Out of the eight men put on trial for homosexual offences in the Dublin Scandals of 1884, two of them – Gustavus Cornwall, the head of the Irish Post Office and James Ellis French – head of the Intelligence Department… Continue reading

That phenomenon of litigation and prosecution which became known as ‘the Dublin Scandals’ commenced in 1883 with a series of articles published by William O’Brien M.P. in his journal ‘United Ireland’. The articles were directed at James Ellis French, chief… Continue reading

Ireland had its own Epstein scandal in 1884. No island was involved, but rather a grocery shop run by James Pillar at 56 Rathmines Road, Dublin, where, in the evening, its owner offered to a different set of customers the… Continue reading

The Four Courts site and surrounding area in medieval times, as depicted in a map prepared by the Friends of Medieval Dublin and printed by the Ordnance Survey. A full zoomable version of the map is available here. Visible on… Continue reading

The above 18th century map from the Digital Repository of Ireland, via Europeana (zoom in here) delineates a narrow strip of land at the southern end of Church Street, Dublin, Ireland owned by Bridget St John, nee Hadsor and let… Continue reading