The Circuit Court

Court offices and contacts


Carlow Court Office

  • Tel: (059) 915 3100

  • Fax: (059) 913 1325

Officials

  • Judge: Vacancy

  • Office Manager: Lisa Malone

  • County Registrar: Eithne Coughlan, Mary Delahunty, James Seymour (when required)

  • Sheriff or Under-Sheriff: Paul Quinn

  • Revenue Sheriff: Alice Lanigan


Cavan Court Office

  • Tel: (049) 433 1530

  • Fax: (049) 433 1089

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge John Aylmer

  • Office Manager: Fiona O’Reilly

  • County Registrar: Joseph Smith

  • Sheriff or Under-Sheriff: Joseph Smith

  • Revenue Sheriff: David Kelly


Ennis Court Office

  • Tel: (065) 686 7500

  • Fax: (065) 682 2499

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Thomas E’ O’Donnell

  • Office Manager: Annette Conway

  • County Registrar: Vacancy

  • Sheriff or Under-Sheriff: Vacancy

  • Revenue Sheriff: Fred Binchy


Cork Court Office – Civil and Family

  • Tel: (021) 4805600

Officials

  • Judges: Her Honour Judge Helen Boyle, His Honour Judge Dermot Sheehan, Her Honour Judge Sinead Behan

  • Office Manager: Mary Clare Kearney

  • County Registrar: Clare O’Shea O’Neill

  • Sheriff or Under-Sheriff: Sinead McNamara

  • Revenue Sheriff: Sinead McNamara

Cork Court Office - Crime

Tel: (021) 238 9900

Officials

  • Judges: Her Honour Judge Helen Boyle, His Honour Judge Dermot Sheehan, Her Honour Judge Sinead Behan

  • Office Manager: David Colbert

  • County Registrar: Clare O’Shea O’Neill

  • Sheriff or Under-Sheriff: Martin A. Harvey

  • Revenue Sheriff: Martin A. Harvey


Letterkenny Court Office

  • Tel: (074) 920 6000

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge John Aylmer

  • Office Manager: Geoffrey Mc Gonagle

  • County Registrar: Geraldine O’Connor

  • Sheriff or Under-Sheriff: Geraldine O’Connor

  • Revenue Sheriff: Brendan Twomey


Civil Office

  • Tel: (01) 888 6376

Criminal Office

  • Tel: (01) 798 8006

Family Law

  • Tel: (01) 888 6812

Officials

  • Judges: The Hon Ms. Justice Patricia Ryan, His Honour Judge Martin E. Nolan, Her Honour Judge Sarah Berkeley, Her Honour Judge Pauline Codd, Her Honour Judge Elma Sheahan, Her Honour Judge Mary O’Malley Costello, Her Honour Judge Martina Baxter, Her Honour Judge Kathryn Hutton, His Honour Judge John O’Connor, Her Honour Judge Orla Crowe

  • Office Managers: Fiona Wright (Civil Office), Kevin Fidgeon (Criminal Office) Maria Cotter (Family Law)

  • County Registrar: Rita Considine

  • Sheriff or Under-Sheriff: James Barry, Fergus Gallagher (Dublin County)

  • Revenue Sheriff: Joseph Burke, Fergus Gallagher (Dublin County)


