February 2022
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Howth Tea-Smuggler Escapes as Revenue Routed by Pill Lane ‘Mob,’ 1764
From the Oxford Journal, 28 July 1764: “IRELAND Dublin, July 17. Last Friday Night some Revenue Officers made a Seizure at Howth of 160 Casks of Tea; but they were soon after attacked by a Number of Smugglers, when a… Continue reading
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Woman-on-Woman* Fight Behind the Four Courts Reduces Combatants’ Clothes to Ribbons, 1879
From the Leeds Times, 4 January 1879: “A disgraceful scene was witnessed the other day in Greek-street, Dublin, near the police courts, where two women engaged in a fierce contest, surrounded by a ring of male and female backers. They… Continue reading
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Hats On, Hats Off: Non-Horsehair Headgear in Court, 1785-1971
From the Ballymena Observer, 1951: “Wearing of Caps in Courthouse Judge Refers to Old Tradition An incident in Ballymena Courthouse on Monday, during the Quarter Sessions, prompted Judge Begley KC to refer to a tradition peculiar to that Court. A… Continue reading