Ms Curran was admitted as a solicitor in 1979 and became president of the Law Society in 1998.

Her Requiem Mass will take place on Saturday, 11am at St Patrick’s and St Ronan’s Magheralin Parish Church. Burial will be at the cemetery at St Colman’s Kilwarlin.

Ian Huddleston, president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, said: “On behalf of the Law Society I would like to extend our sincere condolences to Antoinette’s family, friends and former colleagues. We were deeply saddened to hear of her passing.

“I would like to take this opportunity to recognise and to pay tribute to her many years of dedicated service as a practicing solicitor and to her contribution to the Law Society of Northern Ireland as its President in 1998-1999.”