Sharing the History of the Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland

Ruth Cannon

  • The Hammond Lane Explosion, 1878

    From the Freeman’s Journal, 29 April 1878: “On Saturday afternoon Dublin was startled and horrified by one of the most appalling accidents which has ever taken place in this metropolis – an accident by which no less than fourteen fellow… Continue reading

  • The Perils of Personal Service, 1834

    From the Wexford Conservative, 7 May 1834: “[A]n unfortunate man appeared in the hall of the Four Courts on Thursday with his face and head swollen inflamed and lacerated in a most shocking manner. His nose was literally flattened, and… Continue reading

  • Do Not Covet a Barrister’s Wife, 1862

    From the Usk Observer, 19 July 1862: “The Dublin papers announce the death of a person named Sterne, who had been imprisoned for debt in the Four Courts Marshalsea for 36 years. Mr Sterne was a gentleman of large fortune…… Continue reading

  • The Wandering Law Library Ventilator, 1879

    From the Northern Whig, 4 July 1879: “Today, about one o’clock, the glass dome, with heavy leaden ventilator in the centre of the Consultation Room, adjoining the Library in the Four Courts, fell in with a great smash, strewing the… Continue reading

  • Human Remains Beside the West Wing, 1834

    From the Dublin Observer, 4 January 1834: “Some workmen, employed in the course of the past week in sinking a sewer from the Four Courts to the river, in the course of their excavations discovered, at the depth of about… Continue reading