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List of attorneys general

Attorneys general of the Irish Free State
No.	Name	Term of office		Exec. Council Composition		Subsequent judicial or political career
1	Hugh Kennedy (TD for Dublin South)	31 January 1922	5 June 1924	SF (PT) (minority) CnG (minority)		Chief Justice 1924–1936
2	John O'Byrne	7 June 1924	9 January 1926	CnG (minority)		High Court judge 1926–1940 Supreme Court judge 1940–1954
3	John A. Costello	9 January 1926	9 March 1932	CnG (minority)		Taoiseach 1948–1951, 1954–1957
4	Conor Maguire (TD for the National University)	10 March 1932	2 November 1936	President of the High Court 1936–1946 Chief Justice 1946–1961
5	James Geoghegan (TD for Longford–Westmeath)	2 November 1936	22 December 1936	Supreme Court judge 1936–1949
6	Patrick Lynch	22 December 1936	29 December 1937	Continued as AG of Ireland
Attorneys general of Ireland
No.	Name	Term of office		Subsequent judicial or political career
	Patrick Lynch	29 December 1937	1 March 1940	Was last AG of the Irish Free State Retired aged 74
7	Kevin Haugh	2 March 1940	10 October 1942	High Court judge 1942–1961 Supreme Court judge 1961–1969
8	Kevin Dixon	10 October 1942	30 April 1946	High Court judge 1946–1959
9	Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh	30 April 1946	18 February 1948	Chief Justice of Ireland
10	Cecil Lavery (Senator on the Cultural and Educational Panel)	19 February 1948	21 April 1950	Supreme Court judge 1950–1966
11	Charles Casey	21 April 1950	12 June 1951	High Court judge 1951–1952
	Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh	14 June 1951	11 July 1953	Supreme Court judge 1953–1973 Chief Justice 1961–1973 European Court of Justice judge 1973–1974 President of Ireland 1974–1976
12	Thomas Teevan	11 July 1953	30 January 1954	High Court judge 1954–1971
13	Aindrias Ó Caoimh	30 January 1954	2 June 1954
14	Patrick McGilligan (TD for Dublin North-Central)	2 June 1954	20 March 1957
	Aindrias Ó Caoimh	20 March 1957	15 March 1965	President of the High Court 1966–1974 European Court of Justice judge 1975–1985
15	Colm Condon	16 March 1965	14 March 1973
16	Declan Costello (TD for Dublin South-West)	15 March 1973	19 May 1977	Judge of the High Court 1977–1998 President of the High Court 1995–1998
17	John Kelly (TD for Dublin South)	20 May 1977	5 July 1977	Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism 1981–1982
18	Anthony J. Hederman	6 July 1977	29 June 1981	Supreme Court judge 1981–1993
19	Peter Sutherland	30 June 1981	9 March 1982
20	Patrick Connolly	10 March 1982	16 August 1982
21	John L. Murray	17 August 1982	14 December 1982
	Peter Sutherland	15 December 1982	12 December 1984	European Commissioner for Competition 1985–1989 Director-General of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1993–1994 Director-General of the World Trade Organization 1995 Chairman of Goldman Sachs 1995–2015 UN Special Representative for International Migration 2006–2017
22	John Rogers	13 December 1984	10 March 1987
	John L. Murray	11 March 1987	25 September 1991	European Court of Justice judge 1992–1999 Supreme Court judge 1999–2015 Chief Justice 2004–2011
23	Harry Whelehan	26 September 1991	11 November 1994	President of the High Court 15–17 November 1994
24	Eoghan Fitzsimons	11 November 1994	15 December 1994
25	Dermot Gleeson	15 December 1994	26 June 1997
26	David Byrne	26 June 1997	17 July 1999	European Commissioner for Consumer Protection 1999–2004
27	Michael McDowell	17 July 1999	6 June 2002	Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform 2002–2007 Tánaiste 2006–2007 Senator for National University of Ireland since 2016
28	Rory Brady	7 June 2002	14 June 2007
29	Paul Gallagher	14 June 2007	9 March 2011
30	Máire Whelan	9 March 2011	14 June 2017	Court of Appeal judge 2017–
31	Séamus Woulfe	14 June 2017	27 June 2020	Supreme Court judge 2020–
	Paul Gallagher	27 June 2020	17 December 2022
32	Rossa Fanning	17 December 2022	Incumbent