Peter Smithwick

Judge Peter Smithwick (born 1937) is an Irish judge, and Chairman and Sole Member of the Smithwick Tribunal, a Tribunal of Inquiry into the events surrounding the killing of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Robert Buchanan of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC).[1]

Prior to his appointment as Chairman of the Smithwick Tribunal in 2005, he was President of the District Court for 17 years.

Judge Smithwick was a Director and the ninth generation of his family to be associated with Smithwick's, the famous beer brewed by his family firm. He appears to have been extremely well-liked and respected.[2][3] He was a Freeman of the city of Kilkenny.[4]

He grew up in Kilcreene Lodge, and was educated at Castleknock College and University College Dublin. His family was prominent as part of the landed gentry of County Kilkenny.[5]

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