The Circuit Court sits during four law terms each year: Hilary, Easter, Trinity, and Michaelmas. The information below sets out the confirmed sittings for each county in the South Western Circuit — covering Clare, Kerry, and Limerick — for 2027 and 2026.
2027 sittings
Clare Circuit Court sittings – 2027
Law terms: Hilary: 12 January – 27 March; Easter: 13 April – 21 May; Trinity: 03 June – 31 July; Michaelmas: 5 October – 21 December.
Ennis – Civil sittings
- 26 January (1 week)
- 16 March (1 week)
- 11 May
- 5 October (1 week)
- 30 November (1 week)
Ennis – Civil sittings (sitting at Kilrush)
- 12 January (1 week)
- 4 May (1 week)
- 30 November (1 week)
Ennis – Family sittings
- 19 January (1 week)
- 2 March (2 weeks)
- 27 April (1 week)
- 26 May (1 week)
- 19 May (2 weeks)
- 27 July (1 week)
- 5 October (1 week)
- 23 November (1 week)
- 7 December (2 weeks)
Ennis – Family sittings (sitting at Kilrush)
- 14 January (1 week)
- 3 June (1 week)
Ennis – Criminal sittings
- 2 February (4 weeks)
- 6 April (3 weeks)
- 22 June (5 weeks)
- 12 October (5 weeks)
High Court appeals (sitting at Ennis)
- 10 May (4 days)
Kilrush sittings
- 12 January
- 4 May
- 8 June (4 days)
- 15 June (4 days)
- 30 November
Kerry Circuit Court sittings – 2027
Dates have not yet been furnished as the 2027 sittings dates are not available at this time.
Limerick Circuit Court sittings – 2027
Limerick – Civil and Family sittings (Merchants Quay)
- All weeks during Hilary term, except 15 February – 26 February
- All weeks during Easter term, except 12 April – 23 April
- All weeks during Trinity term
- All weeks during Michaelmas term, except 15 November – 26 November
2026 sittings
Clare Circuit Court sittings – 2026
Law terms: Hilary: 12 January – 27 March; Easter: 13 April – 21 May; Trinity: 03 June – 31 July; Michaelmas: 5 October – 21 December.
Ennis – Civil sittings
- 27 January (1 week)
- 18 March (1 week)
- 8 April (1 week)
- 17 November (1 week)
- 15 December (1 week)
Ennis – Civil sittings (sitting at Kilrush)
- 13 January (1 week)
- 12 May (1 week)
- 1 December (1 week)
Ennis – Family sittings
- 20 January (1 week)
- 10 March (1 week)
- 24 March (1 week)
- 5 May (1 week)
- 19 May (1 week)
- 3 June (½ week)
- 23 June (1 week)
- 6 October (1 week)
- 24 November (1 week)
- 8 December (1 week)
- 15 December (1 week)
Ennis – Family sittings (sitting at Kilrush)
- 14 January (1 week)
- 3 June (1 week)
Ennis – Criminal sittings
- 3 February (5 weeks)
- 14 April (3 weeks)
- 30 June (5 weeks)
- 13 October (5 weeks)
High Court appeals (sitting at Ennis)
- 19 May (3 days)
Kilrush sittings
- 13 January
- 12 May
- 10 June (3 days)
- 16 June (1 week)
- 1 December
Kerry Circuit Court sittings – 2026
Law terms: Hilary: 12 January – 27 March; Easter: 13 April – 21 May; Trinity: 3 May – 31 July; Michaelmas: 5 October – 21 December.
Tralee and Killarney – Civil and Family sittings
- 13 January (4 weeks)
- 18 March (2 weeks)
- 5 May (3 weeks)
- 7 July (4 week)
- 6 October (3 week)
- 7 December (2 weeks)
Tralee – Scheduled sittings
- 13 January – Criminal callover, licensing, motions, District Court appeals
- 5 May – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals
- 7 July – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals
- 6 October – Criminal callover, licensing, motions, District Court appeals
Tralee – Criminal sittings
- 10 February
- 17 February
- 24 February
- 3 March
- 10 March
- 14 April
- 21 April
- 28 April
- 3 June
- 9 June
- 16 June
- 23 June
- 30 June
- 27 October
- 3 November
- 10 November
- 17 November
- 24 November
- 1 December
Killarney – Scheduled sittings
- 5 February – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
- 14 May – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
- 23 July – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
- 10 December – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
Listowel – Scheduled sittings
- 3 February – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
- 12 May – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
- 21 July – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
- 8 December – Licensing, motions, District Court appeals (2 days)
Limerick Circuit Court sittings – 2026
Law terms: Hilary: 12 January – 27 March; Easter: 13 April – 21 May; Trinity: 03 June – 31 July; Michaelmas: 5 October – 21 December.
Limerick – Civil and Family sittings (Merchants Quay)
- All weeks during term, except 16 February – 27 February & 23 March – 27 March
- All weeks during term, except 20 April – 1 May
- All weeks during Trinity term
- All weeks during term, except 16 November – 4 December
Limerick – Criminal sittings (Mulgrave Street)
- All weeks during Hilary term
- All weeks during Easter term
- All weeks during Trinity term
- All weeks during Michaelmas term
Newcastle West – District Court appeal sittings
- 04 February
- 20 May
- 22 July
- 25 November
