O Dalaigh, Cearbhall, << oh DAW lee, KEHR uhl >> (1911-1978), was president of the Republic of Ireland from 1974 to 1976. He served as a judge of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg in 1973 and 1974. From 1961 to 1973, he was chief justice and president of the Supreme Court of Ireland.
O Dalaigh was born on Feb. 12, 1911, in Bray, County Wicklow. He was educated at University College, Dublin. He became a barrister (lawyer qualified to argue cases in all courts) in 1934. From 1931 to 1942, he was editor of The Irish Press newspaper. O Dalaigh served as Ireland’s attorney general from 1946 to 1948 and from 1951 to 1953. He became a judge in 1953. He died on March 21, 1978.
