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• Lovelorn Stenographer Sues to Recover Money Lent to Impecunious Solicitor Boss, 1908 (29 August 2026)
• Ms. Justice Mella Carroll as a Student at the King’s Inns, 1956 (14 August 2026)
• Legal Friends Come to the Rescue as Irish Barrister Slips and Falls on Holiday in Malahide, 1919 (14 August 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: Arthur O’Connor (1763-1852) (30 July 2026)
• How Sausage Skin Won Edward Carson a Silk Gown, 1893 (21 July 2026)
• Tales from the Dublin Police Court: The Order of the Bath, 1905 (17 July 2026)
• Lord Morris and his Brogue, 1901 (16 July 2026)
• The Married Life of an Irish Junior Barrister, as fictionalised by the Lady of the House, 1896: Parts II and III – the Wedding, the Honeymoon and the Return (14 July 2026)
• The Married Life of an Irish Junior Barrister, as fictionalised by the Lady of the House, 1896: Part 1 – The Proposal (8 July 2026)
• Tales from the Dublin Police Court: A Very Romantic Love Story, 1905 (7 July 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827) (23 June 2026)
• Famous Irish Trials: The Earl of Kingston’s Trial for Murder, 1798 (18 June 2026)
• The Area of Oxmantown in Medieval Times, 1014-1534 (15 June 2026)
• Tales from the Dublin Magistrates Court: Female Resident of Chancery Place Prosecutes Over Opening of Letter Addressed to Her, 1837 (10 June 2026)
• Famous Irish Trials: The Italian Boy and the Delahunt Murder, 1841-2 (28 May 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: William Sampson (1764-1836) (20 May 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: Walter Hussey Burgh (1743-1783) (14 May 2026)
• A Head-Constable’s Missing Wife, 1912 (5 May 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: Bully Egan (1750-1810) (23 April 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: Peter Burrowes KC (1750-1841) (14 April 2026)
• Tales from the Dublin Police Court: A Very Youthful Best Man, 1919 (8 April 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: Robert Holmes (1765-1859) (5 April 2026)
• Irish Barrister of the Week: Pleasant Ned Lysaght (1763-1810) (28 March 2026)
• A New Song on the Insanity and Doings of the Poor Judge, 1878 (21 March 2026)
• A Wide Street Commissioners Map of 152-155 Church Street, c.1820 (20 March 2026)
• Solicitor Charged with Unheard-of Cruelties to Teenage Daughter, 1840 (15 March 2026)
• Female Forger Surprised by Judge at her Lodgings in Church Street, Dublin, 1803 (15 March 2026)
• Tales from the Dublin Police Court: Twenty Dublin Youths Arrested for Illegal Drilling Sing The Soldier’s Song, 1917 (15 March 2026)
• The Forgotten History of the Chancery Street Flowerbed, c.1690 (15 March 2026)
• Why Judges Should Not Write Down their Judgments, 1877 (15 March 2026)
• The Death of an Irish Lord Chancellor in Hyde Park, 1913 (15 March 2026)
• Barrister’s Daughters’ Bed Mysteriously Goes on Fire at Arran Quay (15 March 2026)
• Opposing Counsel Interrupt Court to Fight a Duel, c. 1780 (15 March 2026)
• A Letter from Malcolm Johnston, Key Prosecution Witness in the Dublin Scandals, 1884 (15 March 2026)
• Tricycle Made for Two Ends in Tragedy for Vacationing Irish Barrister, 1888 (20 February 2026)
• The Four Courts in the Far Distance, 1827 (12 February 2026)
• An Aerial View of the Four Courts, 1980s (12 February 2026)
• Apprentice Solicitor Barred from Lectures by Officious Porter Pens Letter to Newspaper, 1885 (12 February 2026)
• The Dublin Scandals: The Rise and Fall of Inspector James Ellis French, 1858-1884 (5 February 2026)
• The Dublin Scandals – Timeline and Dramatis Personae (3 February 2026)
• Nothing New Under the Sun: 56 Rathmines Road, James Pillar and the Prosecution Brief in the Dublin Scandals of 1884 (2 February 2026)
• The Four Courts and its Vicinity in Medieval Times, 1224-1540 (28 January 2026)
• Arran Quay Barristers’ Chambers, Then and Now, 1761-2026 (27 January 2026)
• A View of the Four Courts by Brocas, c.1820 (26 January 2026)
• Tales from the Dublin Police Court: An American Girl in a Fight in Dublin, 1841 (23 January 2026)
• The Ill-Fated Twin Sons of Lord Norbury, 1781-1839 (22 January 2026)
• Barbarous Spouse Murder in Smithfield, Dublin, 1710 (21 January 2026)
• Solicitor-Solicitor Confrontation in Armagh Courthouse Ends in Substantial Damages Award by Dublin Jury, 1877 (20 January 2026)
• A Photographic Negative of the King’s Inns, Dublin, 1845 (19 January 2026)
• Lord Justice of Appeal in Ireland Rings in the Bells at St Patrick’s Cathedral, 1909 (16 January 2026)
• Tales from the Dublin Police Court: The Journalist Who Spent the Night in Nelson’s Pillar, 1888 (15 January 2026)
• A French Officer Visits the Old Four Courts, 1759 (14 January 2026)
• The History of Notorious Bull Lane, 1748-1885 (13 January 2026)
• The Somervilles of Ross: A Question of Legitimacy, 1905 (9 January 2026)
• Tales from the Dublin Police Court: Lady of the House Prosecuted for Striking Postman with Blunt Implement, 1886 (8 January 2026)
• The Immediate Surroundings of Gandon’s Original Four Courts, 1798 (7 January 2026)
• Recollections of a Very Senior Tipstaff, 1817-1915 (6 January 2026)
• A Ballad Singer’s Christmas Release, 1857 (5 January 2026)
• A Horse and his Barrister, 1797 (12 December 2025)
• A Public Speaking Manual for the Young Irish Barrister, 1796 (12 December 2025)
• Seagulls Go Crazy During the Battle of the Four Courts, 1922 (8 December 2025)
• Before the King’s Inns, 1539-1802 (24 November 2025)
• Jurors Disappointed to Discover First Four Courts Telephone Solicitors-Only, 1886 (11 November 2025)
• Counsel for the Defence Skilfully Evades Challenge to a Duel to Secure Ireland’s Most Infamous Bigamy Acquittal, 1846 (3 November 2025)
• Locomotive Inspector’s Wife Steps in to Save the Day with Enticing Repast for Judges Marooned at Clonmel Station, 1898 (22 October 2025)
• Irish Bar Offers Free Legal Aid to Under-10 Charged With Stealing Loaf of Bread, 1806 (9 October 2025)
• Cases of the Four Courts No 5: Where There’s a Will There’s a Way – the Story of Courtesan and Serial Litigant Anna Maria Bennett Little (9 September 2025)
