Frances Elizabeth Moran

Frances Elizabeth Moran (6 December 1893 – 7 October 1977) was an Irish barrister and legal scholar. She was Reid Professor of Criminal Law from 1925 to 1930, and Regius Professor of Laws from 1944 to 1963 at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD). She was called to the Irish Bar in 1924 and the English Bar in 1940. She was the first woman to become a law lecturer in Ireland and also to hold a chair at TCD when she was made Reid Professor. She became the first woman to take silk in Ireland, and indeed across the British Isles, when she was made a Senior Counsel in 1941.

Early life and education

Moran was born on 6 December 1893 in Dublin, Ireland.

Career

Moran was called to the Irish Bar in 1924. She was also Regius Professor of Laws from 1944-1963. In 1968, she became the first woman to be made an honorary fellow of Trinity College Dublin.