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). Some former auditors of the society have gone on to careers of high distinction in law, politics, medicine, academia, journalism, and other endeavours. This is a list of the auditors from when the society was founded by

John Henry Newman John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian, academic, intellectual, philosopher, polymath, historian, writer, scholar and poet, first as an Anglican ministry, Anglican priest and later as a Catholi ...

in 1855 to the present: * 1856–1857 Henry S. Bethell * 1857–1858 Augustus P. Bethell * 1858–1859 Hugh Hyacinth MacDermot * 1859–1860 Richard Fennelly * 1861–1862 Philip Farrelly * 1862–1863 John Kean * 1863–1864 John Butler * 1864–1865 Morgan B. Kavanagh * 1865–1866 Robert Wogan MacDonnell * 1866–1867 Patrick J. O'Connor * 1867–1868 Charles Dawson * 1868–1869 N. J. Gossan * 1869–1870 William Dillon * 1870–1871 George Fottrell * 1871–1872 Michael Charles Aughney * 1872–1873 Michael Francis Cox * 1873–1874 Michael O'Meara * 1874–1875

John Dillon John Dillon (4 September 1851 – 4 August 1927) was an Irish politician from Dublin, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for over 35 years and was the last leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. By political disposition Dillon was an a ...

* 1875–1876 Gerald Griffin * 1876–1877 John Francis O'Carroll * 1877–1878 Michael Duff * 1878–1879 Ignatius O'Brien * 1880–1881 J. D. McFeeley * 1882–1883 Joseph McGrath * 1883–1884 Thomas A Finlay, S. J. * 1884–1885 Robert Donovan * 1885–1886 Edmund Young * 1886–1887 Joseph J. Farrell * 1887–1888 Patrick Lennox * 1888–1889

William Magennis William Magennis (18 May 1867 – 30 March 1946) was an Irish politician and university professor. Early and personal life Born in Belfast, he was educated at Belvedere College, Dublin, and University College Dublin (UCD). In 1893 he was called ...

* 1889–1890 John F. W. Howley * 1890–1891 Luke Nolan * 1897–1898 Charles Griffin / Francis Skeffington * 1898–1899 Thomas M. Kettle * 1899–1900 Arthur E. Clery * 1900-1901

Hugh Kennedy Hugh Edward Kennedy (11 July 1879 – 1 December 1936) was an Irish Cumann na nGaedheal politician, barrister and judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland from 1924 to 1936, a judge of the Supreme Court from 1924 to 1936 and Attorney Gener ...

* 1901-1902 Robert Kinahan * 1902-1903 William Dawson * 1903-1904 John P. Doyle * 1904-1905 Richard Sheehy * 1905-1906 Thomas F. Bacon * 1906–1907 Francis Cruise O'Brien * 1907–1908 Maurice Healy * 1908–1909 Thomas Bodkin * 1909–1910 Michael McGilligan * 1910–1911 Michael Davitt * 1911–1912 John A. Ronayne / Patrick McGilligan * 1912–1913 Arthur Cox * 1913–1914 Michael J. Ryan * 1914–1915 James R. MacDonnell * 1915–1916 James G. O'Connor * 1916–1917 Joseph Mooney * 1917–1918 H. Garrett McGrath * 1918–1919 Thomas F. Aird * 1919–1920 Daniel Binchy * 1920–1921 John Farrell * 1921–1922 James Skehan * 1922–1923 David H. Travers * 1923–1924 John Charles Flood * 1924–1925 Bernard J. M. MacKenna * 1925–1926 Anthony J. Malone / Richard K. Boylan * 1926–1927 Patrick Byrne * 1927–1928 John J. Nash * 1928–1929 Thomas A. O'Rourke * 1929–1930 William Binchy / Thomas A. O'Rourke /

Robert Dudley Edwards Robert Walter Dudley Edwards (4 June 1909 – 5 June 1988) was an Irish historian. Biography Robert Walter Dudley Edwards, known to his friends as Robin and his students as 'Dudley'"Dr Robin Dudley Edwards dies in Dublin", ''Irish Times'', 6 Jun ...

* 1930–1931 John Kent * 1931–1932

Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (; 12 February 1911 – 21 March 1978) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, judge and barrister who served as the fifth president of Ireland from December 1974 to October 1976. His birth name was registered in English ...

* 1932–1933 James Meenan * 1933–1934

Vivion de Valera Vivion Laurence de Valera (13 December 1910 – 16 February 1982) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, businessman and lawyer who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1945 to 1981. He was the eldest child of Éamon de Valera and Sinéad de Vale ...

* 1934–1935 R. N. Cooke * 1935–1936 Desmond Bell * 1936–1937 Vincent Grogan * 1937–1938 Richard Walsh * 1938–1939

Thomas F. O'Higgins Thomas Francis O'Higgins (20 November 1890 – 1 November 1953) was an Irish Fine Gael politician and medical practitioner who served as Minister for Defence from 1948 to 1951, Minister for Industry and Commerce from March 1951 to June 1951 an ...