Galway Court Office

  • Tel: (091) 511500

  • Fax: (091) 565079

Officials

  • Judges: His Honour Judge Brian O’Callaghan, His Honour Judge Brian Garavan

  • Office Manager: Pattie Mulkerrin

  • County Registrar: Marian Chambers Higgins

  • Sheriff or Under-Sheriff: Marian Chambers Higgins

  • Revenue Sheriff: Padraic Brennan


Tralee Court Office

  • Tel: (066) 717 8700

  • Bar Room: (066) 712 1172

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Thomas E. O’Donnell

  • Office Manager: Deirdre Mulcahy

  • County Registrar:Padraig Burke

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Padraig Burke

  • Revenue Sheriff: Liam F. Coghlan


Naas Court Office

  • Tel: (045) 980120

  • Fax: (045) 980121

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Patrick Quinn

  • Office Manager: Michelle McEvoy

  • County Registrar:Eithne Coughlan

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Kevin Lavelle

  • Revenue Sheriff: Alice Lanigan


Kilkenny Court Office

  • Tel: (056) 772 1019

  • Fax: (056) 777 7579

Officials

  • Judge: Her Honour Judge Alice Doyle

  • Office Manager: Mairead O’Dwyer

  • County Registrar:Deirdre Burke

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Paul Quinn

  • Revenue Sheriff: Thomas Murran


Portlaoise Court Office

  • Tel: (057) 867 4600

  • Fax: (057) 867 0828

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Keenan Johnson (Crime)

  • Office Manager: Catherine Magner

  • County Registrar:Rory Hannify

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Jerry Dillon

  • Revenue Sheriff: Fred Binchy


Carrick-on-Shannon Court Office

  • Tel: (071) 962 0002

  • Fax: (071) 962 0788

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge John Aylmer

  • Office Manager: Geraldine Cornyn

  • County Registrar:Joseph Smith

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Joseph Smith

  • Revenue Sheriff: David Kelly


Limerick Court Office – Civil and Family

  • Tel: (061) 414 300

Officials

  • Office Manager: Siobhan O’Connor

  • Revenue Sheriff: Plunkett Hayes

Limerick Court Office – Criminal and Licensing

  • Tel: (061) 289900

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Thomas O’Donnell

  • Office Manager: Michael Delaney

  • Revenue Sheriff: Fred Binchy


Tralee Court Office

  • Tel: (066) 717 8700

  • Bar Room: (066) 712 1172

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Thomas E. O’Donnell

  • Office Manager: Deirdre Mulcahy

  • County Registrar:Padraig Burke

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Padraig Burke

  • Revenue Sheriff: Liam F. Coghlan


Naas Court Office

  • Tel: (045) 980120

  • Fax: (045) 980121

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Patrick Quinn

  • Office Manager: Michelle McEvoy

  • County Registrar:Eithne Coughlan

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Kevin Lavelle

  • Revenue Sheriff: Alice Lanigan


Kilkenny Court Office

  • Tel: (056) 772 1019

  • Fax: (056) 777 7579

Officials

  • Judge: Her Honour Judge Alice Doyle

  • Office Manager: Mairead O’Dwyer

  • County Registrar:Deirdre Burke

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Paul Quinn

  • Revenue Sheriff: Thomas Murran


Portlaoise Court Office

  • Tel: (057) 867 4600

  • Fax: (057) 867 0828

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Keenan Johnson (Crime)

  • Office Manager: Catherine Magner

  • County Registrar:Rory Hannify

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Jerry Dillon

  • Revenue Sheriff: Fred Binchy


Carrick-on-Shannon Court Office

  • Tel: (071) 962 0002

  • Fax: (071) 962 0788

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge John Aylmer

  • Office Manager: Geraldine Cornyn

  • County Registrar:Joseph Smith

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Joseph Smith

  • Revenue Sheriff: David Kelly


Limerick Court Office – Civil and Family

  • Tel: (061) 414 300

Officials

  • Office Manager: Siobhan O’Connor

Revenue Sheriff: Plunkett Hayes

Limerick Court Office – Criminal and Licensing

  • Tel: (061) 289900

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Thomas O’Donnell

  • Office Manager: Michael Delaney

  • Revenue Sheriff: Fred Binchy


Longford Court Office

  • Tel: (043) 3346410

  • Fax: (043) 3345699

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Keenan Johnson (for criminal)

