Aoife Moore Kavanagh

Irish Woman Among Youngest Ever to Pass New York Bar

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
December / January 2018

December 1, 2017 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2011/12/adam-farley/">Adam Farley</a>, Deputy Editor<br/><a href=“https://irishamerica.com/archives/2018-archive/december-january-2018/”>December / January 2018</a> 2 Comments

When the results of the July New York Bar Exam were posted this fall, Aoife Moore Kavanagh (right), a law graduate of Dublin City University from County Louth, became one of the youngest people ever to pass the grueling test, at age 22. “A lot of my fellow classmates and people I met while in New York didn’t know that it was even an option to sit the Bar Exam without going to … [Read more...] about Irish Woman Among Youngest Ever to Pass New York Bar

December 1, 1494

Poynings Law was enacted in Ireland on this day in 1494. The legislation, which was initiated by Sir Edward Poyning, the Lord Deputy of Ireland under King Henry VII, outlined the operation of the Irish Parliament. It placed Irish parliament under the authority of the English parliament, forbid the assembly from meeting without the King’s permission and called for all Irish parliamentary legislation to be approved by the King. Poynings Law and this date marked the beginning of English dominance via Tudor rule in Ireland.

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