S.I. No. 70/1960 - Circuit Court (New Circuits) Order, 1960.

S.I. No. 70 of 1960.

CIRCUIT COURT (NEW CIRCUITS) ORDER, 1960.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 16 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1953 (No. 32 of 1953), hereby order as follows :

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Circuit Court (New Circuits) Order, 1960.

(2) This Order shall come into operation on the 11th day of April, 1960.

2.—(1) The several counties and county boroughs in the State are hereby divided for the purposes of the Circuit Court into the groups specified in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at reference numbers 1 to 8.

(2) A circuit specified at reference number 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 in that Schedule shall be known by the name specified in column (3) of that Schedule at that reference number.

3.—(1) The judges of the Circuit Court whose names are specified in column (4) of the Schedule to this Order at reference number 1 are hereby permanently assigned to the Dublin Circuit.

(2) A judge of the Circuit Court whose name is so specified at reference number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 is hereby permanently assigned to the circuit specified at that reference number.

4. Business transacted in the Circuit Court which was initiated before the commencement of this Order and was not completed before such commencement shall be continued and completed as if this Order had been in operation when such business was initiated.

SCHEDULE.

Ref. No.	The Circuits	Names of the Circuits	Judge of Judges assigned to the Circuits
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
1	Dublin County Borough and Dublin County.	Dublin Circuit.	John Charles Conroy. Michael Binchy.
2	Cork County Borough and Cork County.	Cork Circuit.	Thomas Joseph Neylon.

Ref. No.	The Circuits	Names of the Circuits	Judge of Judges assigned to the Circuits
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
3	Cavan	Northern Circuit.	Patrick Noel Ryan
	Donegal
	Leitrim
	Monaghan
	Sligo.
4	Laois	Midland Circuit.	Michael John Sweeney
	Longford
	Offaly
	Roscommon
	Westmeath.
5	Kildare	Eastern Circuit.	Kenneth Edwin Lee Deale.
	Louth
	Meath
	Wexford
	Wicklow.
6	Clare	South-Western Circuit.	Barra Ó Briain.
	Kerry
	Limerick County
	Limerick County Borough.
7	Carlow	South-Eastern Circuit.	Seán Mac Diarmai Fawsitt.
	Kilkenny
	Tipperary (North Riding)
	Tipperary (South Riding)
	Waterford County
	Waterford County Borough.
8	Galway	Western Circuit.	John James Durcan.
	Mayo.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 5th day of April, 1960.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order divides the State into eight new Circuit Court circuits to replace the existing nine circuits and assigns judges to the new circuits.