The Supreme Court of Ireland is the highest judicial authority in Ireland. The following is a list of current and former judges of the court.
Current members NameAppointedNotesDonal O'DonnellMarch 2010Chief Justice since October 2021Iseult O'MalleyOctober 2015Séamus WoulfeJuly 2020Gerard HoganOctober 2021Brian MurrayFebruary 2022Maurice CollinsNovember 2022Aileen DonnellyJune 2023Niamh HylandApril 2026Brian O'MooreApril 2026Caroline CostelloJuly 2024 2024–presentDavid BarnivilleJuly 2022 2022–present
Former members denotes Chief Justices NameBirth–DeathTerm of officeChief JusticeNotesHugh Kennedy1879–19361924–19361924–1936First Chief JusticeGerald Fitzgibbon1866–19421924–1938—Charles O'Connor1854–19281924–1925—Last Master of the Rolls 1912–1924Timothy Sullivan1874–19491924–19461936–1946 as President of the High Court 1924–1936James Murnaghan1881–19731925–1953—James Geoghegan1886–19511936–1950—Conor Maguire1889–19711936–19611946–1961 1936–19461875–19421936–1942—William John Johnston1868–19401939–1940—John O'Byrne1884–19541940–1954—William Black1879–19671942–1951—George Gavan Duffy1882–19511946–1951— 1946–1951Cecil Lavery1894–19731950–1966—Cahir Davitt1894–19861951–1966— 1951–1966T. C. Kingsmill Moore1893–19791951–1966—Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh1911–19781953–19731961–1973Martin Maguire1954–1961—Kevin Haugh1901–19691961–1969—Brian Walsh1918–19981961–1990—Gardner Budd1904–19761966–1975—William Fitzgerald1906–19741966–19741973–1974Aindrias Ó Caoimh1912–19941966–1974— 1966–1974Richard McLoughlin1902–19721969–1972—Séamus Henchy1917–20091972–1988—Frank Griffin1918–20161973–1991—Thomas Finlay1922–20171974–19941985–1994 1974–1985Tom O'Higgins1916–20031974–19851974–1985John Kenny1975–1982—Weldon Parke1912–19811976–1981—Anthony J. Hederman1921–20141981–1993—Niall McCarthy1925–19911982–1992—Liam Hamilton1928–20001985–20001994–2000 1985–1994Hugh O'Flaherty1937–20261990–1999—Séamus Egan1923–20041991–1995—John Blayney1925–20181992–1997—Susan Denham1945–1992–20172011–2017First woman appointed, first woman Chief JusticeHarry Whelehan1944–1994— 1994Declan Costello1926–20111995–1998— 1995–1998Donal Barrington1929–20181996–2000—Ronan Keane1932–1996–20042000–2004Francis Murphy1996–2002—Kevin Lynch1927–20131996–1999—Henry Barron1928–20101997–2003—First Jewish memberFrederick Morris1929–1998–2001— 1998–2001John L. Murray1943–20231999–20152004–2011Catherine McGuinness1934–2000–2006—Adrian Hardiman1951–20162000–2016—Hugh Geoghegan1938–20242000–2010—Nial Fennelly1942–2000–2014—Joseph Finnegan1942–20232001–2012— 2001–2006Brian McCracken1934–2002–2006—Nicholas Kearns1946–2004–2015— 2009–2015Fidelma Macken1942–2005–2012—Richard Johnson1937–20192006–2009— 2006–2009Liam McKechnie1951–2010–2021—Frank Clarke1951–2012–20212017–2021John MacMenamin1952–2012–2022—Mary Laffoy1945–2013–2017—Sean Ryan1948–2014–2018— 2014–2018Peter Kelly1950–2015–2020— 2015–2020Mary Finlay Geoghegan1949–2017–2019—Mary Irvine1956–2019–2022— 2020–2022Marie Baker1954–2019–2024—Elizabeth Dunne1956–2013–2026—Peter Charleton1956–2014–2026—
See also List of judges of the High Court of Ireland List of judges of the Court of Appeal of Ireland
References
External links Courts Service of Ireland List of former Judges of the Supreme Court since 1924 The Superior Courts of Law: 'Official' Law Reporting in Ireland 1866–2006, Eamonn G Hall, Pages 516–519