Conor Maguire

Conor Alexander Maguire (1889 – 26 September 1971) was an Irish politician, lawyer and judge. He was a founding member of the Legal and Economic Society in UCD in 1911; now known as the University College Dublin Law Society. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the National University of Ireland constituency at the 1932 general election and was re-elected at the 1933 general election.^[1] He was appointed as Attorney General of the Irish Free State in March 1932.^[2] In November 1936, he resigned as Attorney General and as a TD on his appointment as a High Court judge. In 1946, he was appointed as Chief Justice of Ireland, that is the president of the Supreme Court of Ireland, where he served until 1961.

References

1. ^ "Mr. Conor Maguire". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=7&MemberID=682&ConstID=156. Retrieved 27 January 2009. 
2. ^ "Conor Maguire". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1735. Retrieved 27 January 2009. 

Legal offices
Preceded by John A. Costello	Attorney General of Ireland 1932–1936	Succeeded by James Geoghegan
Preceded by Timothy Sullivan	Chief Justice of Ireland 1946–1961	Succeeded by Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh

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Name	Maguire, Conor
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Date of birth	1889
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Date of death	26 September 1971
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