His ministerial career was brief, lasting only eight months. In July 1956, he was appointed by Taoiseach John A. Costello as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Gaeltacht and to the Minister for Education in the Second Inter-Party Government. In October 1956, he was promoted to the cabinet as Minister for the Gaeltacht, serving until March 1957, when Fianna Fáil returned to power after the 1957 general election. On his return to the Dáil in 1965, he was appointed Fine Gael spokesman on transport and power. Law Lindsay had become a Senior Counsel in 1954, and following the loss of his parliamentary seat in 1969, he devoted himself full-time to his practice at the bar, becoming a leading figure in criminal law. In 1975, he was appointed to the position of Master of the High Court, from which he retired on his seventieth birthday in January 1984. Later life Lindsay served as chairman of Cumann Céimithe na Gaillimhe, the University College Galway Graduate Association, during the 1980s. He published his memoirs in 1992. He died on 29 June 1993. References Sources Obituary, The Irish Times, 30 June 1993. 1914 births 1993 deaths Alumni of King's Inns Alumni of the University of Galway Fine Gael senators Members of the 10th Seanad Members of the 15th Dáil Members of the 16th Dáil Members of the 18th Dáil Members of the Blueshirts Parliamentary Secretaries of the 15th Dáil Politicians from County Dublin Politicians from County Mayo Masters of the High Court (Ireland)