• Cases of the Four Courts No 4: The Seduction of a Dean’s Daughter – Adams v Dundas, 1831 (8 September 2025)
• Cases of the Four Courts No. 3: Not Chloroform, but Too Gross to Speak of -Travers v Wilde, 1864 (1 September 2025)
• Cases of the Four Courts No. 2: The Insane Delusion of Christopher Neville Bagot (1 September 2025)
• Cases of the Four Courts No 1: The Serial Jilter of Crossmaglen (21 August 2025)
• The Romance of a Certain Old Scroll: The Missing Part of Baron O’Loghlen’s Statue, 1889-1922 (16 August 2025)
• Proposal to Re-Upholster Barristers’ Benches Sparks Heated Debate at Clare County Council Meeting, 1949 (29 July 2025)
• A Welcome for Judge Davitt, 1946 (25 July 2025)
• From Barrister to Movie Actor, 1949 (24 July 2025)
• Irish Lawyer Abroad Loses Watch After Mistaking London Thief for old Trinity Friend, 1907 (23 July 2025)
• Punning Rivalry Between Judges, c.1810 (22 July 2025)
• A Brother’s Revenge, 1878 (16 July 2025)
• Anyone for Tennis? Irish Solicitor Competes in Davis Cup, 1936 (15 July 2025)
• Some Nineteenth-Century Inhabitants of 167-169 Church Street, Dublin (14 July 2025)
• Midnight Vocalism Near Monto Lands Barrister in Dublin Police Court, 1887 (9 July 2025)
• An Extremely Long-Lived Court Crier, 1909 (8 July 2025)
• Notorious Moneylender Flees Four Courts to Escape Angry Crowd, 1879 (7 July 2025)
• New Irish Barristers, November 1930 (4 July 2025)
• A Tour of Ireland’s Four Courts Through Time, June 2025 (28 June 2025)
• ‘Miss Flite’ in Real Life, 1910-1914 (23 June 2025)
• Photographing the Circuits, 1904 (19 June 2025)
• Miler’s Sabbath Caresses of the Four Courts Railings, c. 1900 (5 June 2025)
• Excitement at The Four Courts For the Bottle Riot Trial, 1823 (4 June 2025)
• Future Lord Chancellor of Ireland Brings proceedings over Allegations Relating to his Prosecution of Robert Emmet, 1812 (3 June 2025)
• When a Defence Goes Awry: The Cork Slander Case of 1908-9 (30 May 2025)
• No Cleaning of Streets for Carlow Assizes after ‘Uncalled for’ Judicial Remarks about the Condition of the Town, 1887 (29 May 2025)
• The Man Who Decided the Location of the Four Courts, 1773-1783 (28 May 2025)
• A Police Chase at the Back of the Four Courts, 1893 (27 May 2025)
• Irish Barrister and Politician Daniel O’Connell Successfully Mediates Challenge to Arms between Two Eminent Members of the Irish Bar, 1825 (26 May 2025)
• An Attorney of Chancery Lane, Dublin, C.1820 (23 May 2025)
• A Judge May Fish: The Riverside Exploits of T.C. Kingsmill Moore, 1900-1960 (22 May 2025)
• Taken for a Ride: Distinguished Lawyer Unwittingly Books Hackney Cab drawn by his Own Double-Jobbing Horse, 1856 (21 May 2025)
• Barrister Aggrieved by Judge Deciding in his Favour without Hearing Him, c.1843 (20 May 2025)
• Curate of St Michan’s Pelted with Vegetables for Alleged ‘Souping,’ 1860 (19 May 2025)
• Only Irish Catholic to Practice as a Barrister during Penal Laws Undone by his own Free Legal Advice, c. 1700 (16 May 2025)
• Catholic Conveyancers, 1700-1800 (15 May 2025)
• Before the Four Courts: The Intended Public Offices on Inns Quay, c.1780 (14 May 2025)
• All This is Art: The Advocacy Skills of Charles Kendal Bushe, 1805-1822 (13 May 2025)
• Chief Baron Palles Demands Respect from his Court, 1903 (12 May 2025)
• Barrister Dies of Apoplexy Following Visit to Turkish Bath, 1865 (9 May 2025)
• The New Fish and Vegetable Market in Halston Street, 1892 (8 May 2025)
• The Lord Chancellor’s State Coach, 1790-1938 (7 May 2025)
• The Four Courts, as Depicted in Shell’s ‘Everywhere You Go’ Series, 1932 (6 May 2025)
• Enough Light to Pierce an Eye, 1888 (2 May 2025)
• Attorney’s Apprentice Resists Suggestion of Twice-Weekly ‘Searching Examinations,’ 1873 (1 May 2025)
• Anecdotes of a Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, by his Literary Great-Granddaughters, 1932 (30 April 2025)
• Best Friend Breakup, 1929 (29 April 2025)
• Then and Now: Hammond Lane, 1916-2025 (28 April 2025)
• An Irish Barrister’s Divorce, 1907 (25 April 2025)
• ‘Patrick Whack’ Visits the Four Courts, 1872 (10 April 2025)
• The Story of the Brothers Sheares, 1798 (9 April 2025)
• ‘A Woman’s Answer’: Averil Deverell BL and the Bray Intestacy Dispute, 1932 (9 April 2025)
• Cashing in the Chips, 1923 (7 April 2025)
• The Degeneracy of the Young Irish Bar, 1853 (7 April 2025)
• Trinity College Italian Professor Sacked for Illiteracy Sues Colleagues for Defamation, 1856 (4 April 2025)
• Judicial Dinner Parties in Merrion and Fitzwilliam Square, 1850s-1870s (3 April 2025)
• Barrister Sues Solicitor for Alleging that He Acted for a Landlord Evicting a Tenant, 1910 (2 April 2025)
• Would-Be Visitor to Eamon de Valera Sets Fire to Padded Cell in Bridewell Garda Station, 1929 (1 April 2025)
• The Chief Justice At Bodenstown, 1924 (31 March 2025)
• A New Day as Irish Judge Marries his Mistress on Instructions from their Shotgun-Wielding Son , c.1810 (28 March 2025)
• A Fox-Hunting Solicitor, c.1925 (27 March 2025)
• ‘A Character if Ever There Was One’: Law Library Crier John Campion, 1892-1949 (25 March 2025)
• ‘She Drank Something out of a Bottle’: Teenager Charged with Attempted Suicide after Family Row at 7 Inns Quay, 1927 (25 March 2025)
• Moral Courage Triumphs as Irish Barrister Risks Career to Successfully Defend Rebel Brother, 1798 (23 March 2025)
• Sister Act as Governess Represents Herself in Proceedings for Breach of Promise and Child Support, 1882 (21 March 2025)
• The Art of Cross-Examination, as Practised by Daniel O’Connell, 1799-1833 (19 March 2025)
• Unfit for Publication: The Criminal Conversation Case of Wilson v Webb, 1870 (14 March 2025)
• ‘Overmanned and Overpaid’: The Underworked Irish Bench, 1856-97 (13 March 2025)
• Baron Dowse and the Saga of the Stand-Up Desk, 1871 (12 March 2025)
• Legal Duels in the Phoenix Park, 1760-1800 (11 March 2025)
• The Friars of St Saviour’s and the Old Bridge of Dublin, 1428 (10 March 2025)
• Death in Court: the Suicide of William Jackson, 1795 (7 March 2025)
