Frank James Griffin (1 April 1919 – 5 June 2016) was an Irish judge who served as a Judge of the

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from 1973 to 1991 and a Judge of the High Court from 1971 to 1973. Griffin was a Judge-in-Residence at

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in the Sutherland School of Law. From 1991 to 1996, he served as President of the Council of the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital. His son, Gerry Griffin, serves as judge on the Irish Circuit Court. He died in 2016, at the age of 97.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Griffin, Frank Judges of the Supreme Court of Ireland 20th-century Irish judges 1919 births 2016 deaths Lawyers from County Dublin Alumni of University College Dublin Alumni of King's Inns