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List of Commissioners

Garda Commissioners since 1922

Michael Staines TD, Feb – Sept 1922 Michael Staines TD, Feb – Sept 1922
Eoin O’Duffy, Sept 1922 – Feb 1933 Eoin O’Duffy, Sept 1922 – Feb 1933
Eamon Broy, Feb 1933 – June 1938 Eamon Broy, Feb 1933 – June 1938
Michael Kinnane, June 1938 – July 1952 Michael Kinnane, June 1938 – July 1952
Daniel Costigan, 1952 – Feb 1965 Daniel Costigan, 1952 – Feb 1965
William P. Quinn, Feb 1965 – March 1967 William P. Quinn, Feb 1965 – March 1967
Patrick Carroll BL, March 1967 – Sept 1968 Patrick Carroll BL, March 1967 – Sept 1968
Michael Wymes, Sept 1968 – Jan 1973 Michael Wymes, Sept 1968 – Jan 1973
Patrick Malone, Jan 1973 – Sept 1975 Patrick Malone, Jan 1973 – Sept 1975
Edward Garvey, Sept 1975 – Jan 1978 Edward Garvey, Sept 1975 – Jan 1978
Patrick Mc Loughlin, Jan 1978 – Jan 1983 Patrick Mc Laughlin, Jan 1978 – Jan 1983
Lawrence Wren, Feb 1983 – Nov 1987 Lawrence Wren, Feb 1983 – Nov 1987
Eamon Doherty, Nov 1987 – Dec 1988 Eamon Doherty, Nov 1987 – Dec 1988
Eugene Crowley, Dec 1988 – Jan 1991 Eugene Crowley, Dec 1988 – Jan 1991
Patrick J Culligan MSc, Jan 1991 – Jul 1996 Patrick J Culligan MSc, Jan 1991 – Jul 1996
Patrick Byrne, Jul 1996 – Jul 2003 Patrick Byrne, Jul 1996 – Jul 2003
Noel Conroy, Jul 2003 – Nov 2007 Noel Conroy, Jul 2003 – Nov 2007
Fachtna Murphy, Nov 2007 – Dec 2010 Fachtna Murphy, Nov 2007 – Dec 2010

  Martin Callinan, Dec 2010 - March 2014  
 Nóirín O’Sullivan, March 2014 -