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Thomas Teevan (attorney general)

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against the Leader magazine. Such was the interest that members of the public queued for hours in the hope of getting into the courtroom.
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Thomas married Gertrude McCall (1904–2001) with whom he had two sons, Diarmuid and Richard, and was the uncle of the journalist
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in 1903, the second son of Dr. Francis Teevan and his wife Anne. The family moved to
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Casey, James "The Irish Law Officers" Round Hall Sweet and Maxwell Dublin 1996
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His first case as a judge was probably the most memorable: the unsuccessful
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who recalled his uncle as "a gentleman, scholarly and kind".
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in 1954, where he served until 1971. He died in 1976.
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in 1946. He stood unsuccessfully for election at the
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Index

High Court
Government of Ireland
Seán T. O'Kelly
Attorney General of Ireland
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
Aindrias Ó Caoimh
Cavan
Dublin
Fianna Fáil
Kevin Myers
Alma mater
University College Dublin
High Court
Attorney General of Ireland
Cavan
Dundalk
County Louth
University College Dublin
Senior Counsel
1948 general election
Attorney General of Ireland
Éamon de Valera
High Court
Kevin Myers
libel
Patrick Kavanagh
rights of way
Myers, Kevin
"An Irishman's Diary"
The Irish Times

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