• Deciding on Drunkenness Pre-Breathalyser, 1914 (6 March 2025)
• Giving It His Awl: Barrister John Philpot Curran and his Scapegrace Brother, c.1800 (5 March 2025)
• Driving Mr Redmond, 1910 (4 March 2025)
• The Four Courts We Lived In, 1847 (3 March 2025)
• Martyn’s ‘The Place-Hunters’: A Forgotten Play Set in the Law Library of 1902 (28 February 2025)
• Laying the Foundation Stone of the New Four Courts, 1786 (27 February 2025)
• Mr English’s Wig-Powdering Chamber at the Old Four Courts, 1780 (26 February 2025)
• The Family of Mr Justice Keogh in the Shade of the Sugar Loaf, 1857 (25 February 2025)
• Former Governess’s Gentlemen’s Oyster Supper Cancelled due to Arrest for Luggage Theft, 1878-9 (24 February 2025)
• ‘Well Known as a Hangman’: A High-Kicking Mare, 1915 (21 February 2025)
• Barrister Summoned for Failure to Certify Cook as Honest, 1817 (20 February 2025)
• The Four Courts from Usher’s Quay, 1830 (19 February 2025)
• Anonymous Letters to Judges: The Less Nice Sort, 1880 (18 February 2025)
• Anonymous Letters to Judges – The Nicer Sort, 1895 (17 February 2025)
• The Devil’s Cure, 1801 (14 February 2025)
• Court of Exchequer Recommends Throwing the Irish Law Reports into the Liffey, 1889 (13 February 2025)
• Pilloried for Sedition in Church Street, 1793 (12 February 2025)
• The Cross-Examination Technique of Isaac Butt QC, 1866 (11 February 2025)
• The River Liffey and the Law Courts, Dublin, 1879, by J Huberts (10 February 2025)
• A Medico-Legal Elopement, c.1827 (6 February 2025)
• Edmund Burke’s Birthplace at 12 Arran Quay, c.1902 (6 February 2025)
• Production of Law Books in Court Viewed by Judges as an Insult, pre-1840s (5 February 2025)
• Irish Legal Day and Week Shortened to Conserve Coal, 1918 (4 February 2025)
• Irish Bar Outraged as Eminent QC Rebuked by Judge for Prolixity in Closing Submissions, 1895 (31 January 2025)
• Miss Dromgoole of Pill Lane, 1887-1906 (28 January 2025)
• Not What They Thought She Was, 1928 (28 January 2025)
• ‘Zozimus’ on the Four Courts, 1872 (27 January 2025)
• Grandson of Lord Chief Justice Charged with Manslaughter of Child by Whip, 1851 (24 January 2025)
• Judge Kelly, 1783-1801 (23 January 2025)
• The Lounge Bar at the Four Courts Hotel, 1940 (22 January 2025)
• Catholic Barristers and the Irish March of Intellect, c.1820 (21 January 2025)
• A Riotous Relic Unwrapped in the Law Library, c.1880 (20 January 2025)
• Newry Solicitor’s Will Set Aside on Account of Insane Delusion as to Wife’s Infidelity, 1907 (17 January 2025)
• The Law Library as a Solicitors Hall, pre-1922 (16 January 2025)
• A Broken Neck and a Broken Heart on Coal Quay, 1803 (15 January 2025)
• Shoes for a Future Barrister, 1945 (14 January 2025)
• A Barrister’s Christmas-Tide Temptation, 1866 (13 January 2025)
• The Remains of the Old Four Courts at Christchurch, 1836 (10 January 2025)
• Faking a Pregnancy and Buying a Baby, 1885 (9 January 2025)
• A Lesson in Opinion Writing for New Counsel, c.1877 (8 January 2025)
• Images of Baron Joy’s Statue in the Round Hall, 1913-22 (7 January 2025)
• The Irish Bar Christmas Golf Sweepstake, 1893 (20 December 2024)
• As Clear as the Law Library Magnifying Glass, 1949 (19 December 2024)
• The Four Courts, as depicted by Tallis & Rapkin, 1851 (17 December 2024)
• Longstanding Dispute between Courtkeeper and Petty Sessions Clerk Culminates in Action for Assault and Battery, 1909 (16 December 2024)
• The Only Barrister’s Clerk in the Four Courts, c.1900 (15 December 2024)
• Laughter and Applause on the First Day of the Central Criminal Court, 1924 (12 December 2024)
• An Unfortunate Case of Mistaken Identity: Killing the Wrong Chief Justice, 1803 (11 December 2024)
• Warmth at the Hearths of the Four Courts, 1882 (10 December 2024)
• St Michan’s As It Once Was, c. 1790 (10 December 2024)
• Never Argue a Point Conceded in Your Favour, 1814 (9 December 2024)
• The Lost Years of Lord Justice Moriarty, 1883-1890 (5 December 2024)
• The Battle of the Ballinasloe Cat, 1877 (4 December 2024)
• The Four Courts from the West Side, c.1900 (4 December 2024)
• The Newly-Qualified Solicitor, 1891 (2 December 2024)
• ‘An Absolute Joseph’ in the Dublin Court of Exchequer, 1866 (2 December 2024)
• Woman Barrister Wins Case ‘On her Merits,’ 1923 (29 November 2024)
• No Fresh Hell, 1805 (28 November 2024)
• Irish Barristers Migrate to England, 1923 (27 November 2024)
• The Rival Sweethearts of Paddy Moriarty, 1895 (25 November 2024)
• Post-Famine Litigation Lull Leads to Suggestion that Barristers Exchange Wigs for Spades, 1852 (25 November 2024)
• Straight from the Four Courts to Marlborough Green of a Friday night, c. 1761 (22 November 2024)
• Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland Describes Term ‘BL’ as a Dublin Vulgarism, 1930 (21 November 2024)
• Maud Gonne and St Michan’s, 1897 (19 November 2024)
• New Precedent Set as Minister for Justice Called to the Bar, 1925 (18 November 2024)
• Air-Raid Shelters Opposite the Four Courts, 1940 (18 November 2024)
• Lady Jurors Take Longer, 1921 (15 November 2024)
• A ‘Raffles’ Apprehended on Merchants Quay, 1823 (14 November 2024)
• Mr Dane QC and the Battle of Clontarf, 1898 (13 November 2024)
• A Comparison of the English and Irish Bar and Bench, 1893 (12 November 2024)
• Hitting the Hay, 1837 (11 November 2024)
• A Cat in the Court of King’s Bench, 1795 (8 November 2024)
• Fights of the Irish Bar, 1845-50 (7 November 2024)
• The Four Courts, 1830s (6 November 2024)
• The Razor’s Edge, 1894 (5 November 2024)
• Dandies in the Four Courts, 1840 (4 November 2024)
• The First Shot Fired On the Four Courts, 1822 (1 November 2024)
• The Perils of Obliging a Colleague, 1917 (31 October 2024)
• Easels and Smocks on Inns Quay, 1960s (30 October 2024)
• Barrister’s Life Threatened Following Refusal to Buy Stolen Papers Helpful to his Case, 1831 (29 October 2024)
• Baron Pennefather, Ireland’s Blind Judge, 1839-1859 (24 October 2024)
• Elder Abuse in the Dublin Police Court, 1885 (24 October 2024)
• The Irish Bar Pleads in Verse for Humane Sanitation, 1877 (24 October 2024)
