From the Newcastle Courant, 12 May 1882, an article, inspired by the Phoenix Park murders, reminiscing about the blood previously spilled in that location by Irish legal duellists, including future Lord Chief Justices of the Common Pleas and King’s Bench and a future Lord Chancellor of Ireland. All the duels mentioned seem to have taken place in the second half of the 18th century, but the practice of Irish lawyers settling conflict in this way continued until the mid-19th century.

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