* 1939–1940 Tomas P. Ó Siaghail * 1940–1941 Patrick N. Meenan * 1941–1942 Frank Roe * 1942–1943 Francis Meenan * 1943–1944 Richard Cremins / Peter Hogbin * 1944–1945 Walter Treanor * 1945–1946 Eamonn Walsh * 1946–1947 Frank Martin * 1947–1948 Kevin Burke * 1948–1949 Patrick J. O'Kelly * 1949–1950 Patrick J. Connolly * 1950–1951 Richard Ryan * 1951–1952 Dermot Ryan * 1952–1953 Diarmuid Ó Sioradain * 1953–1954 Gerard Sheehy * 1954–1955 Micheal Ó Riain * 1955–1956 Henry Kennedy * 1956–1957 Desmond P. H. Windle * 1957–1958 Myles McSwiney * 1958–1959

Owen Dudley Edwards Owen Dudley Edwards (born 27 March 1938) is an Irish historian and former Reader in Commonwealth and American History at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the son of Professor Robert Dudley Edwards and brother to the Irish writer, ...

* 1959–1960 Brian McSwiney * 1960–1961 Dermot Bouchier Hayes * 1961–1962 Desmond J. Green * 1962–1963 Louis B. Courtney * 1963–1964 Anthony W. Clare * 1964–1965

Patrick Cosgrave Patrick John Francis Cosgrave (28 September 1941 – 16 September 2001) was a British-Irish journalist and writer. A staunch supporter of the British Conservative Party, he was an adviser to Margaret Thatcher whilst she was Leader of the Opposi ...

* 1965–1966 Henry Crawley * 1966–1967 Anthony D. Glavin / J Harold Owens * 1967–1968 Henry Kelly * 1968–1969 Dermot Gleeson * 1969–1970 Gerald Barry * 1970–1971 Mary E. Finlay * 1971–1972 Declan O'Donovan * 1972–1973

Adrian Hardiman Adrian Hardiman (21 May 1951 – 7 March 2016) was an Irish judge who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 2000 to 2016. Early life and education Adrian Hardiman was born on 21 May 1951, in Coolock, Dublin. His father was a teacher and Pr ...

* 1973–1974 Kevin Cross * 1974–1975 J. Gerard Danaher * 1975–1976 Michael Moloney * 1976–1977 Paul O'Higgins * 1977–1978 Frank Callanan * 1978–1979

Maev-Ann Wren Maev-Ann Wren is an Irish economist, journalist, author, and former special advisor to the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Roisin Shortall.

* 1979–1980 Gerard Stembridge * 1980–1981 Charles Meenan * 1981–1982 Laurence Ward * 1982–1983 Cormac Lucey * 1983–1984 Shane Murphy * 1984–1985 Dermot Meagher / Isobel Murray * 1985–1986 Eamon Delaney * 1986–1987

Richard Humphreys Richard Humphreys may refer to: * Richard Humphreys (philanthropist) (1750–1832), U.S. Quaker philanthropist who funded the establishment of a school for African Americans * Richard Humphreys (judge) (fl. 1980s–2020s), Irish judge and former po ...

* 1987–1988 Denise McDonald * 1988–1989 Oliver O'Brien * 1989–1990 Jason A. Devitt * 1990–1991 Pat O'Keeffe * 1991–1992 Sinéad E. Canning * 1992–1993 Marcus Dowling * 1993–1994 Tabitha Wood * 1994–1995 Padraig Francis;

Dara Ó Briain Dara Ó Briain ( , ; born 4 February 1972) is an Irish comedian and television presenter based in the United Kingdom. He is noted for performing stand-up comedy shows all over the world and for hosting topical panel shows such as ''Mock the We ...

* 1995–1996 Ian Walsh * 1996–1997 Alastair McMenamin * 1997–1998 Tom Wright * 1998–1999 Barry Ward * 1999–2000 Patrick E. Smyth * 2000–2001 J. Paul Brady * 2001–2002 Brian Flanagan * 2002–2003 Jarlath Regan * 2003–2004 Ciaran Lawlor * 2004–2005 Frank Kennedy * 2005–2006 Louisa Ní Eadeáin * 2006–2007 Ross McGuire; David O'Connor ice-Auditor* 2007–2008 Michael MacGrath * 2008–2009 Ian Hastings * 2009–2010 Conor McAndrew * 2010–2011 Niall Fahy * 2011–2012 Christine Simpson * 2012–2013 Daisy Onubogu * 2013–2014 Alex Owens * 2014–2015 Eoin MacLachlan * 2015–2016 Conor Rock * 2016–2017 Donal Naylor * 2017–2018 Aisling Tully * 2018–2019 Ella McLoughlin * 2019–2020 Anthony Tracey * 2020–2021 Samuel Ajetunmobi * 2021–2022 Roibeárd Fitzpatrick * 2022–2023 Adrianne Ward

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