Sharing the History of the Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland

March 2022

  • The Barrister Who Fell in Love With his Witness, 1908-1915

    The character of Professor Moriarty in Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’ stories may have been inspired by Doyle’s Stonyhurst classmate John Francis Moriarty, who subsequently went on to become an Irish barrister and judge of the Court of Appeal in… Continue reading

  • Snowballing in Peace and War, 1867-1945

    From the Kilrush Herald and Kilkee Gazette, 11 January 1918: “Round The Town By the Man in the Street There was a fine snowstorm on Monday and Tuesday which covered the ground several inches.  In town it was made the… Continue reading

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