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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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