• The Irish House on Wood Quay, c.1700-1960s (24 October 2024)
• English Precedents, 1921 (24 October 2024)
• Addressing the Court Unrobed, 1926 (24 October 2024)
• Action Against County Court Judge for Breach of Promise Settles for £1500, 1884 (24 October 2024)
• Clothes-Stealing in Church Street, 1838 (4 October 2024)
• Daniel O’Connell and the Detonating Gun, 1829 (12 September 2024)
• Disagreement at Inquest as Sandymount Schoolboy Dies following Caning, 1885 (30 August 2024)
• Magistrate Orders Clerk out of Court for ‘Impertinence,’ 1909 (24 July 2024)
• American and Canadian Lawyers Visit the Irish Free State, 1924 (18 July 2024)
• The Legal Profession, in ‘Picturesque Dublin Old and New,’ 1898 (10 July 2024)
• First Briefs of Famous Barristers, 1799-1862 (17 June 2024)
• Polish Refugees in the Dublin Police Court, 1869 (31 May 2024)
• The Trials of Miss Tucker, or, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Yore, 1839 (17 May 2024)
• Railway Prosecution Enlivened by Lord Chief Justice’s Personal Reminiscences of Youthful Train Jumping, 1918 (7 May 2024)
• Glengarry-Bonneted Irish Barrister Charged with Breaching the Peace during Visit to Dundee to Celebrate Walter Scott Centenary, 1932 (2 May 2024)
• Bill Durham and the Theft of the Smithfield May Bush, c.1750 (1 May 2024)
• Moral Unsoundness as a Defence to Bank Robbery, 1926 (26 April 2024)
• Outrage in the Bloody Fields, 1861 (23 April 2024)
• Cars and the Bar, 1905-1945 (19 April 2024)
• A Boy and a Revolver, 1923 (15 April 2024)
• The Professional and Romantic Sides of Counsellor Wolfe Tone, 1787-1798 (1 April 2024)
• A Plea for Soft Furnishings in the Irish Court of Exchequer, 1860 (20 March 2024)
• The Tragic Lovers of the Ha’penny Bridge, 1867 (22 February 2024)
• The Old Irish Inns of Court, 1290-1803 (17 February 2024)
• The Other Battle of the Four Courts, 1923 (8 February 2024)
• Money to Burn as Spurned Servant Starts Supposedly Supernatural Fire, 1914 (7 February 2024)
• Gone Fishing, 1866-1881 (31 January 2024)
• Church Street Supercentenarian Passes at 119 Years, 1753 (30 January 2024)
• Late-Night Oratory Lands King’s Inns Student in Dublin Police Court, 1838 (25 January 2024)
• A Call Frustrated, 1848 (24 January 2024)
• The Most Distinguished Dog in the Country, 1903 (22 January 2024)
• A Sprinkling of Belladonna, 1906 (19 January 2024)
• Buried at St Michan’s, Church Street, Dublin: Goddard Sterne, 1838 (17 January 2024)
• Juvenile Burglars Stranded at Sea, 1904 (15 January 2024)
• Irish Judges of 1865 (12 January 2024)
• Umbrage over Judicial Reference to Refreshers Ends in Peace with Honour, 1902 (11 January 2024)
• Henry Grattan’s Alarm Clock, 1772 (9 January 2024)
• Elderly Governor of St Michan’s Transported for Vestry Charity Theft, 1819 (4 January 2024)
• She Smoked All The Time She Was With Him, 1907 (23 December 2023)
• Late-Sitting Irish Judges, 1788-1834 (19 December 2023)
• The Sedan Chair Murder, Greek Street, Dublin, 1717 (18 December 2023)
• A Shake of a Dog’s Tail, 1842 (14 December 2023)
• Lord Justice FitzGibbon’s Howth Residence, 1879-1909 (13 December 2023)
• The Jeeves and Wooster of the Irish Bar, 1829-1882 (12 December 2023)
• Solicitor-Solicitor Prosecution for Cat-Shooting in Gardiner Street, 1846 (8 December 2023)
• The Queen of the Fairies, 1844 (7 December 2023)
• Humorists of the Irish Bar, and the Serjeant who thought he was a Rabbit, 1800-1931 (6 December 2023)
• The Arrest of Daniel O’Connell, 1843 (5 December 2023)
• Damages of £1000 awarded against Former Lord Mayor of Dublin for Seducing his Own Daughter, 1846 (29 November 2023)
• Protest in Court by Barrister Imprisoned for Drilling during Irish War of Independence, 1918 (27 November 2023)
• Raining in Court, 1947-1969 (24 November 2023)
• Octogenarian Heiress to Vast Estate Tracked Down by Newly Qualified Leitrim Solicitor, 1908 (23 November 2023)
• Church Street and Bow Street, 1884 (22 November 2023)
• A Barrister in Disguise: The Trial of Counsellor Tucker, 1840 (21 November 2023)
• No Great Gas: Lighting the Four Courts, 1856-1905 (20 November 2023)
• The Body under the Bed, 1864 (17 November 2023)
• A Peep at the Barrister’s Profession, 1883 (14 November 2023)
• The Language of Love, 1901-1904 (13 November 2023)
• The Lady who Horsewhipped her Counsel, 1817 (10 November 2023)
• An American Journalist in the Dublin Police Court, 1907 (9 November 2023)
• Threatening a Barrister, 1870 (8 November 2023)
• Irish Judicial Costume, 1500s-1925 (2 November 2023)
• Tenant of Haunted House Liable for Rent, Drogheda, 1890 (31 October 2023)
• The Irish Barrister and the Ghost, 1817 (31 October 2023)
• The Case of the Dead Man’s Finger, 1863 (31 October 2023)
• Debt, Law, Scandal and Horses: The Strange Saga of an Irish Female Moneylender and her Descendants, 1830s-1929 (28 October 2023)
• The Penance of Christopher Pell, St Michan’s, 1725 (26 October 2023)
• The Stranger and the Juryman, 1908 (25 October 2023)
• On the Hazard at the Four Courts, 1856-1956 (24 October 2023)
• Ballina Man Shoots at Cat, Hits Youth a Mile Away, 1951 (23 October 2023)
• Barristers’ Working Hours, 1820s-1930s (20 October 2023)
• Fine Girls and Noisy Instruments: Distracted King’s Inns Students, 1840-1874 (19 October 2023)
• A Wreck in the Hall of the Four Courts, 1884 (18 October 2023)
• Noisy Courts, Wood Paving and the Limits of Judicial Power, 1905-1915 (17 October 2023)
• Man Personates Detective on Inns Quay, Allegedly to Protect Himself from Women, 1893 (16 October 2023)
• Hanging by a Thread: Child Accused’s Life Saved by Skilful Unwinding of the Prosecution Case, 1840s (13 October 2023)
• Buried in St Michan’s: Lord Clements, 1839 (12 October 2023)
• Solicitor Imprisoned for Failing to Pay Law Clerk’s Salary, Dies Soon After, 1844 (11 October 2023)
• Dogs Behaving Badly, 1952-1956 (9 October 2023)
• The Neighbourhood of the Four Courts by Night and Day, 1876 (5 October 2023)
• The Irish Bar Strikes Again, 1947 (3 October 2023)
• A War of Independence Arrest for the Irish Bar, 1921 (2 October 2023)
• Chief Baron Palles at Home, 1898 (21 September 2023)
