Attorney General of the Irish Free State

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The Attorney General of the Irish Free State was the chief legal adviser to the government and its primary law officer during the existence of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1937.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government office
legal office
public office
appliesToJurisdiction Irish Free State
appointedBy Executive Council of the Irish Free State
associatedWith Department of the President of the Executive Council
Oireachtas of the Irish Free State
constitutionalStatus constitutional officer of the Irish Free State
country Irish Free State
countryCreatedFor Irish Free State
countryStatusDuringExistence British Commonwealth dominion
endTime 1937
historicalPeriod interwar period
jurisdiction Courts of the Irish Free State
languageOfOffice English
Irish
legalBasis Constitution of the Irish Free State
locatedIn Dublin
officeAbolishedInContextOf adoption of the Constitution of Ireland 1937
officeCreatedInContextOf establishment of the Irish Free State
officeHeldBy Conor Maguire
Hugh Kennedy
James Geoghegan
James M. O’Connor
John A. Costello
Patrick J. Ruttledge
Patrick Lynch
officeHoldersWere qualified barristers
officeScope civil law
criminal law
officeType cabinet-level legal adviser
partOf Government of the Irish Free State
precededBy Attorney General for Ireland
replacedBy Attorney General of Ireland
responsibility advising the government on legal matters
overseeing public prosecutions policy
representing the state in legal proceedings
role chief legal adviser to the government of the Irish Free State
primary law officer of the Irish Free State
seat Dublin Castle
startTime 1922
style Attorney General
subordinateTo Executive Council of the Irish Free State
successorState Ireland

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Solicitor-General for Ireland replacedInPracticeBy Attorney General of the Irish Free State
Attorney General for Ireland replacedBy Attorney General of the Irish Free State
Hugh Kennedy positionHeld Attorney General of Ireland
linked to: Attorney General of the Irish Free State