Michael Comyn: In 1912, he served as a revising barrister at the Cork Revision Sessions, handling voter registration disputes.
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Michael Comyn (6 June 1871 – 6 October 1952) was an Irish barrister, politician, and judge known for his involvement in nationalist causes and key legal cases during a tumultuous period in Irish history. Born in Ballyvaughan, County Clare, to a tenant farmer father who was active in the Land League, Comyn experienced eviction as a child, which likely shaped his later political views. He studied at King’s Inns and was called to the Irish Bar in 1898while still working as a civil servant in excise. Joining the Munster Circuit in 1900, he built a civil practice in Clare, serving as barrister for the Clare County Council.
In 1912, he served as a revising barrister at the Cork Revision Sessions, handling voter registration disputes.
He became King’s Counsel (KC) in 1914. Comyn’s nationalist activities intensified; during the 1916 Easter Rising, he was in the United States. Upon returning, he defended republican prisoners during the War of Independence and Civil War, notably in high-profile cases like Re. Clifford and O’Sullivan (1921), where he challenged military courts before the House of Lords, and the defense of Erskine Childers in 1922.
Politically, he served as a Fianna Fáil Senator from 1928 to 1936 and was appointed a Circuit Court judge in 1936, retiring in 1945. Beyond law, Comyn was a geologist and mine operator, discovering phosphorite deposits in Clare. He was also a litigant in a prolonged mining rights case he ultimately won. Comyn died in Dublin in 1952.
Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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