• Suffragette Stones Home of Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, 1913 (6 September 2023)
• A Morning at the Dublin Police Courts, 1871 (22 August 2023)
• Vacation Destinations of the Irish Bar and Bench, 1910 (8 August 2023)
• Father of the Munster Bar Falls Prey to Thieves While Holidaying in London, 1865 (28 July 2023)
• Carson Cross-Examines in Waterford, 1880 (11 July 2023)
• Raising the Wind by Raising Ghosts, 1841 (3 July 2023)
• Celebrity Lion Hunter Arrested for Indecent Exposure on Sandymount Strand, 1858 (17 June 2023)
• The Abduction of ‘Pretty Annie Cloury’, 1891 (12 June 2023)
• The Judge Who Was Mistaken for a King, 1908 (3 June 2023)
• English Divorce Granted After Errant Wife Run to Earth in Four Courts Hotel, 1904 (30 May 2023)
• Slander Action over Michael Collins’ Death Ends in Ha’penny Damages, 1958 (25 May 2023)
• Irish Barrister and Historian Falls Victim to the Alps, 1908 (21 May 2023)
• Bicycle Theft from Four Courts Yard Ends in Probation Act for Fifteen Intrepid Pre-Teens, 1957 (15 May 2023)
• Jephson v Brenon, 1909, Pt 4: The Outcome (8 May 2023)
• Jephson v Brenon, 1909, Pt 3: The Evidence of Edward St. John Brenon (4 May 2023)
• The Strange, Sad Case of Jephson v Brenon, 1909 – Pt 2, The Cache of Letters (3 May 2023)
• Discovered in a Garret in Naples: The Case of Jephson v Brenon, 1909, Pt 1 (2 May 2023)
• Country Litigants, and Other Frequenters of the Four Courts, 1822 (27 April 2023)
• The Battle of Pill Lane, 1829 (20 April 2023)
• Sudden Deaths at the Angel Hotel, Inns Quay, 1852-1882 (14 April 2023)
• Defenders of the Home Front: The Four Courts Veteran Volunteer Corps in 1916 (12 April 2023)
• Mr Dunn BL Goes to Law, 1840 (11 April 2023)
• The King’s Inns Commission, 1871-2 (10 April 2023)
• A Daring Escape from Green Street Courthouse, 1904 (5 April 2023)
• The Divorce of a Deputy Crier, 1885-91 (4 April 2023)
• Rushing to Court across the Rubicon, c.1790 (3 April 2023)
• The Trial of Luke Dillon for the Rape and Seduction of Anne Frizell, 1831 (31 March 2023)
• Attainted Aristocrat Dies in Private Lodgings on Inns Quay, 1726 (30 March 2023)
• Tailor Arrested for Dancing the Polka in Sackville Street, 1844 (29 March 2023)
• Patrick Pearse and the Name on a Dray, 1905-1916 (28 March 2023)
• Seven Bagfuls of Stolen Briefs, 1875 (27 March 2023)
• John Philpot Curran’s Lucky Brief, 1779 (26 March 2023)
• An Unusual Ballina Libel Action, 1955 (25 March 2023)
• A Trip Around the Four Courts, Dublin (24 March 2023)
• A Six-Year-Old Prosecutes, 1837 (20 February 2023)
• The Barrister’s Boots That Went to Mass and Came Back Lucky, 1910-1991 (14 February 2023)
• To Fake a Death, 1861 (29 January 2023)
• The Bells of St Bartholomew’s and Serjeant William Bennett Campion, 1882-1907 (16 January 2023)
• Discoveries at the Four Courts Bookstalls, 1796-1886 (13 January 2023)
• The Barrister and the ‘Charley,’ c.1780 (11 January 2023)
• A Objectionable Dress, 1909 (10 January 2023)
• The Tall Hat as Mandatory Off-Duty Legal Wear, 1800-1934 (9 January 2023)
• There and Gone: Pill Lane, The Vanished Street Behind the Four Courts (Part 1) (7 January 2023)
• A Curious Career, 1901 (5 January 2023)
• A Poet and Inventor’s Last Will, 1906 (4 January 2023)
• Attorney’s Apprentice Eschews Physical Combat in favour of Private Prosecution, 1821 (3 January 2023)
• The Lion, the Unicorn, the Harp and the Little Knobule, 1931-2023 (2 January 2023)
• The Tragic Tale of Charlotte Lodge (23 December 2022)
• The Story of Mary Ha’penny (10 December 2022)
• Two Tragic Barrister Trip and Falls at Wilton Place, 1882-1911 (6 December 2022)
• An Order of Habeas Corpus (6 December 2022)
• A Bull Lane Girl’s Day Out, 1876 (24 November 2022)
• The ‘Hard-Swearers’ of Henrietta Street, 1844  (1 November 2022)
• The Dangers of Wedding an Improvident Bride, 1832-1849 (24 October 2022)
• Gurgles from the Grave as Judicial Rivalry Continues into the Afterlife, 1882-1979 (6 October 2022)
• The Arran Quay Ghost, 1837 (30 September 2022)
• Wife Sued for Libel by Estranged Husband After Circulating Hand-Bills Seeking Name of her Predecessor, 1862 (29 September 2022)
• ‘Briefless Junior’ Secures Life-Changing Career Success by Standing in for Senior Detained on Field of Honour, 1815 (28 September 2022)
• Witchcraft in Waterford, 1886 (27 September 2022)
• The Great Dublin Lodging House Theft, 1847 (13 September 2022)
• From the Four Courts to Buenos Aires, 1790-1830 (29 August 2022)
• Eight Days in a Lifeboat for Author of Indispensable Irish Criminal Law Text Torpedoed off Africa, 1941 (22 August 2022)
• Kidnapped Fermoy Solicitor Negotiates his own Ransom, Subsequently Sues for its Recovery, 1922-26 (27 July 2022)
• The Judge’s Son Who Shelled the Four Courts, 1922 (28 June 2022)
• A Wizard in Court, 1856-1870 (26 June 2022)
• Revolving Doors Require No Hands, 1954 (14 June 2022)
• The Time They Tried to Move the Four Courts to London, 1850 (10 June 2022)
• Note of Thanks Left Behind as Sweet-Toothed Rebels Vacate Requisitioned Solicitor’s Office, 1916 (25 May 2022)
• Portico Problems, 1786-1925 (28 April 2022)
• Sandymount Lady Sues English Lieutenant for Breach of Promise, 1920 (12 April 2022)
• A Robbery at the White Cross Inn, 1814 (11 April 2022)
• The Barrister Who Fell in Love With his Witness, 1908-1915 (25 March 2022)
• Snowballing in Peace and War, 1867-1945 (2 March 2022)
• Howth Tea-Smuggler Escapes as Revenue Routed by Pill Lane ‘Mob,’ 1764 (21 February 2022)
• Woman-on-Woman* Fight Behind the Four Courts Reduces Combatants’ Clothes to Ribbons, 1879 (16 February 2022)
• Hats On, Hats Off: Non-Horsehair Headgear in Court, 1785-1971 (10 February 2022)
• Shouldering Guns Like Gentlemen: Irish Lawyers to the Front, 1914-18 (3 February 2022)
• A Barrister’s Mysterious Death, 1844 (26 January 2022)
• Midlands Circuit Judge Throws Himself Between Combatants to End Free Fight in Boyle Court, 1907 (24 January 2022)
• British Soldiers Routed by Dublin Amazons, 1871 (19 January 2022)
• More on the Milltown Outrage, 1861 (15 January 2022)
