- Bryan MacMahon
ЛBryan M. E. MacMahon (born
10 April 1941 [Gaughan, J. Anthony: "Listowel and its vicinity: Since 1873", page 79. Currach Press, 2004] ) is a Judge of the Irish High Court and the author of textbooks on Irish law. He is the son of short story writer Bryan MacMahon, and a native ofListowel ,County Kerry ,Ireland .Legal career
Judge MacMahon received his BCL and LLB degrees from University College of Dublin; subsequently, having been awarded the Harvard Fellowship, he undertook further postgraduate study at
Harvard Law School . He returned to Ireland in 1967 to take up a post as a Statutory Lecturer in the Law Faculty, University College Cork (UCC). During his time at UCC Judge MacMahon went on to become Professor of Law and Head of the Department of Law.In 1987 Judge MacMahon joined the law firm of Houlihan and McMahon,
Ennis , Co. Clare, as a Senior Partner. While continuing to practise law he simultaneously held a part-time Chair of Law at theNational University of Ireland, Galway . In 1999 he was appointed a Judge of the Circuit Court. In 2007, he was promoted to the High Court in recognition of his status as a leading Irish jurist. A noted and oft cited jurist, he is deemed to be an authority on the bench in relation to tortious matters.He was appointed Adjunct Professor of the Faculty of Law at University College Cork in 2004.
Judge MacMahon is also Chair of the Irish Universities Quality Board and the National Archives Advisory Council.
In 2005, Judge MacMahon (a lifelong theatre fan) was appointed Chairman of the Board of the Abbey Theatre by Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism John O'Donoghue. Interestingly, the Abbey was the venue often used to showcase many plays written by Judge MacMahon's late father.
Legal textbooks
Judge MacMahon has co-authored many legal textbooks including:
*"Law of Torts", co-authored withWilliam Binchy (Butterworths: 1980, 1989, 3rd Edition 2000);
*"Casebook on Irish Law of Torts", also co-authored with William Binchy, (Butterworths 1983, 2nd Edition 1991);
*"European Community Law in Ireland", co-authored with Finbarr Murphy (Butterworths: 1989).References
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