  • Office Manager: Anne Marie Flynn-Corr

  • County Registrar:Imelda Branigan

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Imelda Branigan

  • Revenue Sheriff: David Kelly


Dundalk Court Office

  • Tel: (042) 939 2300

  • Fax: (042) 939 2399

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Patrick Quinn

  • Office Manager: Denis Clarkin

  • County Registrar:Mark Stafford

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Mark Stafford

  • Revenue Sheriff: Mark Dillon


Castlebar Court Office

  • Tel: (094) 904 3800

  • Fax: (094) 902 4242

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Brian O’Callaghan, His Honour Judge Eoin Garavan

  • Office Manager: Breda Byron

  • County Registrar:Ann-Marie Courell

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Ann-Marie Courell

  • Revenue Sheriff: John O’Malley


Trim Court Office

  • Tel: (046) 948 1200

  • Fax: (046) 943 1655

  • Bar Room: (046) 948 1220

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Patrick Quinn

  • Office Manager: Jenny Arthurs

  • County Registrar:Brídín Concannon

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Brídín Concannon

  • Revenue Sheriff: Mark Dillon


Monaghan Court Office

  • Tel: (047) 62300

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge John Aylmer

  • Office Manager: Bernadette Ryan

  • County Registrar:Joseph Smith

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Joseph Smith 

  • Revenue Sheriff: David Kelly


Tullamore Court Office

  • Tel: (057) 932 1153

  • Fax: (057) 935 2921

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Keenan Johnson

  • Office Manager: Robert Hogan

  • County Registrar:Rory Hannify

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Rory Hannify

  • Revenue Sheriff: Fred Binchy


Roscommon Court Office

  • Tel: (090) 662 6174

  • Fax: (090) 662 5833

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Keenan Johnson

  • Office Manager: Ita Scanlon

  • County Registrar:Ann-Marie Courell

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff:  Ann-Marie Courell

  • Revenue Sheriff: David Kelly


Sligo Court Office

  • Tel: (071) 914 2228

  • Fax: (071) 916 2297

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Keenan Johnson

  • Office Manager: Olivia Bushell

  • County Registrar:Geraldine O’Connor (when required)

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Geraldine O’Connor (when required)

  • Revenue Sheriff: David Kelly


Clonmel Court Office

  • Tel: (052) 612 9183

    Bar Room: (052) 6127121

Officials

  • Judge: Her Honour Judge Alice Doyle

  • Office Manager: Vacant

  • County Registrar:James Seymour

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: James Seymour

  • Revenue Sheriff: Fred Binchy


Waterford Court Office

  • Tel: (051) 874657

  • Fax: (051) 876084

Officials

  • Judge: Her Honour Judge Alice Doyle

  • Office Manager: Sarah Doyle

  • County Registrar:Vacant

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Sergehi Groppa

  • Revenue Sheriff: Thomas Murran


Mullingar Court Office

  • Tel: (044) 934 8315

  • Fax: (044) 933 5248

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Keenan Johnson

  • Office Manager: Margaret O’Rafferty

  • County Registrar:Brídín Concannon

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Brídín Concannon

  • Revenue Sheriff: Mark Dillon


Wexford Court Office

  • Tel: (053) 912 2097

  • Fax: (053) 912 4798

Officials

  • Judge: Her Honour Judge Alice Doyle

  • Office Manager: Eugene Byrne

  • County Registrar:Deirdre Burke

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Martin Boyle

  • Revenue Sheriff: Thomas Murran


Wicklow Circuit Court Office

  • Tel: (0404) 67361

  • Fax: (0404) 67422

Officials

  • Judge: His Honour Judge Patrick Quinn

  • Office Manager: Michael O’Connor

  • County Registrar:Mary Delahanty

  • Sheriffor Under-Sheriff: Andrew Cullen

  • Revenue Sheriff: Thomas Murran

Circuit Court Judges

Assigned to Dublin:

