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Not to be confused with Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas. The Four Courts The headquarters of the Irish judicial system since 1804. The Court of King's Bench was one of the original four courts that sat there. The Court of King's Bench (or Court of Queen's Bench during the reign of a Queen) was one of the senior courts of common law in Ireland. It was a mirror of the Court of King's Bench in England. The Lord Chief Justice was the most senior judge in the court, and the second most senior Irish judge under English rule and later when Ireland became part of the United Kingdom. Additionally, for a brief period between 1922 and 1924, the Lord Chief Justice of Ireland was the most senior judge in the Irish Free State. Contents 1 History of the position 2 Abolition of the position 3 List of holders 4 Sources 5 References 6 Additional reading 7 External links History of the position The office was created during the Lordship of Ireland (1171–1536) and continued...

This article is about the pre-independence office. For the modern office, see Attorney General of Ireland. Michael Morris, later Lord Killanin, Attorney-General for Ireland from 1866 to 1867. Philip Tisdall, Attorney General for Ireland from 1760 to 1777, portrait by Angelica Kauffmann The Attorney-General for Ireland was an Irish and then (from the Act of Union 1800) United Kingdom government office-holder. He was senior in rank to the Solicitor-General for Ireland: both advised the Crown on Irish legal matters. With the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, the duties of the Attorney General and Solicitor General for Ireland were taken over by the Attorney General of Ireland. The office of Solicitor General for Ireland was abolished at the same time, for reasons of economy. This led to repeated complaints from the first Attorney General of Ireland, Hugh Kennedy, about the "immense volume of work" which he was now forced to deal with single-handed. [1] The first ...

The Lord High Treasurer of Ireland was the chief financial officer of that kingdom until the treasuries of Great Britain and Ireland were united in 1817 when it was united with the Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain by the Consolidated Fund Act 1816. [1] The designation High was added in 1695. Contents 1 Lord Treasurers of Ireland 1217–1695 2 Lord High Treasurers of Ireland 1695–1793 3 Commissioners of the Treasury for Ireland 1793–1817 4 References Lord Treasurers of Ireland 1217–1695 1217–1232: John de St John 1232–1233: Peter de Rivaux 1233–1235: Eustace, Canon of Chichester 1235–1250: Geoffrey de Turville, Bishop of Ossory 1251–1258: Hugh de Mapilton, Bishop of Ossory 1258–1274: Hugh de Tachmon, Bishop of Meath 1274–1277: Stephen de Fulbourn, Bishop of Waterford 1277–1278: Robert de Poer 1278–1281: Stephen de Fulbourn 1281–1289: Hugh, Bishop of Meath 1289–1294: Nicholas le Clerk 1294–1300: Sir William de Essendon 1300–1304: Richard de Beresford 1304–1305: Sir William de Es...