From the Limerick Chronicle, 11 March 1840:

“The two greatest dandies in the Law Department, who attend daily at their office, Four Courts, are Mr B., bedizened with rings and pearls, and the late M.P. for Meath, whose good-humoured face is covered with oiled moustachios.”

The early 19c Four Courts was the centre of Dublin life, with court officials as well known to the public as the judges and barristers and far more colourfully attired!

Fun fact: ‘devil’s dandies’ was an Irish nickname for barristers.

Image of Dublin dandies by Joseph Le Petit, from the National Gallery of Victoria via Trove Australia.