Mary Finlay Geoghegan

Mary Finlay Geoghegan
Mary Finlay Geoghegan
Judge of the Supreme Court
	In office; 1 December 2017 – 16 June 2019
Nominated by	Government of Ireland
Appointed by	Michael D. Higgins
Judge of the Court of Appeal
	In office; 29 October 2014 – 30 November 2017
Nominated by	Government of Ireland
Appointed by	Michael D. Higgins
Judge of the High Court
	In office; 3 July 2002 – 28 October 2014
Nominated by	Government of Ireland
Appointed by	Mary McAleese
Personal details
Born	Mary Finlay; 1949 (age 74–75); Naas, County Kildare, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse	Hugh Geoghegan (m. 1981)
Children	3
Parent	Thomas Finlay (father);
Relatives	Thomas Finlay (grandfather); John Blayney (uncle); James Geoghegan (father-in-law);
Alma mater	University College Dublin; College of Europe; Law Society of Ireland;

Mary Finlay Geoghegan (née Finlay; born 1949) is a retired Irish judge and lawyer. She was appointed to the High Court in 2002 and promoted to a newly established Court of Appeal from 2014. She became a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland from 2017, before retiring in 2019.

Finlay Geoghegan specialised in commercial law. She originally practised as a solicitor in a corporate law firm, before becoming a barrister where she had a broad commercial and civil practice.

Her judicial career included temporary positions at the European Court of Human Rights and the Referendum Commission.

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