List of judges of the Supreme Court of Ireland

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List of judges of the Supreme Court of Ireland
Liosta Breithiúna Chúirt Uachtarach na hÉireann
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Established29 December 1937
Jurisdiction Ireland
Authorized by Constitution of Ireland, Article 34
Judge term lengthUntil aged 70,
7 years for Chief Justice
Number of positions10 and 2 ex officio members
Website www.supremecourt.ie

The Supreme Court of Ireland is the highest judicial authority in Ireland. The following is a list of current and former judges of the court.

Contents

Current members

NameAppointedNotes
Donal O'Donnell March 2010Chief Justice since October 2021 [1]
Elizabeth Dunne July 2013
Peter Charleton June 2014
Iseult O'Malley October 2015
Marie Baker December 2019
Séamus Woulfe July 2020 [2]
Gerard Hogan October 2021
Brian Murray February 2022
Maurice Collins November 2022 [3]
Aileen Donnelly June 2023 [4]
George Birmingham April 2018ex officio 2018–present
David Barniville July 2022ex officio 2022–present

Former members

NameBirth–DeathTerm of office Chief Justice Notes
Hugh Kennedy 1879–19361924–19361924–1936First Chief Justice
Gerald Fitzgibbon 1866–19421924–1938
Charles O'Connor 1854–19281924–1925Last Master of the Rolls 1912–1924
Timothy Sullivan 1874–19491924–19461936–1946 ex officio as President of the High Court 1924–1936
James Murnaghan 1881–19731925–1953
James Geoghegan 1886–19511936–1950
Conor Maguire 1889–19711936–19611946–1961ex officio 1936–1946
James Creed Meredith 1875–19421936–1942
William John Johnston 1868–19401939–1940
John O'Byrne 1884–19541940–1954
William Black 1879–19671942–1951
George Gavan Duffy 1882–19511946–1951ex officio 1946–1951
Cecil Lavery 1894–19731950–1966
Cahir Davitt 1894–19861951–1966ex officio 1951–1966
T. C. Kingsmill Moore 1893–19791951–1966
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh 1911–19781953–19731961–1973
Martin Maguire 1954–1961
Kevin Haugh 1901–19691961–1969
Brian Walsh 1918–19981961–1990
Gardner Budd 1904–19761966–1975
William Fitzgerald 1906–19741966–19741973–1974
Aindrias Ó Caoimh 1912–19941966–1974ex officio 1966–1974
Richard McLoughlin 1902–19721969–1972
Séamus Henchy 1917–20091972–1988
Frank Griffin 1918–20161973–1991
Thomas Finlay 1922–20171974–19941985–1994ex officio 1974–1985
Tom O'Higgins 1916–20031974–19851974–1985
John Kenny 1975–1982
Weldon Parke 1912–19811976–1981
Anthony J. Hederman 1921–20141981–1993
Niall McCarthy 1925–19911982–1992
Liam Hamilton 1928–20001985–20001994–2000ex officio 1985–1994
Hugh O'Flaherty 1990–1999
Séamus Egan 1923–20041991–1995
John Blayney 1925–20181992–1997
Susan Denham 1945–1992–20172011–2017First woman appointed, first woman Chief Justice
Harry Whelehan 1944–1994ex officio 1994
Declan Costello 1926–20111995–1998ex officio 1995–1998
Donal Barrington 1929–20181996–2000
Ronan Keane 1932–1996–20042000–2004
Francis Murphy 1996–2002
Kevin Lynch 1927–20131996–1999
Henry Barron 1928–20101997–2003First Jewish member
Frederick Morris 1929–1998–2001ex officio 1998–2001
John L. Murray 1943–20231999–20152004–2011
Catherine McGuinness 1934–2000–2006
Adrian Hardiman 1951–20162000–2016
Hugh Geoghegan 1938–2000–2010
Nial Fennelly 1942–2000–2014
Joseph Finnegan 1942–20232001–2012ex officio 2001–2006
Brian McCracken 1934–2002–2006
Nicholas Kearns 1946–2004–2015ex officio 2009–2015
Fidelma Macken 1942–2005–2012
Richard Johnson 1937–20192006–2009ex officio 2006–2009
Liam McKechnie [5] 1951–2010–2021
Frank Clarke 1951–2012–20212017–2021
John MacMenamin 1952–2012–2022
Mary Laffoy 1945–2013–2017
Sean Ryan 1948–2014–2018ex officio 2014–2018
Peter Kelly 1950–2015–2020ex officio 2015–2020
Mary Finlay Geoghegan 1949–2017–2019
Mary Irvine 1956–2019–2022ex officio 2020–2022

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