as does the receipt o f his sword by a young officer in our army. It confers on each o f you a new and very great honour, and also a new and very great responsibility. Your Certificate will, I am sure, be to each o f you a lifelong treasured possession. To each and every one o f you I offer to-day on behalf o f the Council and myself, every congratulation and good wish. I trust that each of you will in the years to come look back on to-day as the commencement o f a happy, prosperous and useful career. This is the Centenary o f our Charter. It will be for you to continue and maintain the traditions o f the past.”

Certificates were presented to the follow ing:— D ermot J. A. D ev lin , 4 Bayswater Terrace, Breffni Road, Sandycove. F rancis B. G eary , Limerick. J oseph G r if f in , Newtown, Moate, Co. Westmeath C. A rthur L avery , Carrickbrennan, Monkstown, Co. Dublin. J ames H. M ack ey , 98 Upper George’s Street, Dun Laoghaire. M iss M ary N oone , Claremorris, Co. Mayo. W illa im S. O ’B r ien ; Brackhill, Castlemaine, Co. Kerry. P a tr ick D. O ’C onnor , Ballaghadereen, Co. Ros­ common. M iss U na M ary O ’H igg in s , “ Carrig Breac,” Baily Co. Dublin. M iss E unice D. J. S pendlove , 18 Marine Drive, Sandymount, Dublin. M rs . T eresa B. W helan , Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary.

CENTENARY OF CHARTER The Council contemplate publishing a souvenir record of the Centenary functions with photographs taken on the occasion, summaries of the addresses delivered, the names of those who participated and other suitable matter. The price w ill not exceed the prin­ ting cost. W ill members who would like to have copies kindly notify the Secretary, stating the number of copies required.

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