Office: | Judge of the Supreme Court |
Term Start: | 7 July 1973 |
Term End: | 21 May 1991 |
Nominator: | Government of Ireland |
Appointer: | Erskine H. Childers |
Office1: | Judge of the High Court |
Term Start1: | 9 February 1971 |
Term End1: | 7 July 1973 |
Nominator1: | Government of Ireland |
Appointer1: | Éamon de Valera |
Birth Date: | 1 April 1919 |
Birth Place: | Dartry, Dublin, Ireland |
Death Place: | Dublin, Ireland |
Nationality: | Irish |
Children: | 6 |
Frank James Griffin (1 April 1919 – 5 June 2016) was an Irish judge who served as a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1973 to 1991 and a Judge of the High Court from 1971 to 1973.[1]
Griffin was a Judge-in-Residence at University College Dublin 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.[2] He died in 2016, at the age of 97.[3]