Kevin O'Hanrahan Haugh was an Irish barrister and judge.

He was born in Dublin and educated at Blackrock College

Blackrock College

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 and University College Dublin

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; called to the Bar 1925, Senior Counsel

Senior Counsel

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 1938. He was a leading junior prosecutor for the State and Attorney General

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 1940-1942. He was appointed a High Court

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 judge in 1942. He was for many years the Probate Judge and an acknowledged authority on succession law. He became a judge of the Supreme Court

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 in 1961. He retired in 1968 and died the following year.

His son, also Kevin (1944–2009) followed his father's path to the Bar and the High Court; unlike his father he was also a judge of the Circuit Court

Circuit court

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. He was an immensely popular judge whose career was sadly cut short by his early death in 2009.