Henry Abbott (Irish judge)

{{short description|Irish politician and High Court judge (b. 1947)}}

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| office = Judge of the High Court

| term_start = 20 July 2002

| term_end = 18 December 2017

| nominator = Government of Ireland

| appointer = Mary McAleese

| office1 = Teachta Dála

| term_start1 = February 1987

| term_end1 = June 1989

| constituency1 = Longford–Westmeath

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|12|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland

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| nationality = Irish

| party = Fianna Fáil

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

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Henry Abbott (born 18 December 1947) is a retired Irish judge and politician who served as a Judge of the High Court from 2002 to 2017. He also served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency from 1987 to 1989.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Henry-J-J-Abbott.D.1987-03-10/|title=Henry Abbott|work=Oireachtas Members Database|accessdate=3 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105201210/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Henry-J-J-Abbott.D.1987-03-10/|archive-date=5 November 2019|url-status=live}}

He lost his Dáil seat following the 1989 general election.{{cite web|url=http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3190|title=Henry Abbott|work=ElectionsIreland.org|accessdate=3 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810014700/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3190|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live}}