The Gazette 1964/67

Francis J. Lanigan John Maher Augustus Cullen ....................................... 523 ................................................ 515 .......................................... 511 Thomas A. O'Reilly ....................................... 508 Patrick Noonan ............................................. 497

tenary Year, the year on which I enough to become a member of the Council. That year was outstanding in the history of the Society and its success was in a very great way due to the efforts and ability of the President, Arthur Cox. Even his resignation first was fortunate

Peter E. O'Connell some years later from the Council was a hard blow. Daniel J. O'Connor ....................................... 489 May he rest in peace. Another loyal member of the Robert McD. Taylor .................................... 484 Society who passed away was Mr. Cecil Stapleton of Ralph J. Walker .......................................... 478 Dublin who was a member of the Council from 1936-46 John J. Nash ................................................ 472 and Vice-President for the year 1940. Mrs. Maureen Patrick O'Donnell ....................................... 467 Gallen (nee Hawthorne) of Dublin perhaps the first lady Niall S. Gaffney .......................................... 465 to succeed to her father's practice and carry it on William A. Osborne ....................................... 465 successfully for many years. She occupied the position of George A. Nolan ....................................... 457 Lecturer in Practice for the Society for some years. Patrick C. Moore .......................................... 442 Other members were James Reilly, Clonmel, Charles Thomas J. Fitzpatrick .................................... 433 Magwood, Dublin, Desmond Early, Carlow, John M. Joseph P. Black ............................................. 427 O'Farrell, Dublin, Philip Smith, Cavan, James Raymond, James W. O'Donovan .................................... 426 Listowel, Albert E. Ashton, Dublin, Patrick J. Donnelly, Thomas H. Bacon .......................................... 422 Westport, Thomas Hanefey, Dublin, John Plunkett Brendan A. McGrath .................................... 422 Dillon, Dublin, Francis Collins, Dublin, Robert Sheehan, George G. Overend ....................................... 415 Dublin, John Colman, Dublin, Joseph D. Simon, Galway, Desmond J. Moran ....................................... 408 Francis L. Scott, Dublin, David R. Pigot, Dublin, Kevin Thomas V. O'Connor .................................... 397 J. O'Shaughnessy, Waterford, Daniel P. King, Tralee, Peter D. M. Prentice .................................... 387 John F. Connolly, Kinsale and Owen Binchy, Charleville. Gerald Y. Goldberg ....................................... 386 You will have noticed that two of our former col- Timothy J. C. O'Keeffe ................................. 365 leagues on the Council have not felt able to go forward James R. Green .......................................... 359 again for re-election, Mr. William Comerford, Galway, Raymond A. French ....................................... 356 and Mr. William Tormey will be sadly missed. May I take this opportunity of thanking them for all their The scrutineers returned the foregoing as duly elected efforts and Mr. Tormey in particular for his efforts members of the Council for 1965-66. The following to make the May Weekend in his home town a success- candidates also received the number of votes placed ful outing. after their names : SOLICITORS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION Robert W. R. Johnston ................................. 338 Samuel V. Crawford .................................... 283 Last January, I had the honour of addressing the Thomas Jackson (Jnr.) ................................. 273 Annual General Meeting of the Solicitors Benevolent Francis A. Gibney .......................................... 250 Association. I said then that many if -not all of my pre- Edward J. C. Dillon ....................................... 248 decessors . had expressed the view that the Solicitors Norman A. Pielow ...................:................... 197 Benevolent Association was worthy of the support of all the profession. I make no excuse for repeating that The Chairman declared the result of the ballot statement. It does still seem that my predecessors' in accordance with the scrutineers report. efforts have not been wholly fruitful. There are a On the proposal of Senator T. T. Nash seconded numb,er of solicitors who are not yet members. I appeal , •. r /-\ ir T\ i ^1 i'i i j to a" of them and especially our young members to by Mr. G. M. Doyle the audited accounts and join The Association w£h its fimited }und° carried out a balance sheet for the year ended 30th April, 1965 charity the merit of which cannot be assessed in words. circulated with the agenda were adopted. The I am not very kindly disposed to appeals by charities for President signed the accounts. fVnds, by way ?f legacie,s but I do know that the Associa- /-..! j t \f -n /~< -\/r j j tlon has benehtted and does benefit that way at times. On the proposal of Mr. P. C. Moore seconded Sometimes, an opportune word might do no harm to a by Mr. J. W. O Donovan, Messrs Kevans and suitable prospective testator. I would again appeal to Sons were reappointed auditors. the Government to give all the Association's donees the The President moving the adoption of the re- benefits °f every possible relief from taxation and to . f ., ,~i -, • ,° r except any contribution given by the Association from port of the Council said: any means test for any pen^n being paid out of Government funds. ....................................... 497

Ladies and Gentlemen: This is a solemn moment for me. It is the second and probably the last time that I will have the honour of addressing a General Meeting of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. Before I pro- ceed further with my address, I have to record with sincere regret the demise of the many members during the last year. First of all, I must refer to the tragic death of Father Arthur Cox whose brilliant career was cut short earlier this year in a most tragic fashion. To try to enlarge on his merits or even list his many achievements would take more time than I have at my disposal. Suffice it is to say that he was our President during our Cen-

LAND ACT

The Land Act has become Law and it is one of the troublesome Acts which any Government could conceive. It has given all the profession many head- aches and has undoubtedly increased the already over- taxing complexities of conveyancing. We are alleged to make money from that part of our practices but we certainly earn it. Even one simple little example illus- trates this—every mortgagee of every property outside an urban area has to sign a certificate of compliance 50 most