Education
Queen"s University Belfast.
Queen"s University Belfast.
Born in Derry, McVeigh studied at Foyle College and Queen"s University Belfast and became a barrister in 1931. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1948, then a High Court judge in 1956, and was appointed to the Court of Appeal in 1964. In 1965, he was appointed to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland.