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were his intellectual equals. Unfortunately, when these men were gone, there was a problem in finding replacements of equal calibre, and from about 1916, after the death of
Fitzgibbon (in 1909), and the retirement of Holmes (in 1913) and Palles (in 1916), the reputation of the Court declined. In its
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The Court of Appeal in
Ireland was replaced by separate Courts of Appeal in Northern and Southern Ireland, along with a High Court of Appeal for Ireland, hearing appeals from both, under the United Kingdom's
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Justice of the Court of Appeal in Ireland from the Court's creation in 1878 to the abolition of the pre-Independence Courts in 1924.
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During the first three decades of its existence, the reputation of the Court of Appeal was very high, probably higher than that of any other tribunal in Irish legal history.
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last years, according to Healy, the judges were notable only for their constant quarrelling among themselves, and in 1924 the new
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to hear criminal appeals that would have been heard by the Court of Appeal's
Criminal Division.
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at their best. This reputation depended largely on the quality of the individual judges:
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was
President of the Court of Appeal. As in England, the full-time judges had the title
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Final appellate jurisdiction was transferred from the House of Lords to the
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would choose the old Court of Appeal as representing the Irish
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is still often called "the greatest of Irish judges", and
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replaced the Court of Appeal in
Southern Ireland with a
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Provisions) Act 1922
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163:. Other senior judges such as the
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419:Government of Ireland Act 1920
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791:Courts of Ireland before 1922
388:Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
337:Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
116:Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
512:forcibly retired them all.
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439:Courts of Justice Act 1924
302:Lord Chancellor of Ireland
267:Lord Chancellor of Ireland
185:Reason for leaving office
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125:Court of Appeal in Ireland
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443:Supreme Court of Justice
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587:The Old Munster Circuit
161:Lord Justice of Appeal
760:High Court of Justice
742:with presiding judges
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705:Court of King's Bench
687:with presiding judges
528:Previously served as
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242:Charles Robert Barry
127:was created by the
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725:Court of Exchequer
709:Lord Chief Justice
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201:Retirement
147:in London.
78:Four Courts
44:Established
780:Categories
539:References
485:barristers
475:Reputation
445:under the
277:John Naish
258:John Naish
135:under the
129:Parliament
97:Appeals to
489:judiciary
429:Abolition
412:Partition
151:Personnel
52:Dissolved
663:Overview
449:, and a
74:Location
433:In the
141:Ireland
131:of the
64:Ireland
437:, the
354:Death
284:Death
249:Death
233:Death
217:Death
82:Dublin
516:Notes
402:1924
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383:1918
375:1915
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343:1913
332:1914
324:1909
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