• Fawn-Smuggling on Inns Quay, 1838 (14 January 2022)
• Newspaper-Reading in Court, 1867-1998 (12 January 2022)
• Lord Chancellor’s Emissary Saves Lady from Singed Cat, Incurs Husband’s Wrath, 1838 (10 January 2022)
• Scouts say ‘Great Scott’ as Irish Barrister Repeatedly Risks Life in Breathtaking Powerscourt Waterfall Rescues, 1942-44 (6 January 2022)
• Flags and the Four Courts, 1885-1922 (5 January 2022)
• The Milltown Outrage, 1861 (3 January 2022)
• Irish Barrister Beheaded on Banks of Bosphorus, c.1825 (29 December 2021)
• Not Putting a Ring on it, 1937 (10 December 2021)
• A She-Judge, 1830 (8 December 2021)
• A Barrister’s Account of the Easter Rising, 1916 (7 December 2021)
• The Misfortunes of Judge Linehan’s Criers, 1913-29 (6 December 2021)
• Relocating the Encumbered Estates Court, 1850-60 (1 December 2021)
• Irish Barrister Escapes Prison, Elopes to France in a Barrel, 1820 (26 November 2021)
• Served up on a Staffordshire Platter: The Four Courts, c.1820 (25 November 2021)
• As It Was: Images of the Inns Quay/Arran Quay Junction, 1753-present (17 November 2021)
• A Bear in the Dock, 1875 (16 November 2021)
• Future Judge Brings Legal Proceedings to Recover Dognapped Pet, 1830 (14 November 2021)
• Called to the Bar, June 1914 (12 November 2021)
• The Mysterious Folding Doors of the Supreme Court, 1937-73 (11 November 2021)
• Aristocratic Insolence in the Dublin Police Court, 1830 (10 November 2021)
• As It Was: Images of 145-151 Church Street, 1860 to date (9 November 2021)
• Dublin Solicitor Helps Couple Elope, Sends Them Bill of Costs, 1905 (8 November 2021)
• Solicitor Tarred in South William Street Wine Cellar, 1875 (29 October 2021)
• Inns Quay Before Áras Uí Dhálaigh: Images of the Four Courts Hotel (27 October 2021)
• The Marital Misadventures of a Master of the Rotunda, 1890 (21 October 2021)
• Former British Intelligence Officer and Would-Be Barrister Drowns at North Wall, 1921 (18 October 2021)
• Barrister’s Vacation Ends in Litigation, 1885 (12 October 2021)
• The Square Hall Scandal, 1947 (7 October 2021)
• The Rush to the Bar, 1840-1841 (6 August 2021)
• Half a Century After Renouncing Monastic Vows, Septuagenarian Barrister Magistrate Marries his Nurse, 1908 (28 July 2021)
• The War of the Motions: Silk Precedence in the Court of Exchequer, 1834-39 (20 July 2021)
• Mother of Bride Dies of Apoplexy as Officer Groom Exposed as Fraudster, 1857 (19 July 2021)
• Lord Chancellor’s Mace-Bearer Fined for Assaulting Dublin United Tramways Conductor, 1902 (16 July 2021)
• Laughter at Under-the-Table Police Chase in Rolls Court, 1857 (14 July 2021)
• Dublin Solicitor Dies in Lover’s House of Ill-Fame, 1879 (8 July 2021)
• Inquest in 158 Church Street After Unexpected Courtship Tragedy, 1858 (2 July 2021)
• Irish Barristers and the Dáil Courts, 1920 (29 June 2021)
• Mayo Courtship Ends in Substantial Award of Damages, 1925 (24 June 2021)
• ‘Our Judges:’ Critiquing 24 Sitting Irish Judges, 1889-90 (22 June 2021)
• A Visit to the 1890 Law Library (17 June 2021)
• A Day in the Four Courts, 1890 (15 June 2021)
• Lord Leitrim’s Hearse Attacked by Mob in Church Street, 1878 (14 June 2021)
• Judge Gets the Boot on his First Day in Court, 1890 (10 June 2021)
• Taken by the Fairies, 1840-1924 (8 June 2021)
• Much Guarding, Little Action, Scrambling Breakfasts: the Irish Lawyers’ Corps and the Rebellion of 1798 (3 June 2021)
• Singing for its Supper: The Choir of Christ Church Pays Homage to the Court of Exchequer, 1851 (2 June 2021)
• The Four Courts as a Sightseeing Destination, 1816-1919 (1 June 2021)
• Derry Recorder Tests Lady’s Raincoat for Water Ingress, 1929 (21 May 2021)
• A Barrister’s Privilege Against Physical Retribution for Hurt Feelings, 1821 (20 May 2021)
• Leonard McNally, Barrister Lyricist, 1787-9 (19 May 2021)
• Take Off That Ugly Mask: The Problem of Barristers’ Hirsute Appendages, 1866-1896 (17 May 2021)
• The Mythical Miss Staveley and the Bamboozled Bar Benevolent Fund, 1927 (14 May 2021)
• Bride Arrested for Shoplifting on Eve of Wedding, 1826 (13 May 2021)
• The Dome(s) of the Four Courts, 1785-2020 (11 May 2021)
• QC v JC: Junior Bar Privilege, 1836-1912 (7 May 2021)
• Barrister’s Son Returns from the Dead, 1896 (5 May 2021)
• In the Footsteps of Kings: Chancery Place, 1224-1916 (3 May 2021)
• Marry a Former Chief Justice of Tobago in Haste, Repent at Leisure, 1840-55 (30 April 2021)
• The Irish Bar and Bench at Home, 1784-1890 (28 April 2021)
• A Pleading Two-Step, Part 2: The Proper Business of the Junior Bar, 1856-64 (27 April 2021)
• A Rare Bird at the Four Courts, 1888 (26 April 2021)
• A Pleading Two-Step, Part 1: The Dangers of Dispensing With Counsel, 1866 (23 April 2021)
• The Brats of Mountrath Street, 1867-1890 (19 April 2021)
• The Man of Many Wives, 1884-1895 (15 April 2021)
• The Bar Cricket Club in Season, 1889-1890 (26 March 2021)
• Boys’ Night In Ends in Three Months’ Hard Labour for Elderly Barrister, 1892 (25 March 2021)
• The ‘Cleansing’ of Bull Lane, 1878 (24 March 2021)
• Future Supreme Court Judge Unsuccessfully Sued for Negligent Driving, 1924 (23 March 2021)
• An Aggrieved Apprentice, 1874 (22 March 2021)
• A Barrister’s Right to Walk Unobstructed, 1893 (19 March 2021)
• Ormond Quay Prison Break, 1784 (18 March 2021)
• A Princess Arrested in the Four Courts, 1864 (16 March 2021)
• The Man Who Married His Mother-in-Law, 1904 (12 March 2021)
• Carlow Solicitor Takes Down Two IRA Men in Career-Ending Gun Battle, 1923 (11 March 2021)
• Fun on Circuit, 1909 (9 March 2021)
• His Only Brief, 1896 (9 March 2021)
• The Goat of Morgan Place, 1881 (8 March 2021)
• Legal Monkeys Hire Organ-Grinders to Disrupt Judge’s Party, 1846-66 (4 March 2021)
• No Catholic Testament in the Four Courts, 1919 (3 March 2021)
• Enough to make Curls Stand on End: Fee Recovery and the Junior Bar, 1862-present (2 March 2021)
• The Fighting Herb Doctors of Church Street and Parnell Street, 1852 (1 March 2021)
• Sligo Jury Turns Water into Whisky, 1860 (25 February 2021)
• State Trial Implodes as Attorney General Challenges Opposing Counsel to Duel, 1844 (24 February 2021)
