Centenary commemorations - your photographs needed

23/03/2023 11:30:00

Can you share a photograph or biographical details to help mark the achievements of the first 100 female solicitors?

Celebrating a century

In 2023, the Law Society is marking the achievements of women in law over a century with a range of events, articles and commemorations. These include a project to gather biographical details and photographs of the first 100 women admitted to the Roll of Solicitors.

Between 17 April 1923 and 7 July 1950, 100 women were admitted to the Roll of Solicitors. The Law Society has photographs for 43 of these women, which were published in the book Celebrating a century of equal opportunities legislation: The first 100 women solicitors.

Your photographs and stories needed

The Law Society aims to expand on the work done on the first 100 women in law by collecting more photographs and stories to help highlight these legal trailblazers. We are seeking details and photos of 57 women who are listed below. Any and all contributions are welcome.

Please send photos or any other information relating to these 57 women to memberservices@lawsociety.ie.

Date of entry on Roll

Name

Firm

County

17 November 1924

Dorothea Mary Browne (married name O’Reilly)

Jasper J. Wolfe, Skibbereen

Cork

4 November 1926

Maureen McDowell

John M.McDowell, Gt.Brunswick Street

Dublin

19 November 1927

Annie J. Smyth

John B. Murphy, Clones

Monaghan

24 May 1929

Adelaide M. Quin

John Quinn, Ardee

Louth

21 February 1930

Mary Emily Smith

Robert Greene, 6 Lr. Abbey St.

Dublin

30 January 1931

Doreen Sarah Gillespie

John Gillespie, Castleblayney

Monaghan

28 May 1931

Gladys Lallah Tallan (married name Corbet).

Patrick J. Tallan, 106 West St. Drogheda

Louth

22 June 1931

Margaret Mary Gibbons

James A. Ennis, Tullamore

Offaly

4 February 1932

Aine Mary Reid (married name Smith).

Helena M. Early, 16 Henry St.

Dublin

8 April 1933

Kathleen Ryan

William L. Ryan, Tipperary

Tipperary

14 August 1933

Mary Rosario Gleeson

Lughaidh J. Gleeson, Nenagh

Tipperary

17 October 1933

Fionnguala O’Beirn

Michael J. O’Beirn, Galway

Galway

2 May 1934

Mary Lohan, (married name Delaney).

Henry Concannon, Tuam

Galway

18 May 1934

Maureen A. Hawthorne

John Hawthorne, 15 Eustace St.

Dublin

28 May 1935

Pauline Eugenie Laverty

Matthew J. Farrell, Longford

Longford

13 November 1935

Mary J. O’Neill

Michael J. O’Neill, 71 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin.

Dublin

15 February 1936

Margaret M. Dunne

Patrick A. Mooney, Kells

Meath

26 May 1936

Mary T. McCarroll

Robert A. Osborne, Athy

Kildare

29 May 1936

Maire O’Neill

Patrick Glynn, 22 Nassau St

Dublin

24 June 1936

Margaret Carey

Timothy O’Shea, Killarney, assigned to Joseph Reidy

Kerry

14 October 1936

Una Mary Treacy

Edward Treacy, 72 William St., Limerick

Limerick

3 June 1937

Moira Flynn

Cathal L. Flynn, Carrick-on-Shannon

Leitrim

6 July 1937

Mary Frances O’Connor

Alexander M. Healy, 48 Grand Parade, Cork

Cork

31 May 1938

Liadain MacErlean

John J. Early, 16 Henry St.

Dublin

6 February 1939

Dora C.M. Corrigan (married name Powell

Bernard J. Seales, 11 College Green

Dublin

13 February 1939

Elizabeth Kettle

Francis Devine, 12 Dame St.

Dublin

15 June 1939

Moira O’Sullivan

Richard J. Kelly, Galway

Galway

8 November 1939

Maureen French

Thomas J. Kelly, New Ross

Wexford

15 December 1939

Mary Geraldine O’Leary

Daniel H.O’Leary, Arklow

Kildare

12 February 1940

Brigid Hogan

Patrick Hogan, Loughrea

Galway

13 March 1941

Maureen Hannon

Denis J. Hannon, Athlone

Westmeath

6 March 1942

Adeline G.J. Hyland (married name Butler).

Christopher McGonagle, 34 Upr. O’Connell St.

Dublin

10 March 1942

Constance Mary Campbell

Edmund Corr, Balllina

Mayo

30 June 1942

Eileen M.M.Forde

John Forde, Boyle

Roscommon

10 July 1942

Mary Brigid Cahalan

David D. MacDonald, 19 Upr. Merrion St.

Dublin

17 July 1942

Mary Winifred Eleanor Thornton

Alfred G. Thornton, Castlebar

Mayo

27 November 1942

Mary Josephine MacClancy

Gerald J.O’Donnell, Ennis

Clare

1 December 1942

Kathleen Mary O’Kane

John R. Blakeney, 25 Clare St.

Dublin

5 January 1943

Joan N. Macaulay

Robert A. Macaulay, Listowel

Kerry

8 February 1943

Mary Joseph Brennan

Robert A. Macaulay, Listowel

Kerry

16 February 1944

Eileen O’Reilly

Louis O’Dea, Galway

Galway

15 May 1944

Marguerite S. Meagher (married name Horgan).

William E. O’Brien, Mitchelstown

Cork

25 May 1944

Cecilia Hurley (married name  McGrath)

Gerald Tench, 18 Bachelor’s Walk/assigned to Henry Sheil, John J. Doyle, Plunkett Kennedy, Thomas H.Hayes

Dublin

4 September 1944

Meadhbh Ni Uadhaigh (married name Fitzgerald).

Sean O hUadhaigh, 12 Dawson St.

Dublin

21 June 1945

Anna Elizabeth Egan

William J.V. Comerford, Tuam

Galway

21 August 1945

Mary O’Reilly Huggard

James Neville, Bandon

Cork

26 November 1945

Mary Teresa Barry

Robert M. Kiernan, 12 Clare St.

Dublin

25 November 1946

Carmel Early

Thomas Early, 63/64 Upr. O’Connell St.

Dublin

27 November 1946

Mary Monica McFadden

Patrick O’Donnell, Dungloe

Donegal

2 June 1947

Blathnaidh Ni Uadhaigh (married name O’Rahilly).

Sean O hUadhaigh, 12 Dawson St.

Dublin

28 October 1947

Margaret H. Walsh

Patrick J. Ruttledge, 16 Molesworth St.

Dublin

17 December 1947

Mary Teresa O’Connor

Michael Power, 4 Upr. Ormond Quay

Dublin

22 March 1948

Pauline O’Donovan

Charles J. Kennedy, Skibbereen

Cork

1 August 1949

Mary Catherine Hughes (married  name O’Neill).

Lawrence J. O’Neill, 21 Molesworth St.

Dublin

18 November 1949

Ellen Florence Mary Beatty

Walter Beatty, 62 Dame St.

Dublin

20 December 1949

Margaret E. Hayes

Roger G. O’Sullivan, Limerick

Limerick

3 May 1950

Sheila B.McCrann

James Connellan,  Elphin

Roscommon