HUGH KENNEDY

• Born: July 11, 1879
• Died: December 1, 1936
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Hugh Edward Kennedy KC was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal politician, barrister and judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 1924 to 1936, a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1924 to 1936 and Attorney General of Ireland from 1922 to 1924. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency from 1923 to 1927. As a member of the Irish Free State Constitution Commission, he was also one of the constitutional architects of the Irish Free State.