November 2021
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Served up on a Staffordshire Platter: The Four Courts, c.1820
A blue transfer-printed Staffordshire china platter, with a central scene depicting the Four Courts, c.1820. Perhaps originally part of some barrister’s dining set? Now in New England. Some details below (zoom in closer here). (1) A very early view of… Continue reading
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As It Was: Images of the Inns Quay/Arran Quay Junction, 1753-present
This fantastic map from the Dublin City Council Digital Archive (minutely zoomable version available to download here) shows the junction of Inns Quay and Arran Quay in 1790, not long before the opening of the Four Courts on the old… Continue reading
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A Bear in the Dock, 1875
From the Freeman’s Journal, 2 April 1875: “A Bear in the Dock Two Frenchmen were charged with causing an obstruction to the public thoroughfare at Pill-Lane, that morning, by exhibiting a dancing bear. The prisoners were placed in the dock,… Continue reading
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Future Judge Brings Legal Proceedings to Recover Dognapped Pet, 1830
From the Pilot, Wednesday 19 October 1831: “FIDELITY OF A DOG – On Thursday, a servant man of Mr Ball, the barrister, applied before the magistrates of the Head Office, and stated that he had seen a very large sized… Continue reading