The Gazette 1958-61

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. 47