Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh [ ˈcaɾwaɫ̪ oː ˈd̪aːɫ̪i ] (born February 12, 1911 in Bray , Ireland , † March 21, 1978 in Dublin , Republic of Ireland ) was an Irish judge and from 1974 to 1976 the fifth President of Ireland .
biography
Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh studied at University College Dublin and graduated in Celtic studies in 1931 . From 1931 to 1942 he was editor of The Irish Press in Irish. He became a lawyer in 1935 and Ireland's youngest Attorney General in 1945 . He held this office from 1945 to 1948 and from 1951 to 1953. In 1953 he was appointed judge at the Supreme Court , from 1961 to 1973 he was Chief Justice at the Supreme Court. Subsequently, from 1973 to 1974 he was a judge at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and last there since January 1974 President of the First Chamber.
After the death of Erskine Hamilton Childers in 1974, he succeeded him as President of Ireland. Violent political arguments ensued with Defense Minister Paddy Donegan over the Emergency Powers Act . He believed this IRA Counter Terrorism Act to be unconstitutional and used his powers to delay its adoption. In 1976 he resigned from office.
literature
- Cearbhall O'Dálaigh , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 17/1978 of April 17, 1978, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Literature by and about Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh in the catalog of the German National Library
- Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh at University College Dublin (English)
- Former Chief Justices (Homepage of the Supreme Court)
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| SURNAME | Ó Dálaigh, Cearbhall |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish lawyer, President of Ireland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bray , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1978 |
| Place of death | Dublin , Ireland |