Sharing the History of the Four Courts, Dublin

10 Apr 2025

‘Patrick Whack’ Visits the Four Courts, 1872

The above poem is from the publication ‘Zozimus,’ 16 March 1872.

Persons referred to therein include Judge William Nicholas Keogh, barrister and politician Isaac Butt, barristers Francis McDonogh and Richard Armstrong and John Rea, solicitor.

The reference to ‘the divvle’s house’ and bees at the end pays homage to the popular Dublin description of the Four Courts as ‘The Devil’s Bee-hive’.

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