  • The Hon. Ms. Justice Patricia Ryan, President of the

  • Circuit Court, His Honour Judge Martin E. Nolan,

  • Her Honour Judge Sarah Berkeley, Her Honour Judge

  • Pauline Codd, Her Honour Judge Elma Sheahan,

  • Her Honour Judge Mary O’Malley Costello, Her Honour

  • Judge Martina Baxter, Her Honour Judge Kathryn

  • Hutton, His Honour Judge John O’Connor,

  • Her Honour Judge Orla Crowe

Other assignments:

  • His Honour Judge James O’Donohoe (unassigned)

  • Vacancy (South Eastern)

  • His Honour Judge Terence O’Sullivan (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge Thomas E. O’Donnell (South Western)

  • His Honour Judge Keenan Johnson (Midland)

  • His Honour Judge Eugene O’Kelly (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge Francis Comerford (unassigned)

  • Her Honour Judge Karen Fergus (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge John Francis Aylmer (Northern)

  • Her Honour Judge Sinéad Ní Chúlacháin (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge Brian O’Callaghan (Western)

  • His Honour Judge Cormac Quinn (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge Patrick Quinn (Eastern)

  • His Honour Judge Eoin Garavan (Western)

  • His Honour Judge James McCourt (unassigned)

  • Her Honour Judge Helen Boyle (Cork)

  • Her Honour Judge Mary Morrissey (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge Colin Daly (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge Dara Hayes (unassigned)

  • Her Honour Judge Catherine Staines (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge Michael Walsh (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge Kenneth Connolly (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge John Martin (unassigned)

  • Her Honour Judge Elva Duffy (unassigned)

  • Her Honour Judge Elizabeth Maguire (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge Simon McAleese (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge Dermot Sheehan (Cork)

  • Her Honour Judge Sinead Behan (Cork)

  • His Honour Judge Geoffrey Shannon (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge Gerard Meehan (unassigned)

  • Her Honour Judge Jennifer O’Brien (unassigned)

  • Her Honour Judge Fiona O’Sullivan (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge Jonathan Dunphy (unassigned)

  • His Honour Judge Christopher Callan (unassigned)

  • 1 x Vacancy

  • Ex-officio:,His Honour Judge Paul Kelly, President of the District Court

Circuits and towns served

  • Cork Circuit: Bandon, Bantry, Clonakilty, Cork, Fermoy, Macroom, Mallow, Middleton, Skibbereen, Youghal

  • Midland Circuit Athlone, Longford, Mullingar, Portlaoise, Roscommon, Sligo, Tullamore

  • South Eastern Circuit: Carlow, Clonmel, Dungarvan, Kilkenny, Nenagh, Thurles, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford

  • Eastern Circuit: Athy, Dundalk, Naas, Trim, Wicklow

  • Northern Circuit: Buncrana, Carrick-on-Shannon, Carickmacross, Cavan, Donegal, Leterkenny, Manorhamilton, Monaghan

  • South Western Circuit: Ennis, Killarney, Kilrush, Limerick, Listowel, Newcastlewest, Tralee

  • Western Circuit: Ballina, Castlebar, Clifden, Galway, Loughrea, Westport

Circuit Court Rules Committee

  • The Hon. Ms. Justice Patricia Ryan, President of the Circuit Court

  • Her Honour Judge Sarah Berkeley, Judge of the Circuit Court

  • His Honour Judge John Aylmer, Judge of the Circuit Court

  • Tomás Keys B.L., (Bar Council)

  • Tracy Ennis Faherty B.L. (Bar Council)

  • Siún Hurley, Solicitor, (Law Society)

  • Martin Lawlor, Solicitor

  • Anne Spaine (CSSO)

  • James Finn (Courts Service)

  • Rita Considine, County Registrar, Dublin

  • Bridin Concannon, County Registrar, Meath and Westmeath

  • Draftsman: Sean Barton

  • Secretary: Liz Hughes

Sittings

Updated information on Circuit Court Sittings is available on the Courts Service website.