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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 and University College Dublin near Kilkenny. His family was prominent as part of the landed gentry of County Kilkenny.^[5]

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1. ^Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into suggestions that members of An Garda Siochana or other employees of the State colluded in the fatal shooting of RUC Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and RUC Superintendent Robert Buchanan on 20 March 1989
2. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/a-skilled-gentleman-with-the-common-touch-29819225.html | work=Independent.ie| title=A skilled gentleman with the common touch | date=8 December 2013}}
3. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.irishlifeandlore.com/product/judge-peter-smithwick-inistioge-part-1/| work=Irish Life and Lore| title=Judge Peter Smithwick, Inistoge (Part 1)}}
4. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/member-kilkenny-brewing-family-smithwick-9539761 | work=Irish Mirror| title=Member of Kilkenny brewing family Smithwick awarded OBE by the Queen | date=31 December 2016}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url = http://irishfamilynamesx.com/kilkenny|title = The Landed Gentry & Aristocracy of County Kilkenny |author= Art Kavanagh |date =2004 |access-date = |website = Kilkenny|publisher = Irish Family Names|last = |first = }}

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