Frank Griffin (judge)

{{Short description|Irish judge (1919–2016)}}

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| 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 = {{birth date|1919|4|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dartry, Dublin, Ireland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|6|5|1919|4|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Dublin, Ireland

| nationality = Irish

| spouse = {{marriage|Helen Griffin|1935|1999|end=her death}}

| children = 6

| alma_mater = {{Ubl|University College Dublin|King's Inns}}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.supremecourt.ie/supremecourt/sclibrary3.nsf/0/ABF35041A7FAD2EA8025741800403A20?openDocument&l=en|title=Former Judges of the Supreme Court|first=Supreme Court|last=webmaster|work=supremecourt.ie|accessdate=3 December 2016|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032142/http://www.supremecourt.ie/SupremeCourt/sclibrary3.nsf/0/ABF35041A7FAD2EA8025741800403A20?openDocument&l=en|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/migration/exfg-minister-to-be-high-court-judge-26289896.html|title=Ex-FG minister to be High Court judge - Independent.ie|work=independent.ie|accessdate=3 December 2016|archive-date=1 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701140701/http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/migration/exfg-minister-to-be-high-court-judge-26289896.html|url-status=live}} He died in 2016, at the age of 97.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishlegal.com/4463/former-judge-frank-griffin-dies-at-97/|title=Former judge Frank Griffin dies at 98 - Irish Legal News|date=7 June 2016|work=irishlegal.com|accessdate=3 December 2016|archive-date=9 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109045256/http://www.irishlegal.com/4463/former-judge-frank-griffin-dies-at-97/|url-status=live}}