J. Niall McGovern, class '39
In Memoriam
The Union was sadden to hear of the passing of Niall McGovern, class '39 and 1969-70 past President of the Union.
The death has occurred of J. Niall MCGOVERN
Ballsbridge, Dublin
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(Late of Irish Shipping), 9th March 2014 in his 92nd year, at Kinvara House Nursing Home, Bray. Husband of the late Máire. Deeply regretted by his children Barry, Brian, Helen and Niall; his daughter-in-law Marie; his grandchildren Stephen, Angela, Ruth, Mark, Carol, Orla, Sam, Andrew, Grace and Niall; his great-grandchildren relatives and friends. Removal this Wednesday morning from Fanagans Funeral Home, Main Street, Dundrum to the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Foxrock, arriving at 9.50am for Funeral Mass at 10am and afterwards to Shanganagh Cemetery. Grateful thanks for the kind and loving care of the staff of Kinvara House. |
Date Published: Monday 23rd November 2015
Date of Death: Friday 20th November 2015
Niall came to us in 1934 and spent five very happy years with us, before embarking on a career in Insurance, initially with Hibernian, and then with Irish Shipping, where after completing his LLB and being called to the bar, he became a globally recogonised expert on maritime law. In 1963 he was a founding member of the Irish Maritime Law Association which to this day makes a contribution to the work of the Comite Maritime International (that drafts various International conventions on maritime law) which is altogether out of proportion to its size or to Ireland’s status as a maritime state. This was evidenced by the fact that when the constitution of the CMI was revised in 1972 its new five-man Executive Council was composed of an American, an Englishman, a Frenchman, and Italian and an Irishman, namely Niall McGovern.
We remember Niall as a most loyal past man who served as Union President in 1969-70 and who also paid us the ultimate compliment when he sent his three sons - Barry of class'66, Brian of class'68 and Niall of class'72 to be educated with us. To them, their sister Helen and the wider McGovern family, we extend our heartfelt condolences.
Requiescat in Pace.