• To Catch a Thief, 1892 (23 February 2021)
• Mad Cow Escapade in Chancery Street, 1856 (22 February 2021)
• The Cruel Master, 1778 (18 February 2021)
• Malpractices of the Senior Bar, 1862 (17 February 2021)
• Swallowing the Evidence, 1839 (16 February 2021)
• Irish Free State Prosecuting Barrister Kidnapped, Tarred and Tied to Railings Outside Arbour Hill Prison, 1934 (15 February 2021)
• Visiting English Barrister Mistakes Free State Detectives for Gunmen, 1923 (12 February 2021)
• Something Wicker This Way Comes: Laughter in Court at Child Noise Nuisance Case, 1853 (11 February 2021)
• Mr Godley BL in Trouble Again, 1948 (10 February 2021)
• The Marrying Kind, or, Mr Godley BL and the Two Wives, December 1903 (9 February 2021)
• Mr Godley BL and the Bounced Cheque, October 1903 (8 February 2021)
• Wife of John Godley BL Catches Fire at Leeson Street Party, 1888 (5 February 2021)
• Mr Dunn BL Back in Town, 1839-40 (4 February 2021)
• Mr Dunn BL in Prison for Love, October 1838 (3 February 2021)
• Mr Dunn BL in Love Again, 1838 (3 February 2021)
• Judicial Coach Hijacked by Helpful Ennis Local, 1902 (3 February 2021)
• The Law and the ‘Flu, 1918-22 (3 February 2021)
• Mr Dunn BL in Love, 1836 (2 February 2021)
• Beneath the East Wing: The Inns Quay Infirmary, 1728-89 (1 February 2021)
• Teenager Hoaxes Thirteen Belfast Solicitors, 1925 (1 February 2021)
• Irish Barrister’s Wife Linked to International Man of Mystery, 1926 (29 January 2021)
• Early Irish Bar Strike, c.1790 (28 January 2021)
• Let off for Lunch: Pioneering Women Jurors, 1921 (26 January 2021)
• Judge Calls Women’s Fashion the Ruin of the Country, 1895 (24 January 2021)
• The (Would-be) Serial Killer of Church Street, 1861 (21 January 2021)
• Irish Barristers and their Fees, 1866 (21 January 2021)
• Tragic Tipstaff Death in Phoenix Park, 1905 (20 January 2021)
• The Registrar who Knew Joyce, 1937 (19 January 2021)
• Round Hall Wrestle After Perceived Insult to Barrister’s Mother, 1893 (18 January 2021)
• A Noise Sensitive Judge at the Cork Assizes, 1864 (15 January 2021)
• Barrister Sentenced to Six Months’ Hard Labour for Stealing Books from Trinity College Library, 1840 (14 January 2021)
• No False Telegram, 1928 (11 January 2021)
• Law Library Staff Member Leaves Bride at Altar, 1842 (20 December 2020)
• Solicitor Delays Discovery to Protect Morals of Lady Typists, 1906 (18 December 2020)
• Judicial Assassination Attempt at Corner of Leinster Street and Kildare Street Foiled by Observant Pensioner, 1882 (17 December 2020)
• Apprentice Solicitor Swordfight on Eve of Qualification, 1717 (16 December 2020)
• Bomb Outrages in the Four Courts, 1893 (15 December 2020)
• A Stolen Judicial Lunch Goes Viral, 1912 (13 December 2020)
• Ballymoney Barrister Treats Servants as Guests, 1913 (10 December 2020)
• From ‘Back Hair’ to Go-Go Boots: Fashion and the Female Barrister, 1921-1967 (9 December 2020)
• Irish Solicitor Efficiently Rescued After Falling Off Dublin-Holyhead Ferry mid-Channel, 1932 (8 December 2020)
• Hot, and More Often Not: Calibrating the Four Courts, 1796-1922 (6 December 2020)
• Judges Accompanied to Assizes by Armed Convoys, 1920-21 (4 December 2020)
• Breach of Promise Proceedings by Smitten Solicitor’s Clerk, 1892 (3 December 2020)
• Slanging it Out: The Vernacular in the Courtroom, 1872-1942 (2 December 2020)
• Popular Killarney Solicitor Disappears after Derby Win, Turns Up Decades Later in South Africa, 1886-1906 (1 December 2020)
• The Sentinel with the Sonorous Voice: Bramley of the Law Library, 1869-1904 (30 November 2020)
• The Wimple Life, 1908 (27 November 2020)
• Barrister Overboard, 1873 (26 November 2020)
• Bullet-Piercings, Bombs, Whiskey and Cigars: The Four Courts after the Rising, May-June 1916 (25 November 2020)
• Derry Girl’s Application to Become Barrister Rejected by Benchers of King’s Inns, 1901 (24 November 2020)
• The Todd Brothers, 1917-18 (20 November 2020)
• The Great Golfing Days of the Irish Bar, 1904-14 (18 November 2020)
• Dry Rot, Destitute Juniors and the Law of Cause and Effect: Improving the Second Law Library, 1897-1909 (18 November 2020)
• A Mysterious Assault on a Four Courts Registrar, 1916 (17 November 2020)
• The Female Barrister – Fair, Feared and ‘Finished at Forty,’ 1896 (15 November 2020)
• If Cats Could Talk: The Fatal Fall of a Donegal Solicitor, 1916 (13 November 2020)
• Manager of Four Courts Coffee Room Prosecuted for Adulterating Spirits, 1921 (12 November 2020)
• The Musket and the Brief, 1798 (10 November 2020)
• Law Library ‘Boy’ Sues for Damaged Bicycle, 1910 (10 November 2020)
• Schoolgirls Ordered Out of Court, 1915 (8 November 2020)
• Barristers Play the Market, 1900 (6 November 2020)
• Barrister’s Daughter Elopes in Mother’s Dress, 1878 (5 November 2020)
• Like Strokes of a Stick on a Carpet, 1891 (3 November 2020)
• Old Barristers Swoop In to Claim Seats in New Law Library, 1897 (2 November 2020)
• Bloodhound Sent Out After Father of the Irish Bar Disappears in Scottish Highlands, 1889 (2 November 2020)
• Compliments from a Four Courts’ Prisoner, 1916 (30 October 2020)
• Irish Woman Barrister Secures Acquittal for Client on Murder Charge, 1931 (29 October 2020)
• Son of Court 2 Housekeeper Kills Son of Court 3 Housekeeper in 22 Rounds at Bully’s Acre, 1816 (28 October 2020)
• Barrister Rescues Sheep, Sued by its Owner, 1907 (27 October 2020)
• The Prime of Miss Averil Deverell BL, 1937 (23 October 2020)
• Plumber’s Assistant Dies in Bankruptcy Court Explosion, 1888 (21 October 2020)
• Barrister Goes on Fire in Ballina Circuit Court, 1934 (21 October 2020)
• A Four Courts Hold-Up, 1920 (20 October 2020)
• Along for the Ride, Pre-Railway (19 October 2020)
• Lady Law Clerks Strike Out, 1920 (16 October 2020)
• Dressed to Kilt, 1930 (15 October 2020)
• The Elephant in the Yard, 1906 (13 October 2020)
• The Disappearance of an Official Assignee, 1885 (12 October 2020)
• The New Law Library, 1895 (12 October 2020)
• Barrister Shoots Himself While Practising for Lawyers’ Corps, 1803 (9 October 2020)
