Background
He was born in Dublin and educated at Blackrock College and University College Dublin. Called to the Bar 1925, Senior Counsel 1938.
He was born in Dublin and educated at Blackrock College and University College Dublin. Called to the Bar 1925, Senior Counsel 1938.
University College Dublin.
He was a leading junior prosecutor for the State and Attorney General 1940-1942. He was appointed a High Court judge in 1942. He was for many years the Probate Judge and an acknowledged authority on succession law.
He became a judge of the Supreme Court in 1961.
He retired in 1968 and died the following year. He was an immensely popular judge whose career was cut short by his early death in 2009.