Sharing the History of the Four Courts, Dublin

July 2020

  • A Railway Mystery, 1905

    From the Irish Independent, 2 June 1905: “Mr John D Gerrard, BA BL, while travelling by the 6.45 p.m. train from Bray to Dublin on Wednesday evening was the victim of an accident which is still shrouded in mystery. Shortly… Continue reading

  • Solicitor Caned in Four Courts Yard Over Missed Deed, 1846

    From the Dublin Evening Post, 26 November 1846: “Mr Richard Hackett, solicitor, summoned Mr Michael Hackett, also solicitor, for assault. The complainant gave evidence that he was in the yard of the Four Courts [when] the defendant, in passing by,… Continue reading

  • No Palles: Health Crisis in Court 3, 1877

    When cleaning out the cesspit below the Court of Exchequer in 1854, no one seems to have thought that it might refill even before future barristers conceived in that year had emerged from their chrysalis of devilling. Certainly not Christopher… Continue reading

  • Barrister Convicted of Knocker-Wrenching, 1870

    From the Liverpool Courier and Commercial Advertiser, 12 May 1870 “George Carr, barrister… [was] charged with having wrenched off a knocker from the hall-door of the house 44 Dawson-Street between the hours of one and two o’clock on Tuesday… one… Continue reading

  • The Lord Chief Justice-v-Anna Liffey, 1870-1875

    The abatement of the cesspit below Court 3, while resolving, at least temporarily, olfactory issues specific to that court, served to expose – for want of any other criminal – the river Liffey herself as the source of that lingering… Continue reading

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