• A Redundant Crier, 1900 (8 October 2020)
• Law Student Shoots Solicitor, Barrister Touts for Defence Brief, 1926 (7 October 2020)
• A Strange Bequest, 1913 (6 October 2020)
• A Barrister’s Johnnie, 1924 (5 October 2020)
• Barristers Successfully Challenge Exclusion from Side Passages of Court, 1848 (31 July 2020)
• Doing ‘Circuit’ in a Motor, 1907 (29 July 2020)
• Three Legal Men and a Baby, 1832 (29 July 2020)
• Solicitor Restrained from Breaking Through Judicial Procession Sues for Assault, 1898 (28 July 2020)
• Barrister Railway Fatalities, 1862-1921 (27 July 2020)
• Barristers’ Term-Time Immunity from Arrest for Debt, 1860 (24 July 2020)
• House Party with Legal Associations Ends in Accusations of Theft, 1844 (23 July 2020)
• Tardy Judge Fines Solicitors Who Fail to Wait, 1899 (21 July 2020)
• ADR Irish Style, Pre-1850 (20 July 2020)
• Young Bar Protest Against Judicial Unpunctuality, 1919 (20 July 2020)
• A Railway Mystery, 1905 (17 July 2020)
• Solicitor Caned in Four Courts Yard Over Missed Deed, 1846 (15 July 2020)
• No Palles: Health Crisis in Court 3, 1877 (14 July 2020)
• Barrister Convicted of Knocker-Wrenching, 1870 (14 July 2020)
• The Lord Chief Justice-v-Anna Liffey, 1870-1875 (13 July 2020)
• Cab Driver Convicted of Overcharging a Barrister, 1895 (7 July 2020)
• Mr Bushe BL Elopes, 1885 (1 July 2020)
• Four Courts Bag-Carriers and the Great Robing-Room Heist, 1882 (1 July 2020)
• Junior Barrister Piqued by Omission of his Name from News Report, 1871 (30 June 2020)
• Acid Attack on Solicitor Charged with Indecent Assault, 1884 (29 June 2020)
• Sailing Fatalities among the Irish Bar, 1872-1907 (25 June 2020)
• Fighting over Girls in the Yard, 1836 (24 June 2020)
• First Law Library Ended by Typhoid and Solicitors, 1894 (19 June 2020)
• Sumptuous Connaught Bar Dinner, 1831 (18 June 2020)
• Letting off Steam: Heating Problems in Court 2, 1860 (17 June 2020)
• Down by the (neglected) Four Courts Gardens, 1904 (16 June 2020)
• The Irish Barrister’s Dead Sweetheart’s Belongings, 1900 (14 June 2020)
• The Four Courts on Fire, 1805-1922 (12 June 2020)
• Led to be Bled: The Painful Duty of Junior Counsel, 1899 (11 June 2020)
• The Terrifying Tale of the Tipstaff’s Niece, 1835 (9 June 2020)
• Briefless Barristers as Marriage Prospects, 1870 (9 June 2020)
• Gallant Liffey Rescue by Solicitor, 1872 (8 June 2020)
• A Most Offensive Stench: Court 3, 1831-54 (5 June 2020)
• Tipstaff Bōjutsu, 1837 (4 June 2020)
• Lord Norbury’s Playground: Court 2, 1800-1827 (3 June 2020)
• Life-Threatening Law Library Lavatories, 1874 (2 June 2020)
• A Successful Haunted House Defence, 1885 (29 May 2020)
• Two Nights with Rose Lovely, 1823 (28 May 2020)
• The Affair of the White Waistcoat, 1899 (27 May 2020)
• The Devil’s Own, or, the Bar and the Boers, 1900 (26 May 2020)
• Lawyer Relieved of Silk Handkerchief by Female Cutpurses, 1818 (25 May 2020)
• Attorney-General Arranges Bare-Knuckle Boxing Bout, 1824 (22 May 2020)
• By Dublin Central Station We Nearly Sat, 1863 (21 May 2020)
• Whacksation of Costs, 1848 (20 May 2020)
• The Problem of Paging Barristers, 1846 (19 May 2020)
• Cockfighting in Arran Square, 1844 (18 May 2020)
• Juror Arrested, Blames Seagull-Shooting Lodger, 1866 (15 May 2020)
• Lord Chief Justice Declared Too Good to Live, 1822 (14 May 2020)
• A Shortened Period of Apprenticeship, 1836 (13 May 2020)
• Round Hall Ablutions Averted, 1808 (12 May 2020)
• Solicitors Meet to Discuss the General Impossibility of Barristers, 1843 (11 May 2020)
• Court Documents Stolen for Possible Sale as Toilet Paper, 1860 (8 May 2020)
• Mr Finn’s Four Courts Coffee-Room, 1839 (7 May 2020)
• The Bigamist Barrister, 1846 (5 May 2020)
• Bookstalls, Showmen and Dancing Dogs, 1821-1840 (5 May 2020)
• Armed Footpad Overpowered in Church Street, c. 1800 (1 May 2020)
• Case Citations and Personal Law Libraries, pre-1836 (30 April 2020)
• The Pill Lane Fishwives, 1835 (29 April 2020)
• The Litigant who became a Barrister, 1853 (28 April 2020)
• Long Hours for Law Clerks, 1865 (27 April 2020)
• The Lord Chief Justice’s Phantom Coach, 1803- (24 April 2020)
• Gatecrashing a Bar Meeting, 1830 (23 April 2020)
• Barrister’s Spouse Violated by Briefing Solicitor, 1842 (22 April 2020)
• The Hammond Lane Explosion, 1878 (21 April 2020)
• The Perils of Personal Service, 1834 (20 April 2020)
• Do Not Covet a Barrister’s Wife, 1862 (17 April 2020)
• The Wandering Law Library Ventilator, 1879 (16 April 2020)
• Human Remains Beside the West Wing, 1834 (15 April 2020)
• Unacceptable Sanitary and Timekeeping Arrangements, 1874 (14 April 2020)
• A Judicial Levee in a Haunted House, 1901 (12 April 2020)
• Young Bar Fracas, 1829 (11 April 2020)
• Mob Attack, Inns Quay, 1830 (10 April 2020)
• The Law Librarian’s Office Burgled, 1857 (9 April 2020)
• Health and Safety Issues in the Round Hall, 1853 (8 April 2020)
• The Unwitting Dining Companions, 1784 (7 April 2020)
• Mr Hooks, 1862 (3 April 2020)
• A Pressing Communication, 1881 (2 April 2020)
• The Wigmaker of Arran Quay, 1862 (1 April 2020)
• The Bridge That Never Was, 1802 (31 March 2020)
• The Corridor between the Four Courts and Rear Yard Extension, 1857 (31 March 2020)
• The First Barristers’ Robing Rooms, 1851 (31 March 2020)
• The First Law Library, 1850 (31 March 2020)
• The Gambling Devil, 1836 (31 March 2020)
• Female Lay Litigant Insists on Being Described as a Lady, 1836 (31 March 2020)
• A ‘Seduction’ and its Consequences, 1830 (31 March 2020)
• Boy Racers on Arran Quay, 1834 (31 March 2020)
• Barrister Kills Solicitor, Becomes Attorney-General, 1814 (31 March 2020)
• Barrister-Barrister Shooting, 1815 (31 March 2020)
• Female Lay Litigant Accorded Precedence Over Attorney-General, 1853 (31 March 2020)
• Lawyers Exit, Pursued by a Bull, 1835 (31 March 2020)
• Solicitor’s Spouse Springs Prisoner from the Marshalsea, 1850 (31 March 2020)
• The Zoo Next Door, 1821 (30 March 2020)
• The Original Judges’ Car Park, 1852 (26 March 2020)
• Barristers’ Bags Stolen and Recovered, 1853 (25 March 2020)
• Groom Obtains Habeas Corpus in respect of Bride, 1824 (25 March 2020)